Scheck on the Arts

Last night's Democratic presidential debate featured Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders...and three other guys. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook take on the event, click here.

Mamie Gummer stars in the world premiere of the new play Ugly Lies the Bone, about a war veteran who comes home bearing physical and emotional scars. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Pamela Yates' documentary Rebel Citizen, a profile of legendary cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler, concentrates on his political and socially conscious films. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that recently received its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, click here.

Ben Rivers' experimental feature The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes are Not Brothers partly uses a classic Paul Bowles short story for inspiration. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at the New York Film Festival, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Luann Barry's documentary Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones recounts the difficult recovery of the race car driver from a traumatic brain injury. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

I Spit on Your Grave 3: Vengeance is Mine, the third edition of the rebooted rape-revenge film series, serves up more of the same. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Adriani Trigiani directs a stellar cast in Big Stone Gap, the screen adaptation of her best-selling novel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: The Neorealism delivers an introductory primer to the highly influential film movement. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The moving documentary The Witness chronicles Bill Genovese's quest to uncover the truth behind his sister Kitty's notorious murder. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, click here.

The documentary Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis recounts the life and career of the famed designer of such legendary album covers as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck