Scheck on the Arts

Michael John Warren's documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise profiles the hugely successful Christian rock band Hillsong United. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A group of college students experience murderous side effects during a clinical drug trial the horror film Tell Me How I Die. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Hillary Clinton appeared last night on The Tonight Show to prove that she's still alive. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the show, click here.

Thomas Haden Church plays a homeless man reduced to "bum fighting" in the indie film drama Cardboard Boxer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

What Did You Expect?--the second installment in Richard Nelson's trilogy tracking the lives of an upstate New York family during a tumultuous election year--has just opened at off-Broadway's Public Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Philippe Mora's highly personal documentary Three Days in Auschwitz recounts his family's experiences during the Holocaust. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Donald Trump played nice during his appearances Thursday on The Dr. Oz Show and The Tonight Show. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the candidate's sudden turn towards mellowness, click here.

The aptly named Birdland Theatre presents the NYC premiere of The Birds, Conor McPherson's 2009 adaptation of the Dahphne du Maurier short story that also inspired the classic Alfred Hitchcock film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Kecia Lewis and Rebecca Naomi Jones star in Marie and Rosetta, the new off-Broadway play with music about the legendary Sister Rosetta Sharpe and her protege, Marie Knight. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck