Scheck on the Arts

Here are two of my Hollywood Reporter reviews of films recently showcased at Toronto's Hot Docs festival:

Tiffany Gsiung's powerful documentary The Apology profiles three elderly "comfort women" who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese army during World War II. To read the review, click here.

Jessica Dimmock and Christopher LaMarca's documentary The Pearl profiles four transgender women living in the Pacific Northwest. To read the review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Daniel Dae Kim of Lost and Hawaii Five-O makes his Broadway debut opposite Marin Mazzie, creating fresh sparks in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of The King and I. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, read here.

Scandal regular Joe Morton plays legendary comedian Dick Gregory in Turn Me Loose, a new bio-play produced by singer John Legend. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A couple living in a futuristic society open their home to a stranger in The Ruins of Civilization, Penelope Skinner's new drama being given its world premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) play a cheating husband trapped in a small town by malevolent locals in the dark comedy A Bit of Bad Luck. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump kissed and made up in her primetime interview special, Megyn Kelly Presents,  that also included interviews with Laverne Cox, Robert Shapiro and Michael Douglas. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

Rupert Everett stars in the new production of The Judas Kiss, David Hare's 1998 play about Oscar Wilde. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Indecent, Paula Vogel's new play with music, tells the story behind Sholem Asch's controversial 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Ethan Peck, son of Gregory, stars in The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, a horror film riff on the Brothers Grimm classic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Robbers unwittingly break into the home of a serial killer in Viet Nguyen's horror comedy Crush the Skull. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck