Scheck on the Arts

Joe Lauro's documentary The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll chronicles the life and career of the legendary music pioneer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A struggling actress descends into destructive behavior in the indie drama Diamond Tongues, recently screened at the Slamdance Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Sonia Barrett's documentary The Business of Disease decries the pernicious effects of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Dominick Bagnato's mockumenary A Convenient Truth concerns a congressman's unique solution to the energy crisis. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Anna Camp stars in Verite, a new dark comedy from Orange is the New Black writer Nick Jones about a struggling writer looking to drum up memoir fodder. To read my Hollywood Reporter of this Lincoln Center Theater LCT3 production, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Hamilton, the new hip-hop infused musical by In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, depicts the sprawling life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. To read my Hollywood Reporter theater review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A troubled teen descends into madness in the psychological thriller White Rabbit. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

The star attractions of an X-rated, Big Brother-style website find themselves under attack from a homicidal maniac in the horror film Girl House. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck