Scheck on the Arts

Robin McKenna's documentary Gift, based on Lewis Hyde's classic book The Gift: Creativity and the Modern World, explores the parallels between creativity and gift-giving. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer star in Mary, Michael Goi's horror film about a family terrorized by a haunted ship. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Three-time Tony nominee Joshua Henry stars in The Wrong Man, the world premiere musical written by 2016 BMI Songwriter of the Year Ross Golan, about a man framed for a murder he didn't commit. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

In Brad Anderson's thriller Fractured, Sam Worthington plays a man desperately searching for his wife and child after they go missing in a hospital. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Tania Cypriano's documentary Born to Be, receiving its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, follows Dr. Jess Ting as he attends to patients at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Comedian Tim Heidecker runs for political office in Mister America, a mockumentary spin-off of his Adult Swim series On Cinema at the Cinema. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

D.W. Young's documentary The Booksellers, receiving its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, delivers a behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jai Courtney plays a Marine who decides to spring his younger brother from prison in Henry Alex Rubin's action/thriller Semper Fi. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck