Scheck on the Arts

Held just after the news of Antonin Scalia's sudden death, Saturday night's GOP presidential debate was perhaps the most contentious yet. To read my Hollywood Repoter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

A man hires an emotionally volatile cabbie to help him follow the girlfriend he suspects of cheating on him in the Australian black comedy The Tail Job. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at the Slamdance Film Festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton got into a heated exchange over the legacy of Henry Kissinger, of all things, at their latest Democratic candidates debate. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

Comedian Mike Birbligia delivers extended riffs on the perils of joke-telling in his new one-man show, Mike Birbliglia: Thank God for Jokes, now playing off-Broadway. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Dakota Johnson of 50 Shades of Grey fame stars in the comedy How to Be Single, about the romantic misadventures of a quartet of single women in NYC. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

An injured detective wakes up in a hospital that may be the gateway to hell in the horror thriller Convergence. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The documentary Gordon Getty: There Will Be Music explores the life and career of the world's richest living composer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The backstory of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz is told via movement, mime and puppetry in the off-Broadway show The Woodsman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A couple discover strange goings-on at an eerie hotel in the horror film Monday at 11:01 A.M. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck