Scheck on the Arts

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

Teen burglars in a Jersey shore town get more than they bargained for when they come upon a stash of gold coins in Kevin McMullin's debut feature Low Tide. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Aaron Paul plays an injured criminal who forms an emotional connection with a young deaf boy in Christopher Cantwell's thriller The Parts You Lose. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational hip-hop troupe co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda, brings their linguistic wizardry to Broadway for a limited run, with guest spots from numerous Hamilton alums. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Several strangers become trapped in a vast field of grass with supernatural properties in In the Tall Grass, Vincenzo Natali's film version of the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Ivy Meeropol's documentary Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn chronicles the life and career of the notorious lawyer who helped send her grandparents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Olivier Meyrou's long-shelved documentary Celebration presents a fly-on-the-wall portrait of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his business partner and former lover Pierre Berge. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

An elderly Jewish couple experiences a series of comic adventures in The Gliksmans, a raucous comedy featuring cameos by Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck