Scheck on the Arts

A trio of city slickers are attacked by homicidal maniacs in the wilderness in the low-budget film thriller Preservation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The award-winning documentary Vessel chronicles the efforts of controversial abortion activist Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Courtney Love stars in Kansas City Choir Boy, composer Todd Almond's theatrical song cycle staged in a highly intimate setting as part of the Prototype festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A teenager under house arrest is haunted by the ghost of the girl he cyberstalked in the new horror film Dark Summer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

British playwright Moira Buffini has delivered a free adaptation of the long suppressed Russian dark comedy The Suicide with Dying For It, now receiving its American premiere at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The politially themed thriller Black November depicts the devastating effects of corruption in oil-rich Nigeria. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film featuring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

An Appalachian teenager becomes embroiled in a blood feud between two drug dealers in the screen adaptation of Ron Rash's novel The World Made Straight. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Every Last Child chronicles the polio epidemic in Pakistan as a result of Taliban aggression against its inoculation campaign. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The residents of a Spanish village prepare for the end of the world in the comedy/drama And There Was Evening and There Was Morning. To read my Hollywood Reporter of this film showcased at the Cairo International Film Festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck