Scheck on the Arts

A surprise singing appearance by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was but one of the highlights of Stand Up for Heroes, the annual comedy/music show benefiting veterans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the show featuring Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Jim Gaffigan, Louis C.K. and Bruce Springsteen, click here.

The Australian psychological thriller One Eyed Girl concerns a troubled young psychiatrist who falls under the sway of a cult. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film featured at the Austin Film Festival, click here.

My Italian Secret relates the little-known tale of how thousands of Jews were rescued by the Italians during the Nazi occupation. To read my Hollywood Reporter of this documentary featured at the Hamptons Film Festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Actor Tom Dugan brings the legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal to life in his one-man Off-Broadway drama Wiesenthal. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary Magical Universe profiles the late outsider artist Al Carbee, who created elaborately staged dioramas featuring Barbie dolls. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A Mormon proselytizer turns homocidal stalker in the B-movie thriller Missionary. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Private Peaceful, a cinematic adaptation of a young-adult novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo, concerns the relationship between two English brothers fighting in World War I. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The criminal career and spiritual transformation of notorious mobster Michael Franzese is chronicled in the stylistically diverse documentary God the Father. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The documentary All You Need is Love profiles Thailand's Good Morning School which provides education to displaced Burmese children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary The Hadza: Last of the First concerns East Africa's last remaining true hunter-gatherers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The documentary Banksy Does New York, which received its world premiere at the Hamptons Film Festival, chronicles the reclusive British artist's "Better Out Than In" project on the streets of New York City. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The horror anthology sequel ABCs of Death 2 once again features dozens of directors contributing short films tied to the letters of the alphabet. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck