Scheck on the Arts

The documentary Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary examines the case of the imprisoned writer/activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, currently serving a life senctence for murder. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Despite its awkward title, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia bears no relation to the 2009 horror film starring Virginia Madsen. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The documentary One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day chronicles the efforts of theater artists to create four original short musicals in just 24 hours. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Thirty years after its disastrous one-night Broadway run, Moose Murders is now being given an off-Broadway revival. To read my New York Post review of this production of the notorious flop, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Barry Manilow thrills his fans despite still obviously suffering from the effects of bronchitis in his new outing Manilow on Broadway. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A quartet of troubled New Yorkers attempt to find love in the new off-Broadway drama The Man Under. To read my New York Post review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The French film Nana concerns a four-year-old child left to fend for herself. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a documentary co-directed by Werner Herzog about trappers in a remote Siberian region. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The moving Israeli film Yossi depicts the emotional reawakening of a closeted gay Tel Aviv doctor. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Despite a gallery of A-list stars, the witless comedy film anthology Movie 43 immediately establishes itself as one of the worst films of all time. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Rob Lowe stars as a campaign hatchet man in the toothless political satire Knife Fight. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Totally Tubular Time Machine bills itself as NYC's only "Interactive, Intergalactic Pop Musical Experience." To read my New York Post review of this immersive show performed in a nightclub, click here.

-----Frank Scheck