Scheck on the Arts

British actor Julian Sands' superb one-person show A Celebration of Harold Pinter deals with the poetry written by the late dramatist. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Actors Ron Perlman in drag and Chris Noth in a jockstrap are the dubious highlights of the new film comedy 3,2,1...Frankie Go Boom. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A yuppie substance abuser finds love during his rehab stint in the new film comedy Excuse Me for Living. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Falling is a deeply moving new Off-Broadway drama about a family coping with a severely autistic child. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The Marvell Rep is presenting a less than successful revival of Frank Wedekind's 1891 classic Spring's Awakening. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Barbra Streisand made her long-awaited hometown return as part of her Back to Brooklyn tour. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the concert, click here.

An elite military unit battles the Taliban in the French action film Special Forces. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The obsessive fan base of pop star Rick Springfield is the subject of the new documentary An Affair of the Heart. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A deranged killer stalks people on chat rooms in the new horror film Smiley. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

In My Mother's Arms is a moving documentary about a makeshift Iraqi orphanage. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A troubled war veteran finds salvation by helping a ten-year-old boy in the new film Least Among Saints. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Hotel Noir is a modern take on the classic film noir film genre, filmed in lustrous black-and-white. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The big news is, the original members of Led Zeppelin have reunited. The bad news, only to promote the film of their legendary 2007 concert. To read my Hollywood Reporter story about the band, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Circocolombia's Urban is a new circus-style entertainment inspired by life on the streets of Cali, Colombia. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is a new documentary lambasting the current state of our medical system. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The film Trade of Innocents is set in the world of child sex trafficking. To reaad my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Beth Grant and Octavia Spencer star in Blues for Willadean, a Southern-fried drama about a battered housewife. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

An all-star cast fails to enliven Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, about a troubled teen. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck