Scheck on the Arts

The long gestating documentary Heart Like a Hand Grenade provides a behind-the-scenes account of the recording of Green Day's classic 2004 album American Idiot. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Ashley C. Williams plays a rape victim who takes violent revenge on men in the horror thriller Julia. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj's one-man show Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King recounts his experiences as a first-generation Indian-American. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The Erwin Brothers' faith-based film Woodlawn tells the true tale of the history-making 1973 Woodlawn High School football team. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Director Jon M. Chu helms Jem and the Holograms, the big-screen adaptation of the popular '80s-era Hasbro animated series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

First Daughter Suite, Michael John LaChiusa's sequel to his 1993 chamber musical First Lady Suite, concentrates on presidential offspring. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the musical being presented by the Public Theater, click here.

The documentary The Tainted Veil explores the Muslim practice of women wearing hijab. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Robert Fontaine directs, scripts and plays the lead role in Mi America, a drama about the hate crime murder of five Hispanic migrant workers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary The Boy from Geita relates the tale of a young Tanzanian boy who was brutally attacked because of his albinism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck