Scheck on the Arts

Martin Sheen plays Union Carbide executive Warren Anderson in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, a semi-fictionalized depiction of the events leading to the world's biggest industrial disaster. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Robert Greene's stylized documentary Actress profiles actress Brandy Burre as she attempts to revive her career after having children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Haley Joel Osment of The Sixth Sense fame plays a virginal sex education teacher in the raunchy comedy Sex Ed. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Getting to the Nutcracker chronicles the creation of a productio of the ballet holiday perennial featuring young dancers age 3-18. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

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