Scheck on the Arts

Performing at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, the ageless Paul McCartney delivered a memorable, career-spanning show covering his Beatles, Wings and solo careers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The Boat Factory is a stirring theatrical import from Ireland about workers at the famed Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built. To read my New York Post review, click here.

I Send You This Place is a new documentary interweaving scenic views of Iceland with poetic meditations on mental illness. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Cut to Black is a modern-day film noir that recently served as the closing night attraction of the Brooklyn Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Sontag: Reborn is a visually stunning and fascinating portrait of the later writer and intellectual Susan Sontag. To read my New York Post review of this off-Broadway production, click here.

The entertaining documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie recounts the rise and fall of the legendarily pugnacious and controversial talk show host. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Hello Herman is a timely new film concerning the aftermath of a horrific school shooting. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The Atlantic Theater Company's off-Broadway production of Rod McLachlan's new play Good Children paints a dark portrait of the machinations behind reality television. To read my New York Post review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Matthew Morrison, the star of TV's Glee, delivered a rousing cabaret show at 54 Below. To read my New York Post review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Around the World in 80 Days is a new off-Broadway adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, featuring only five performers and much theatrical ingenuity. To read my New York Post review, click here.

A variety of unsavory characters intersect in the gritty new crime film Run It. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

From the Head is a new film set entirely within the confines of a men's bathroom at a strip club. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck