Scheck on the Arts

Here are three of my recent film reviews from the Hollywood Reporter:

Mickey Rourke plays a strangely accented evil mastermind in the new action Indonesian-set action flick Java Heat. To read my review, click here.

A blue-collar worker takes violent revenge on the finance industry in Uwe Boller's thriller Assault on Wall Street. To read my review, click here.

A disaffected, pink-slipped music teacher hikes Kentucky's Sheltowee Trace Trail in the indie drama Pilgrim Song. To read my review, click here.

-----Fran Scheck

Christina Crawford revisits her treatment at the hands of her abusive movie star mother Joan in her multi-media stage show Surviving Mommie Dearest. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Steven Levenson's incisive workplace comedy Core Values features a superb performance by Reed Birney. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das chronicles the life and career of the famed spiritual teacher and musician. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The new indie film Turtle Hill, Brooklyn depicts a fateful birthday party held by a gay couple at their garden apartment located in the titular outer-borough neighborhood. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Here are three of my recent film reviews for the Hollywood Reporter:

Phie Ambo's documentary Free the Mind explores alternative treatments for mental disorders. To read my review, click here.

A serial killer terrorizes the guests at a country B&B in D.W. Young's horror comedy The Happy House. To read my review, click here.

1st Night depicts the farcical goings-on among the participants in an opera production being staged at a palatial English estate. To read my review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Pearl Theatre Company's production of This Side of Neverland showcases two rarely performed one-act plays by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. To read my New York Post review, click here.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself features cabaret performer Mark Nadler singing songs associated with Weimar-era Germany. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The Crosby, Stills & Nash Songbook featued the iconic rock trio performing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this revelatory concert, click here.

-----Frank Scheck