Scheck on the Arts

A young boy exhibits mysterious psychic powers in Beyond the Night, Jason Noto's supernatural-tinged thriller. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A rollerblading drug dealer runs into trouble when one of his customers dies in Michael M. Bilandic's dark comedy Jobe'z World. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Marin Ireland plays a high school teacher with anger management issues in Blue Ridge, Abby Rosebrock's world premiere play about the residents of a church-sponsored halfway house in Appalachia. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Tomb raiders in search of the cure for an ancient curse battle a series of monstrous creatures in Mojin: The Worm Valley, a fantasy/adventure based on the best-selling Chinese book series Ghost Blows Out the Light. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Peter Mullan and Gerard Butler play Scottish lighthouse keepers in Kristoffer Nyholm's 1930s-set thriller The Vanishing. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Cybill Shepherd plays a seriously ill woman who goes on a road trip in her motorized wheelchair in Being Rose, Rod McCall's drama also featuring James Brolin and Pam Grier. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch's documentary The Last Resort spotlights the work of photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe, who captured Miami's South Beach when it was largely populated by Jewish retirees. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Gordon Clark's documentary Unknown Distance follows former Marine Sniper Douglas Brown as he travels around the country talking to fellow veterans about the difficulties they experienced upon returning home. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck