Scheck on the Arts

Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen stars in Kung Fu Killer, about a kung fu instructor recruited to track down a serial killer targeting martial arts masters. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A depressed elementary school teacher takes out his personal problems on his young students in the dark comedy Tenured. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

B-movie veteran William Forsythe plays a gangster who undergoes a bizarre personality shift in the black comedy Laugh Killer Laugh. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Erin Lee Carr's documentary Thought Crimes explores the case of the "Cannibal Cop" who went to prison for crimes he only fantasized about committing. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

Adam Pally and Sarah Burns play best friends who decide to transform their personalities in the romantic comedy Slow Learners. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

Estranged siblings reunite after the death of their Viking-obsessed brother in the comedy/drama See You in Valhalla, starring Sarah Hyland of Modern Family. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

John Mellencamp recently performed a triumphant, career-spanning concert at the historic Apollo Theatre. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Oscar winner Frances McDormand reunites with the Wooster Group to perform in Early Shaker Spirituals, based on a 1976 recording of 19th-century hymns sung by Shaker women. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll shines a spotlight on the brief era in the country's history when pop music flourished. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Three more of my Hollywood Reporter reviews of films featured in the Tribeca Film Festival:

Adrien Brody plays a troubled psychologist haunted by the ghosts of his past in the supernatural thriller Backtrack . To read my review, click here .

Abigail Disney's documentary The Armor of Light profiles Reverend Rob Schenck, a conservative evangelical minister who has made a public stance for gun control. To read my review, click here .

Two disparate young women form an unlikely friendship in the road trip dramedy Shut Up and Drive . To read my review, click here .

-----Frank Scheck

A violent encounter in the desert leads to a twisted cat-and-mouse game in the thriller Mojave, starring Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

The film drama 1915 concerns a Los Angeles theater troupe attempting to put on a play about the 1915 Armenian Genocide. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Dianna Agron of Glee plays a small-town woman who becomes romantically involved with a free-spirited female drifter in the gritty drama Bare. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently seen at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck