Scheck on the Arts

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

The documentary All You Need is Love profiles Thailand's Good Morning School which provides education to displaced Burmese children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary The Hadza: Last of the First concerns East Africa's last remaining true hunter-gatherers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The documentary Banksy Does New York, which received its world premiere at the Hamptons Film Festival, chronicles the reclusive British artist's "Better Out Than In" project on the streets of New York City. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The horror anthology sequel ABCs of Death 2 once again features dozens of directors contributing short films tied to the letters of the alphabet. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The Big Apple Circus returns to Lincoln Center for its 37th season with their new show, Metamorphosis. To read my New York Post review, click here.

A teenage girl struggles for survival on an Indian reservation in the 1970s-set Canadian film Rhymes for Young Ghouls. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

America Ferrera of Ugly Betty fame is among the stars of the Second Stage Theatre's revival of Terrence McNally's 1991 comedy/drama Lips Together, Teeth Apart. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Jay Martin's impressive debut feature 7 Minutes, which recently received its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival, concerns an ill-fated robbery committed by three desperae friends. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck