Scheck on the Arts

A small group of passengers desperately to prevent their runaway train from speeding to a fatal crash in the nifty British thriller Last Passenger. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mike Fleiss' revelatory documentary The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir chronicles the life and career of the Grateful Dead's legendary rhythm guitarist. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film which received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Inventing Mary Martin is a new musical revue celebrating the life and career of the legendary Broadway star. To read my New York Post review of this Off-Broadway show being presented by the York Theatre Company, click here.

Katie Holomes plays a homocidal elementary school teacher in the dark comedy Miss Meadows. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film which recently received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

The documentary Desert Riders recounts the story of how thousands of young boys were trafficked to the United Arab Emirates to serve as camel jockeys. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The documentary NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage chronicles the international tour of a production of Richard III starring Kevin Spacey. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

Two troubled teenage girls are suspected in the disappearance of a toddler in Every Secret Thing, documentary filmmaker Amy Berg's (West of Memphis) fiction film debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film which recently received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A young couple decide to reeneact their sexual histories before getting married in the provocatively titled Off-Broadway play Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The indie film drama X/Y explores the dysfunctional romantic lives of four interconnected New Yorkers. To read my Hollywood Reporter of this film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

Corey Stoll (House of Cards) plays a washed-up boxer who gets involved with underworld figures in Glass Chin, world premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Neil Patrick Harris plays an East German transgender rocker in the new Broadway production of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. To read my review, click here.

Sitcom veterans and real-life married couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally co-star in the new play Annapurna. To read my New York Post review, click here.

A schlubby loser becomes a ladykiller vampire in Onur Turkel's horror comedy Summer of Blood. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film which received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck