Scheck on the Arts

An all-star line-up of rockers (Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters) and comedians (Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Bill Cosby, Jim Gaffigan) performed to raise money for veterans and their families in the annual benefit concert Stand Up for Heroes. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Birth of the Living Dead recounts the behind-the-scenes story of the making of George A. Romero's 1968 horror film classic Night of the Living Dead. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The documentary Sweet Dreams recounts the efforts of a Rwandan woman to create the country's first ice cream parlor. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Young members of an Inuit clan journey to a mystical land in The Legend of Sarila, Canada's first-ever 3D animated film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Robyn Symon's documentary Behind the Blue Veil examines the plight of Mali's nomadic Tuareg people. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Maxine Trump's documentary Musicwood chronicles the efforts of American guitar companies to guarantee the supply of high-quality wood necessary for its product. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The 300-year-old Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company is presenting their acclaimed production of Sleeping Beauty at the New Victory Theater. To read my New York Post Hot Picks story on the venerable troupe, click here.

The documentary Jihad in America: The Grand Deception makes the claim that Islamic groups are masking their true goal, which is to bring down America. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Out Loud, directed by Samer Daboul, is being described as Lebanon's first-ever gay-themed film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck