Scheck on the Arts

Here's another review from the Tribeca Film Festival, of The Pretty One, starring Zoe Kazan as a twin who assumes her late sister's identity. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

British actor Tristan Sturrock of Brief Encounter fame recounts the harrowing tale of how he broke his neck in a fall in his superb solo piece Mayday Mayday. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Here are the first of my Hollywood Reporter reviews from the Tribeca Film Festival:

Nicholas Wrathall's documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia recounts the life and career of the controversial writer and outspoken political gadfly. To read my review, click here.

Emma Cusack and John Cusack play a would-be poet and her reluctant mentor in the dark comedy Adult World. To read my review, click here.

Melissa Leo moving plays a mother dealing with her adult daughter's prescription drug addiction in Bottled Up. To read my review, click here.

Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon star in Sunlight Jr., about a downscale couple coping with financial pressures. To read my review, click here.

And from the New York Post, here's my theater review of the surprisingly funny new revival of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death starring Daniel Davis and Laila Robins. To read it, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The Frank Wildhorn/Leslie Bricusse musical Jekyll & Hyde has returned to Broadway in a revival starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The genre-bending film Love Sick Love depicts a relationship gone very, very wrong. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Three Days (of Hamlet) is a documentary detailing Alex Hyde-White's efforts to stage a production of Shakespeare's classic in only three days. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Rocker/filmmaker Rob Zombie's latest horror-themed effort is The Lords of Salem, about modern-day witches. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Herman's House explores the relationship between a prison inmate locked in solitary confinement and the visual artist championing his cause. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Motown: The Musical, the new Broadway show about the legendary record label, features more than fifty classic songs. To read my review, click here.

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival rocked Madison Square Garden with performances by dozens of great performers. To read my review of the second night of this two-part event, click here.

Scary Movie 5 is the scarily unfunny latest installment of the horror comedy franchise. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary American Meat explores the topic of sustainable farming. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

This Ain't California is a "hybrid documentary" exploring the underground skateboarding culture in 1980's era East Germany. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck