Scheck on the Arts

The new off-Broadway drama The Drowning Girls movingly relates the true-life tale of three women who were killed by their husband, George Joseph Smith, during the Edwardian era. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Emily Mortimer plays the title role in Leonie, the new bio-pic about the mother of famed sculptor Isamu Noguchi. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Adrien Brody, Lindsay Lohan, Rob Schneider and Michelle Rodriguez are among those starring in the abysmal sketch comedy film InAPPropriate Behavior. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The bizarre animated sci-fi thriller Silver Circle depicts the battle between oppressive government forces and a rebels determined to restore a silver-based currency. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Sara Rue stars in the sitcom-style romantic comedy film Dorfman in Love. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Clown extraordinaire Bello Nock strikes out on his own with his solo show Bello Mania at the New Victory Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary You Don't Need Feet to Dance tells the moving story of disabled African performer Sidiki Conde. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The low-budget horror film Come Out and Play concerns a vacationing American couple fighting off gangs of murderous children. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Vanishing Waves is an erotically charged sci-fi film about a scientist who enters the dreamworld of a comatose young woman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Totem is the latest production of the ever-prolific Cirque du Soleil. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The moving documentary Downeast chronicles the efforts to reopen a shuttered Maine sardine factory. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck