7.3.08
Jacob's Pillow Gala makes the New York Sun
Mysterious Zelig shows up in front-page photo
7.1.08
MONTREAL DIARY
Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival
7.1.08
WTF's NICHOLAS MARTIN TO HEADLINE FREE FORUM
[PRESS RELEASE] New WTF leader at Triplex, Sunday, July 13, 11 a.m., for REST OF THE STORY
6.27.08
[DANCE REVIEW] Mark Morris at Tanglewood
review by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
6.24.08
Passenger air travel on brink of collapse
System headed for full-metal breakdown by end of year
6.24.08
Gas prices may usher in era of New Urbanism
Suburbs collapsing from internal contradiction of life built around cars, highways, and cheap gas
6.24.08
Ian McEwan joins Martin Amis in speaking out against Islamism
Rare writers willing to take a politically incorrect stand
6.24.08
BTF's Kate Maguire speaks at forum on Sunday, June 29
REST OF THE STORY event at Triplex Cinema
9.13.07
YOGA to be focus of forum on September 23
Berkshire Living's REST OF THE STORY event at the Triplex
6.19.08
New Mamet One-Act to Debut at Mahaiwe
[PRESS RELEASE] Benefit Performance for Berkshire Playwrights Lab June 25
6.19.08
[FILM REVIEW] ROMAN DE GARE
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
6.16.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Jen Chapin at Club Helsinki
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
6.18.08
[DANCE REVIEW] Garth Fagan collaborates with Wynton Marsalis at Jacob's Pillow
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
6.17.08
Cafe Latino to celebrate opening of gallery, downtown arts festival
[PRESS RELEASE] Restaurant at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass., to display Latino artwork
6.17.08
Cafe Latino to celebrate opening of gallery, downtown arts festival
[PRESS RELEASE] Restaurant at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass., to display Latino artwork
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[FILM REVIEW] MICHAEL CLAYTON
10.16.07
MICHAEL CLAYTON
Directed by Tony Gilroy
Starring George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, and Tom Wilkinson
Review by Seth Rogovoy, editor-in-chief and critic-at-large, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine.
MICHAEL CLAYTON is a terrific paranoid thriller in the vein of such great 1970s films as THE PARALLAX VIEW and THE CONVERSATION, updated for the 21st century. Every character in the film -- which pits a megacorporate agricultural corporation (think Monsanto) against a top New York law firm -- is drenched in ethical corruption, with George Clooney at the center as the law firm's "fixer." Gilroy does a great job of establishing the dark mood (with terrific lighting, muted music and sound, and chilling editing and camera work), filling in the back story of Clooney's troubled extracurricular life.
Pollack and Wilkinson are pitch-perfect in their roles as CEO and top litigator, respectively, but it's Tilda Swinton who nearly walks away with the film in an Oscar-level performance as the corporate counsel who will stop at nothing to save her company from a class-action lawsuit and the bad publicity that could destroy it.
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