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] CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
12.23.07
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Directed by Mike Nichols
Starring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julia Roberts
Review by Seth Rogovoy, editor-in-chief and critic-at-large, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine.
If we're to believe this somewhat plausible movie, the entire course of world history was changed by the actions of three unlikely, undistinguished people, played by the three stars of this gripping, funny, acute film. Apparently with the help of a very wealthy Texas socialite (played by Roberts) and an offbeat CIA operative (played brilliantly by Seymour Hoffman), the Texas congressman of the title (played by Tom Hanks) -- a corrupt, hedonistic simpleton -- put into action the course of events that led to our covert aid to the Afghan mujahedeen, allowing them their fantastic victory over the Soviets, who after a year of getting pummeled turned tail and ran.
What's as exciting as what plays out on the screen -- in Aaron Sorkin's terrific script full of outrageous humor always balanced by an underlying level of seriousness -- is what the viewer fills in. Even as the characters themselves have no idea what they're getting into, we slowly realize we're witnessing the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union, and the beginning of the ascendancy of militant Islam, which would come back to smack us in the face in the form of our erstwhile allies, the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and 9/11.
This wonderfully entertaining movie could be the most important political film of the year.
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