5.11.08
What I'm Reading
Martin Amis, Bob Dylan books, Richard Price
5.11.08
How I'm Feeling
Need a replacement for lower back
5.8.08
Weekend Highlights May 9-11
THE ROGOVOY REPORT
5.6.08
[PRESS RELEASE] Pinchas Zukerman daughter Natalia to headline at Club Helsinki
Coming to Great Barrington, Mass., nightclub on May 18
5.2.08
Singer/composer Jenny Scheinman at MASS MoCA is weekend's top pick
Preview by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
4.25.08
[FILM REVIEW] Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones)
review by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
4.17.08
[FILM REVIEW] The Counterfeiters
review by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
4.11.08
Klezmatics do Woody Guthrie's Jewish songs
Weekend highlights, April 11-13
3.17.08
GOLEM returns to Club Helsinki for PURIM this Friday night
Press Release from Club Helsinki
7.1.07
[PERFORMANCE ART REVIEW] Aurelia Thierree at Jacob's Pillow
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING
2.25.08
Richard Thompson, America, and Madeline Peyroux added to Mahaiwe lineup this spring
Mahaiwe press release
2.25.08
Dennis Prager to make the case for Judaism at Berkshire South
Simulcast of lecture at NY's 92nd St. Y
2.24.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Urban vs. Pastoral Music at the Mahaiwe courtesy of Close Encounters with Music
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
2.18.08
[THEATER REVIEW] TRUMBO at Barrington Stage
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
2.18.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Sarah Aroeste's neo-Ladino at Club Helsinki
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
2.18.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Sarah Aroeste's neo-Ladino at Club Helsinki
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
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TOP 10 FILMS of 2007
1.4.08
From where I sat at the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Mass., this year, here’s my list of the Top 10 movies of the year.
11. Charlie Wilson’s War: OK, I’m cheating, but I couldn’t pare my list down past eleven. This smartly written political satire, directed by Mike Nichols, was played very close to the vest, as it had to be, being based on the true and unusual story of an obscure congressman, played by Tom Hanks, who apparently almost singlehandedly pushed the U.S. into aiding the Afghan resistance against the Soviet Union, thereby putting into play world-shattering events including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of Islamic terrorism. The film includes one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s many great performances this year.
10. Once: A modest Irish romance that deceptively is by form a musical or really an opera, although the songs that drive the story are so organic to the plot, since the main characters are musicians, that a viewer might not even realize it. In other words, a modern musical for those who hate musicals.
9. Michael Clayton: This sharp corporate thriller starring George Clooney is a classic throwback to the conspiracy and paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, and features a stunning performance by actress Tilda Swinton as the very embodiment of corporate dread and evil.
8. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead: Marking the return of director Sidney Lumet, this was a brilliant, character-driven heist film drawing on Shakespeare and incorporating contemporary techniques of multiple points of view, and once again featuring an Oscar caliber performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, alongside Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and a remarkably revealing Marisa Tomei.
7. Two Days in Paris: This modest romantic comedy written by, directed by, and starring Julie Delpy suggests she could be the new Woody Allen.
6. Sweeney Todd: Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are perfectly cast in this film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical, but it’s director Tim Burton’s vision throughout that makes this dark, violent tale such a grandiose entertainment.
5. Eastern Promises: Viggo Mortensen’s brooding presence haunts this violent film directed by David Cronenberg and set in London, where Naomi Watts finds herself accidentally in the middle of a life-and-death struggle with the head of the Russian mob.
4. No Country for Old Men: The Coen Brothers are back in form in this over-the-top deconstruction of the Western and action genres. Not for the faint of heart.
3. I’m Not There: The surprise hit of the year, director Todd Haynes pulled off this dizzying, impressionistic riff on Bob Dylan’s life and career, with great help from Cate Blanchett, who deserves nothing less than the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of mid-‘60s Bob.
2. Ratatouille: I’ve never seen a more intelligent and entertaining full-length cartoon, one so successful that even though it stars rats in restaurant kitchens, it makes you root for them.
1. The Darjeeling Limited: Director Wes Anderson is undoubtedly an acquired taste, but if you’re with him, he scores again with this dreamy, surreal story of three brothers reuniting on a long train trip through India, a journey that’s one part Three Stooges and the other part spiritual adventure.
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