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] THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2.7.08
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis
By SETH ROGOVOY, editor-in-chief and critic-at-large, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
Don’t let the title of There Will Be Blood fool you. This isn't a violent action film; rather, I truly believe it's a movie that will go down as one of the classic American films of all time.
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and otherwise a cast of unknowns, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film is an intimate American epic, presenting both a slice of life of America at a turning point in its industrial history – in this case the age of oil discovery – but more than that, the social challenges that corporate capitalism presented – in this case, the breakdown of the family and the tug of war between business and religion.
I’m sure if you dig deep enough, you can even find an allegory about the Iraq war here somewhere, even though the film is based on Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil.
Besides Daniel Day Lewis’s Oscar-caliber performance, the movie is just a technical marvel. As much as Lewis is the star, equally stunning are the views of the arid landscapes, the soundtrack by Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood, and the sound effects that are so ominous they practically tell the story by themselves.
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