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FILM REVIEW: I Am Love
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6.22.10
FILM REVIEW: Please Give
Review by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine

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Call Peter Vernon for just about anything you need done around the house or garden

6.3.10
Prime Minister Netanyahu's Statment Regarding the Gaza Blockade Action

4.21.10
FILM REVIEW: Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
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4.17.10
CONCERT REVIEW: Jakob Dylan at the Egg, Albany, N.Y.
Review by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine

4.16.10
BOOK REVIEW: The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
Review by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine

4.16.10
MUSIC REVIEW: Shawn Colvin at the Mahaiwe
Review by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine

4.16.10
FILM REIVEW: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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12.29.08
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2.18.10
Community Radio Station Gets Full-Power License
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2.15.10
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2.11.10
FILM REVIEW: Crazy Heart
by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine

1.20.10
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The majority party must wield the reins of power delivered unto it by the people

1.14.09
Weekend Cultural Highlights 1.15-1.18
by Seth Rogovoy of BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine

1.14.09
Weekend Cultural Highlights 1.15-1.18
by Seth Rogovoy of BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine

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[FILM REVIEW] KUNG POW WOW
5.13.09
The only thing wrong with Kung Pow Wow, a short film that will be screened this weekend at the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) at the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Mass., is that it's only two minutes long. Then again, that's part of the film's genius. In just two short minutes, the filmmakers and actors give us essentially the entire lowdown on a relationship. In this case, the simple act of ordering Chinese takeout -- one of the most romantic cliches in film and in real life -- turns into a horror threatening the very foundations of what seemed like a perfectly fine relationship. How the filmmakers achieve this effect I won't say -- I will leave that to the joy of discovery -- but it's enough to say that it is through inventiveness and a willingness to disorient a viewer in the service of achieving the remarkable effect.
If this is a hint of what's in store this weekend from BIFF, it's going to be a great festival.
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