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'Trance': You're Getting Sleepy, SleepyBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:10PM / Friday, April 26, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Fox Searchlight Pictures You know that dream you have, the one you think you've had several times before, but when you awake can't recall the recurrence? Well, if you can explain what that's all about, you'll have no trouble following director Danny Boyle's quasi-linear "Trance," about a psychologist's attempt to help some art thieves find a misplaced masterpiece. Formed of numerous story striations, seemingly plopped together to confuse, the film's elusive nature does work to draw our interest, but in the final analysis, not all that 0 Comments
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Yankee Finds Two 'Bests' on North Adams' Eagle StreetStaff Reports, iBerkshires
05:31PM / Monday, April 22, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two Eagle Street establishments have nabbed Editor's Choice selections in this year's Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England.
Making the Best of New England list for Western Mass (which has a preponderance of Berkshire venues this year) is the legendary (and not surprising) Jack's Hot Dog Stand as the "Best Retro Hot Dogs." But newcomer Martha Flood Design Studio & Fabric Gallery just a few doors down made the list as well.
Flood opened her Eagle Street studio three years ago and features a line of fabrics from recycled plastics inspired by the Berkshires — leaves, water, flora and bark. The studio
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'42': Root, Root, Root for HumanityBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:10AM / Thursday, April 18, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Warner Brothers I love baseball. Some even claim I'm moved to tears when taking in the playing field of Yankee Stadium for the first time each season. So it is in that vein that I declare Brian Helgeland's "42" both a stirring depiction of Jackie Robinson's epic breaking of the color line and a fine addition to those films recounting the saga of our national pastime. But more important among the dramatically solid movie's virtues is the conscientious refresher course on racism in America. The term sports metaphor has never been more appropriate. And, just 0 Comments
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'Evil Dead': Bring Popcorn, a Soda and a TourniquetBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:23AM / Friday, April 12, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Tri-Star Pictures I grew anxious as "Evil Dead," director Fede Alvarez's remake/reboot/continuation of Sam Raimi's horror franchise, neared its invasion of the Bijou. In the parlance of my filmgoing childhood, just as when either "Them" (1954) or "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) loomed as the Saturday matinee, I was "a-scared," and not merely afraid. We made deals. Oh sure, we would go, no matter how frightening the prospect. It was compulsory — a lesson in taking the bad with the good — the good being a Western or 0 Comments
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'G.I. Joe: Retaliation': Revenge is Oh So SourBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
12:47PM / Friday, April 05, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Paramount Pictures Call it a testament to the strength of our culture. The incredible thing about director Jon M. Chu's "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," an old fashioned shoot-'em-up dressed in brave new world clothing, is that for all its nihilistic, cacophonic violence, there seems to be a need to include some sort of storyline. Alas, all is not lost. And that's about it for the rosy side. Probably the sorriest aspect of this adventure about the elite defenders of freedom known as the G.I. Joes is that its sensibilities consist of the same old war stories we 0 Comments
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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: April 5-11| 09:22AM / Friday, April 05, 2013 | |
 Friday: First Fridays Artswalk! Step out Friday for the first springtime First Fridays Artswalk of 2013! Pittsfield's Upstreet Cultural District will be abloom with new art for you to enjoy, from free admission to a new art exhibit opening at the Berkshire Museum, to an exhibit by Berkshire college students (including this recycled paper dress) at theLichtenstein Center for the Arts. Bring family and friends and make an evening of it upstreet! Friday, April 5 | 5pm-8pm | Upstreet Cultural District | 413-499-9348 | 0 Comments
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First Fridays Artswalk Schedule for April 5| 09:29AM / Thursday, April 04, 2013 | |
 Brand new art exhibitions are springing up in Pittsfield's for this Friday's April 5th First Fridays Artswalk. Galleries, shops and restaurants are open late. Free maps and guides will be available throughout downtown as well a free downloadable Artswalk map & guide here! Below are some highlights from north to south. Artist Reception for Barbara Apante's Photography at BMC Barbara Apante's digital photography is on display during an artist reception to kick off April's Artswalk in the
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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: March 29 - April 4| 09:35AM / Friday, March 29, 2013 | |
 Friday: Good Friday Disorientation A very different Good Friday reflection in song, silence and solidarity. Using the music of Arcade Fire, Portishead, the Cure, Glen Hansard, Delta Rae and others, musicians will share their take on how joy and sorrow often live together in a disorienting way. They will also be taking collections to raise money for the local emergency food program. Friday, March 29 | 7pm | First Church of Christ | 27 East St | 413-447-7351 | Donation Friday: Claire Daly Quartet at Berkshire Museum Claire Daly's Baritone Monk explores the
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'Admissions': Entree to EntertainmentBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
10:39AM / Thursday, March 28, 2013 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Focus Features Smarty pants me figured I had director Paul Weitz's "Admission" all figured out. She's the uptight, overachieving admissions officer at Princeton who gave her baby up for adoption back in college. He's the easygoing head of an alternative school, anxious to get a pet prodigy into Princeton. So of course we know how it plays out, right? Wrong! Weitz, working from Karen Croner's adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz's sociologically astute novel, smartly leads us down the garden path. Making use of our preconceptions, he teaches us a 0 Comments
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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: March 22-28| 08:40AM / Friday, March 22, 2013 | |
 Friday & Saturday: Rich is the Wolf at Little Cinema The Rendezvous with French Cinema series features Rich is the Wolf. Perplexed at the sudden disappearance of her husband, a wife watches hours of videotape that he's recorded over the previous seven years to piece together some clues. The filmmaker,Damien Odoul's, most daring feature, whose color and black-and-white images are culled from his own videotaping, confirms his place as one of France's genuinely exploratory filmmakers. Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23 | 7pm | Little Cinema | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street
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