Category Archives: Dracula

Giants walk the hills of the Berkshires. I bumped into quite a few last week. You know some of them: Stephen Sondheim, Yo-Yo Ma, Auguste Rodin, Norman Rockwell and that fallen spawn of Satan, Count Dracula Continue reading →

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Film Ahead is a weekly column highlighting special events and repertory programming for the discerning Camberville filmgoer. It also includes capsule reviews of films that are not feature reviewed. Continue reading →

As the Great Depression hit Hollywood and beyond, the booming silent era of the 1920s morphed in both sensory technology and theme. Talkies, even some in Technicolor, navigated responses to hardship that reveled in high escapism, genre symbolism and the strict idealism of Soviet socialist realism. The 1930s were a time of screwballs, musicals, Universal Monsters and the looming conservative crackdown of the Hays Code Continue reading →

| Porter Engle? When Phase II of Star Wars: The High Republic was announced at the beginning of the year, Marvel Comics promised they would publish a project from Charles Soule exploring Jedi character Porter Engle's back story. And now that series has been announced for November as The Blade #1 Continue reading →

Typically, many wince at the idea of seeing video game adaptations come to the big (or small) screen. Over the years, Hollywood has tried to make use of video game franchises. More often than not, it misses the mark entirely Continue reading →

David Adkins, an actor and acting teacher at Berkshire Theatre Group, is currently portraying the role of Dr. Seward in the group's production of "Dracula" at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. PITTSFIELD David Adkins knew in high school that he wanted to be a professional actor, and he has spent his entire adult life both working and teaching in that profession Continue reading →

An aspiring dramatist named Emlyn Williams watched the rain fall from his bed in his New York City apartment. He had just turned 22 and had performed in a play the night before, butas he recalled years later in his autobiographythe feeling of being alone darkened into loneliness Continue reading →

Theories are a quintessential part of film fan culture. Film buffs spend countless hours re-watching films to pick out any sequences or shots that can become part of a hidden meaning or reality one would not notice upon first viewing. Whether it be a significant character secretly being a figment of imagination, or a directors filmography being one consecutive story taking place in one universe, fan theories provide a whole new perspective on a film and a source of entertainment. Continue reading →

If Marwas role on What We Do in the Shadows wasnt specifically to be pushed to the sidelines by a fianc (now husband) who doesnt see her as anything but an extension of his own ego, then Id say shes been treated unfairly. Yes, he treats Guillermo like shit, but they actually spend time together. Continue reading →