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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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December 31, 2012

As the fourth season draws to a close, "Intervention" has delivered above and beyond the expectations for most reality television. Say what you want about...

Sweets from Sweden

December 31, 2012

A song on Jens Lekman's 2007 release Night Falls Over Kortedala entitled "Your Arms Around Me" adequately sums up who the twenty-seven year-old Swedish...

Young performers save film from The Ruins

December 31, 2012

Nominated for the adaptation of his own novel, A Simple Plan, Scott Smith's newest script is based on his work, The Ruins.,What do you get when you add...

Malkmus paves new way

December 31, 2012

After releasing five studio albums with Pavement, one of the most influential independent rock bands of the 90s, Malkmus and the rest of the members of...

Eccentric amp; eclectic Eels

December 31, 2012

The Eels are not a band known for their legacy. For most, mentioning the Eels does not conjure up thoughts of a complex library of music or a magnitude...

The Beacon evaluates the foyers of MFA amp; ICA

December 31, 2012

The hallway that plays home to the Museum of Fine Art's cafeacute; has turned into the most lively piece of art the museum owns. The entire wall opposite...

Desperate Governesses: Miss Pettigrew lives for the pay

December 31, 2012

She was about to leave the employment agency just as she had come in: a raggedy, jobless, desperate and hungry governess. But the timid Miss Pettigrew...

Emerson Stage gives old-school Philadelphia a facelift

December 31, 2012

The grandeur and glamour of the 1930s will arrive at the Semel Theatre on Feb. 28 when Emerson Stage's production of Phillip Barry's The Philadelphia Story...

Rivera#039;s Tectonics leaves heads in the Clouds

December 31, 2012

In Jose Rivera's Cloud Tectonics, the newest show to hit Emerson Stage, a massive, almost biblical flood engulfs all of Los Angeles. In the midst of this...

A very BUFF slate

December 31, 2012

Although not as high profile as the festivals at Cannes or Sundance, the ninth annual Boston Underground Film Festival offers a strange and lively lineup...

Oscar-winning foreign film investigates morality

December 31, 2012

The Counterfeiters, this year's Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, is a true story set in 1946 that follows a brooding, nameless gambler...

Nothing Funny or remotely humane about Michael Haneke#039;s heartless Games

December 31, 2012

Do not go see Funny Games. Do not go anywhere near Funny Games. This malicious and fetishistic shot-for-shot remake from writer/director Michael Haneke...

No need for ambulance

December 31, 2012

Ambulance LTD's transformative sound is hard to explain. Some of their tracks hinge on the ambient sound of dream pop, while others pulse and grind through...

Gus Van Sant evokes adolescence and sincerity in Paranoid Park

December 31, 2012

Gus Van Sant-the director of such hazy, slow-paced films as Gerry, Last Days and the Palme d'Or winning Elephant-must be the most patient director in contemporary...

Motion sickness that makes your knees buckle

December 31, 2012

"What really inspires me is [Vonnegut's] writing style and his narratives in general," said lead singer and guitarist Mike Epstein in a phone interview...

New DVD Musicals: Miss and Hit

December 31, 2012

andRomance and Cigarettes,Across the UniverseCommodification is the name of the game in Julie Taymor's square and soggy cinematic adaptation of the Beatles'...

Postmodernism fills the Caesarean section of ART

December 31, 2012

The line between what is modern and what is ancient blurs, and thus, humor is injected into scenes that would otherwise be stiff and lifeless.,Director...

These phallic drawings are Superbad to the bone

December 31, 2012

Everyone loves to look at penises. Why this is so is a fair question, but it remains a fact that the penis has a certain allure to it-and there are certainly...

Emerson to Fix up Little Broadway-hopeful musical

December 31, 2012

Jason Knight stands in front of 10 underclassmen in a studio on the third floor of the Colonial Theatre on a Sunday evening in mid-February. The attentive...

No-Pro: Just another lame Will Ferrell sport spoof

December 31, 2012

Will Ferrell is a funny guy. So is Will Arnett, his frequent co-star. But their latest collaboration, Semi-Pro, is comical only because it makes the cast...