Philip Seymour Hoffman

'Synecdoche' not visitor friendly

By James Verniere Friday, November 7, 2008 - Updated 2m ago In the signature Charlie Kaufman-scripted comedy “Being John Malkovich,” viewers were invited to feel what it’s like to be you-know-who. In “Synecdoche, New York,” we...

"Doubt" provocative, and possibly unfair (Reuters)

Reuters - "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer-winning play and now a movie version he has directed, tackles the subject of pedophilia and paranoia in the Catholic Church in a subversive and perhaps even an unfair manner.

A film festival of festivals

The second annual Festival of Festivals has begun its circuit around the country, showcasing fine cinematic fare, fresh from gracing the silver screen at the world's top film festivals. And according to the festival organisers,...

Letting the Days Go By

And your host slips slowly into a haze as he stumbles around his hotel room, wondering what happened to the evening, which started so innocently with a half dozen mojitos at the Cuban bar with a couple sides of fried plantains....

Hollywood Rewraps The Holidays

Facing a dark economic forecast, the movie industry is shuffling release schedules and banking on the drawing power of Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Will Smith. Summit Entertainment slipped "Twilight," its film adaptation of...

Movie review and filmmaker interview: Synecdoche, New York

is a troubling film. One has this disturbing sense - sitting through its arduous navel-gazing at our flawed human condition, marveling at its flashes of brilliance and utter weirdness - that there's something really special...

Oscar Eye: Milk Will Take Politics To Best Picture

Yes We Can! And as it turns out, the first Oscar contender I've seen since Tuesday night is Milk, which brought many of the same emotions right back to the surface. The movie, about gay rights leader Harvey Milk and his efforts...

OSCAR BUZZ: Holiday movies keep their eye on the gold

Holiday movies keep their eye on the gold Bill Goodykoontz • Gannett News Service • November 7, 2008 And the Oscar goes to. ... Too early? Not thinking about Academy Awards nominees yet? Maybe you should be because the movie...

"Synecdoche, New York"

“I don’t know what I’m doing,” Philip Seymour Hoffman laments quietly to an optimistic, uncomprehending Michelle Williams in “Synecdoche, New York.” Hoffman, a playwright and recent recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, is in...

KNOW Theatre: Last chance to see Doubt before it hits the big screen

Matthew Edwards • Reader Submitted • November 6, 2008 Doubt, A Parable, makes its final appearances this weekend at KNOW Theatre this at the Binghamton City Stage. Doubt, will make its way to movie theatres around the nation...