Who Dare Portray Truman Capote?
Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toby Jones, and Tom Hollander have dared to portray Truman Capote to varying effect. Capote remains a complicated challenge.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The 10 Best Films of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Over 22 years of performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman rarely disappointed. Even when he stepped outside his comfort zone to make commercial fodder, he remained riveting.
Punch Drunk Love’s Painful Humor and Euphoric Pleasure
Paul Thomas Anderson’s quirky, painful and euphoric dark comedy, Punch Drunk Love, is reinvention in the purest sense, free of commercial pressure.
The Ethics of Death-Defying Media
Furious 7's path to the screen is emblematic of the ways in which film and other media defy (and define) death as images develop lives of their own.
In Defense of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Legacy
Lost far too soon, Philip Seymour Hoffman was the single most affecting reason I ever decided to watch movies in the first place.