Obsession and identity are recurring themes in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's work, and he draws on them again in his directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK. Kaufman's film focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theatre director who has won a MacArthur grant to help produce his next project. .. Read more
| Starring | Dianne Wiest, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Watson, Tom Noonan |
|---|---|
| Director | Charlie Kaufman |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Jack Black led a gang of giant kung-fu kicking panda bears down the red carpet to help open the 61st Cannes Film Festival in France, according to reports. The BBC says the School Of Rock and Nacho Libre star also performed some kicks and twirls for the press at the screening of his latest movie, animated feature Kung Fu Panda. His antics followed the screening of the event's opening film, bleak drama Blindness, which stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffo and Danny Glover. The film, directed by City... Read more
We chatted to City of God and The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles about his new film Blindness, based on the bestselling novel by José Saramago. Set in the near future, Blindness stars Julianne Moore stars as the only person in an unnamed city not to be struck blind by a mysterious disease. We asked Fernando how he went about adapting such as well loved book and what he thought of the controversy the film has caused with activist groups LOVEFILM: Was José Saramago involved in the Read more
Let's say it together: sin-neck-doh-chee. Charlie Kaufman is the reclusive, dazzlingly inventive screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. No surprise that today's screening of his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York, had people scratching their heads right from the title. Scalps were soon very sore indeed. Philip Seymour Hoffman - another Kaufman alter-ego - is an angsty theatre director named Caden. His marriage to wife Catherine Keener... Read more
The darlings of the festival, the Dardenne brothers, walked the red carpet today to present their brand new film Le Silence De Lorna, which is showing in competition. The Dardenne's have never left the festival empty handed so the pressure for them to perform is pretty immense. After fighting my way into the screening (and I thought Indy was bad) I'm pleased to report that once again they have created a subtly sharp and insightful film, that tackles some pretty dark issues. New comer Arta... Read more
Cannes 2008 It's the biggest and the most glamorous film festival in the world, and after the Oscars, it is host to the most important competition in the movie calendar. If the Academy Awards are compromised by studio advertising budgets, the Palme d'Or purports to be above commercial considerations. A seven-strong jury weighs the merits of 20 movies from Hollywood, Europe, Asia and South America (no African films this year). These contenders have been selected by festival director Thierry... Read more
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