Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 directorial debut Synecdoche, New York follows a marital conflict between two artists living in the ...

Synecdoche, New York: Black comedy. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener and Emily Watson. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. (R. 124 minutes. At ...

Charlie Kaufman is the rarest of Hollywood commodities — a brand-name writer. He’s branching out, though; his directorial debut is Synecdoche, New York. The film is a sprawling think piece that stars ...

In handicapping a film's awards potential it always makes sense to pay attention to the Oscar pedigree its filmmakers and stars bring to the table, writes MARTIN A. GROVE. By Martin A. Grove, The ...

Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut 'Synecdoche, New York' was just more than four hours long. An edit to a two-hour, four-minute version, unveiled at the Festival de Cannes, received a five-minute ...

I think you have to see Charlie Kaufman‘s “Synecdoche, New York” twice. I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it. The second time because I needed to.

The first poster for Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York has debuted courtesy of our good friends over at IONCINEMA.com. You've probably heard mention of this film recently given it debuted at the ...

Synecdoche, New York opens with a scene of finely observed domestic squalor. A suburban home rouses itself for the day. A middle-aged man declares “I don’t feel well” before sitting down to breakfast.

“Here’s what I think theater is: It’s the beginning of thought. It’s the truth not yet spoken. It’s what a man feels after he’s been clocked in the jaw. It’s love, in all its messiness. And I want all ...