Subject:

Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • News

    December 22, 2011

    Best Films: 10 for 2012

    You better watch out.

  • Film

    October 6, 2011

    Ides of March: No Game Change

    Intrigue drowns out argument in political thriller.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Listomania: 10 Bands That Suck Outdoors

    ​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

  • Film

    November 12, 2009

    Pirate Radio Gets A Tame U.S. Release But We Still Love Its Rock 'N' Roll

    ​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    Invention of Lying could have used a few more drafts to work out its plot--and its humor

    ​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Critical Mass: The Best Movies of 2008

    ​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

  • Film

    December 11, 2008

    Doubt

    Doubt wags the finger of moral relativism

  • Film

    November 6, 2008

    Synecdoche, New York

    Art imitates life imitating art in Charlie Kaufman's latest

  • Film

    October 30, 2008

    Charlie Kaufman Embraces Synecdoche

    Art imitates life imitating art in Charlie Kaufman's latest

  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Moolah for Mullahs in Charlie Wilson's War

    All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good time Charlie

  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Savage Love

    Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

  • Culture

    November 22, 2007

    Knockout

    The Boxer packs a sweet punch at DCT; Our Lady's down for the count at the MAC

  • Film

    November 15, 2007

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Has Family Issues

    The Boxer packs a sweet punch at DCT; Our Lady's down for the count at the MAC

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    Sidney Lumet's Long Journey

    Venerable director returns with a devilish thriller

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    The Music Men

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Sundance: The Music Men

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Film

    January 18, 2007

    Snow Business

    Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

  • Home Entertainment

    November 16, 2006

    When the Stars Came Out

    Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

  • Home Entertainment

    November 2, 2006

    Impossibly Passable

    Two Dallas filmmakers recall Sundancing as fast as they can

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Cover Story

    Tribute or parody, it's all great fun

  • Film

    October 12, 2006

    Repeat Offender

    A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

  • Film

    July 13, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Abort

    Mission: Impossible III runs the franchise into the ground

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Rogues' Gallery

    Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005

  • Film

    November 17, 2005

    Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

    Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale

  • Film

    October 20, 2005

    Writes and Wrongs

    In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2005

    The Impossible Dream

    In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

  • Film

    December 25, 2003

    Mountainous Achievement

    Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama onscreen

  • Film

    June 12, 2003

    Bemoaning Mahowny

    If there was any life to this reality-based drama, the filmmakers seem to have missed it

  • Film

    February 13, 2003

    You, Me, Him

    Philip Seymour Hoffman is a great actor, because he never acts

  • Film

    January 9, 2003

    Ground Zero Hour

    A man's last day of freedom becomes Spike's meditation on September 11

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    Far From Happy

    The year's best featured plenty of Sad White Guys

  • Film

    November 14, 2002

    Fake Out

    At the Deep Ellum film fest, fact becomes fiction becomes fact

  • Film

    October 17, 2002

    Sad Gilmore

    Adam Sandler plays Adam Sandler, and for once it's lovely

  • Film

    October 3, 2002

    Flesh for Fantasy

    Brett Ratner tarts up this Red Dragon adaptation

  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    Shot in the Arm

    Wilco may have been abandoned by its label, but it still had its fans

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    Sexual Perversity in Vermont

    In a small town, folks swallow Hollywood's American bull

  • Film

    September 14, 2000

    Listen to the Movie

    Almost Famous rings in your ears--and heart--long after it's over

  • Film

    January 6, 2000

    Cock of the walk

    Magnolia buries a radiant Tom Cruise beneath three hours of brilliant nothing

  • Film

    December 23, 1999

    The accidental tourist

    Matt Damon proves quite The Talented Mr. Ripley -- but he overstays his welcome

  • Film

    October 22, 1998

    Only the lonely

    Todd Solondz deftly examines life's rich pageant in Happiness

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