Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York was a wild odyssey of introspection that Robert Ebert named the best of the 2000s.

There’s something appealingly anti-psychological about Charlie Kaufman. As a Jew who explores the inner lives of anxious neurotic depressive solipsists, he could be expected to build his works ...

Some of you will be looking toward me to explain it for you. I will try. If, when I'm finished, you still don't understand a single damned thing about it, welcome to the club. Because neither do I ...

Synecdoche, New York Running Time 124 minutes Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Samantha Morton, Dianne Wie… ...

The Lowdown: A singularly strange movie that requires both patience and considerable work from the viewer. Only for those looking for a film that challenges them -- and whether you like it or not ...

If movie awards were given out for ambition, Charlie Kaufman’s insanely twisted “Synecdoche, New York” would sweep every prize this year. We wouldn’t expect anything less from the ...

With Synecdoche, New York, the writer of the trippy Being John Malkovich takes us not inside the body of the eccentric actor but inside his own head for a couple of hours. But even fans of the ...

Philip Seymour Hoffman, left, Michelle Williams and Tom Noonan in 'Syndecdoche, New York.' Charlie Kaufman's 'Synecdoche, New York' is one far-out trip | Movies/TV | nola.com Skip to main content ...

Synecdoche, New York. ... as in the White House for the U.S. administration or Hollywood for the movie industry, “synecdoche” sums up what Caden ... “I Don’t Know if Anyone Could Work Like ...

Based on this opening sequence, Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York feels like a movie grounded in a particularly unvarnished kind of reality.

Synecdoche, New York is exhilarating and exasperating in equal doses. But Kaufman, making his directing debut, is focused on something you don’t find at multiplexes overrun with chihuahuas and ...

In Brief: Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York (2008) represents not just one of the actor's most accomplished performances but one of his most ...