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It's not just critics who hate Peter Sellars' production of "Othello" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman at NYU's Skirball Center. Audiences hate it too,...
2morrowknight | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment
The Riddler is intellectually curious, wickedly funny, and relentlessly creative -- all of the things I would associate with Stephen Colbert. Add in the usual debauchery, mischief and shenanigans and Colbert could really pull it off.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment
The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.
AP | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — The Public Theater says Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to play Iago in an off-Broadway revival of "Othello" next season. An Oscar win...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment
Because of the staggered nature of TV seasons these days, actors are suddenly available for more than one series at once -- and can have two or more shows on the air at the same time.
John Farr | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment
The conventional thinking that a movie is best appreciated on a huge screen and in an assemblage of strangers no longer holds true when compared to a high-definition home theater.
AP/Huffington Post Slideshow | Posted 03.24.2009 | Entertainment
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The sports comeback tale "The Wrestler" was picked as best picture Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent fil...
Dan Abramson | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment
If for some reason any of the other actors win Best-Supporting Actor, they'll be viewed as that A-hole who deprived Heath of the posthumous honor.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment
After a great year for women at the box office, the lack of a film about a woman in the final five stings.
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment
A collection of facts, figures and trivia about this year's Academy Award nominees: CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," with 1...
Marshall Fine | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment
Yes, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei received acting nominations. But The Wrestler -- one of the fiercest, most moving, most resourceful independent entries of the year -- was shut out in the major categories.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is the Academy Awards heavyweight with 13 nominations, yet the shadow of Batman lo...
NY Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment
PARK CITY, Utah - Philip Seymour Hoffman literally phoned in his voice performance for tonight's opener at the Sundance Film Festival, the animated f...
Marshall Fine | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment
The timing may have been fortuitous, with the explosion of complains and lawsuits about sexual abuse against the Catholic Church. But Shanley insists that Doubt, isn't about the scandal.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — The Catholic school drama "Doubt" led contenders Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with five nominations, including hono...
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago
The big-screen incarnation of Doubt may be even more powerful than the play, particularly given the eerie similarities it bears to a very real drama that has unfolded in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Huffington Post | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment
Philip Seymour Hoffman talked to Jon Stewart Thursday night to promote his movie "Doubt," in which he plays a priest suspected of pedophilia. Earlie...
Marshall Fine | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment
A heavyweight cast performs Shanley's compelling arguments about the nature of faith and certainty in a way that will spark discussions among viewers in the same way it did on Broadway.
New York Times | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment
To say that Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" is one of the best films of the year or even one closest to my heart is such a pathetic response ...
AP | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment
LONDON — Producers say Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct a play in London's West End later this year. "Riflemind" tells th...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.31.2008 | Entertainment
CANNES, France — It seems fitting that Charlie Kaufman's directing debut, which offers enough enigmatic ideas to fry viewers' brains, should als...
Interview Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
People and Us Weekly both have excerpts of an April Interview magazine piece on Heath Ledger. In it, ex-fiancee Michelle Williams breaks her silence f...
New York Times | A.O.Scott | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Most of the recent films we've seen about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us what a drag those conflicts are, which may be why so few of us ha...
Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...
Variety | Todd McCarthy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
"Charlie Wilson's War" is that rare Hollywood commodity these days: a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups. Based on the late George Crile'...
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nypost.com | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment