Tag Archives: Charlie Kaufman

At the Cinema | Cold Souls – Paul Giamatti loses his soul in surreal comedy

A surreal storyline: check. A famous actor playing himself: check. Playful existential comedy Cold Souls certainly ticks some of the same boxes as Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich, yet first-time writer-director Sophie Barthes’s assured feature film debut … Continue reading

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The Best view | Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman’s new movie: self-indulgent twaddle or surreal masterpiece?

As a screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman has become a byword for cinematic jiggery-pokery, a master of tricky, self-reflexive storytelling who has bamboozled viewers with his scripts for such mind-bending movies as Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless … Continue reading

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52nd Times BFI London Film Festival – could this be your only chance to see these films?

My post on the press launch of the London Film Festival last week highlighted a number of the event’s most prominent movies, including the opening and closing galas – Frost/Nixon and Slumdog Millionaire. If you miss these films during the … Continue reading

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