Philip Seymour Hoffman

"Doubt" "Doubt"

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 12, 2008

  • Dude + dude = porno!

    Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 17, 2009

  • Who names a film "Synecdoche"?

    Quasi-legendary screenwriter Charlie Kaufman discusses his surreal black-comic directing debut -- and why he's willing to tick people off with an unpronounceable title.
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 24, 2008

  • "Synecdoche, New York"

    Charlie Kaufman's ambitious directing debut scratches at something deep and painful but ends up patting itself on the back.
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 24, 2008

  • 10 from Cannes, with love

    From "Che" to a rowdy Paris high school to a murderous "Tony Manero," here are Cannes' 2008 hits-in-waiting -- and a few more that deserve a second look.
    By Andrew O'Hehir May 27, 2008

  • Yes we Cannes!

    Indiana Jones meets art cinema as the world's leading festival offers its most exciting lineup in years.
    By Andrew O'Hehir May 14, 2008

  • Charlie Wilson's unfinished war

    The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 22, 2008

  • Cannes rumors: No Coens, but "Indy 4" and "Sex" likely

    Now "Burn After Reading" probably won't premiere in France. Will Spielberg or Sarah Jessica claim opening night?
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 20, 2008

  • Beyond the Multiplex

    Awards season begins. No, really. Plus: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney make family dysfunction funny (no, really).
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 29, 2007

  • Beyond the Multiplex

    Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke lead the outstanding cast of the overheated "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." Plus: Jimmy Carter charms. Anthony Hopkins confounds.
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 25, 2007

  • The sexiest man living!

    Forget that other list. We pick the men who really set our hearts aflame -- and there's nary a pretty-boy actor among them.
    By Salon staff November 17, 2006

  • "Capote"

    Philip Seymour Hoffman's Truman Capote keeps the blood coursing through this otherwise somber biopic.
    By Stephanie Zacharek September 30, 2005

  • "Cold Mountain"

    Anthony Minghella's pretty, star-studded adaptation of the bestselling Civil War romance never makes it above freezing. And, gee, didn't those Southern whites have it rough?
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 25, 2003

  • "Owning Mahowny"

    This tense, well-crafted film tells the true story of a Toronto banker -- played by the wonderful Philip Seymour Hoffman -- who embezzles $10 million to support his gambling habit.
    By Stephanie Zacharek May 2, 2003

  • The best movie you haven't seen

    Suffused with a sense of 9/11 loss, Spike Lee's overlooked "25th Hour" is the most emotionally wrenching film of the year.
    By Charles Taylor February 19, 2003

  • "Love Liza"

    What do you do when your wife kills herself? Sit around in your underwear and huff gas like Philip Seymour Hoffman.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 8, 2003

  • "25th Hour"

    Of course Spike Lee has the right to transcend movies about race. He also has the talent to do better than this plodding moral fable about a prison-bound Edward Norton.
    By Jeff Stark December 20, 2002

  • Love on the brink of chaos

    Paul Thomas Anderson's strange and marvelous "Punch-Drunk Love" turns Adam Sandler into a leading man -- and brings the sweetness of romantic comedy to an alienated age.
    By Charles Taylor October 11, 2002

  • "State and Main"

    Hollywood scheming: In David Mamet's delicious new ensemble comedy, the bastards win.
    By Charles Taylor December 22, 2000

  • "The Talented Mr. Ripley"

    Matt Damon makes us sympathize with a killer; Anthony Minghella shows us why we do.
    By Jeff Stark July 14, 2000

  • I have seen the future: It's Tenacious D

    If watching these two short, fat, weird guys perform doesn't make you happier than you've been in years, you're withered and dead within.
    By Cintra Wilson April 27, 2000

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for
    Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2000
    By Joyce Millman January 25, 2000

  • "The Talented Mr. Ripley"

    Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law star in a deluxe version of Patricia Highsmith's creepy classic.
    By Charles Taylor December 24, 1999

  • "Magnolia"

    Even with a stellar cast, director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" follow-up flounders without a punchline.
    By Charles Taylor December 17, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Say what? Horowitz thinks Republicans are too NICE?! Plus: Grateful Dead producer defends cut-and-paste editing; marriage-savers are wrong about monogamy.
    Letters to the Editor December 3, 1999
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