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Synopsis

For theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife (Catherine Keener) has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin. His therapist (Hope Davis) is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel (Samantha Morton) has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. Co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson and Dianne Wiest. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich

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Film Information

• Genre: Drama
• Director: Charlie Kaufman
• Written By: Charlie Kaufman
• Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dianne Wiest, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, and Tom Noonan
• Running Time: 124 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity
• Language: English
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Reviews

"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 to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now."

   - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"I think you have to see Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York twice. I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it. The second time because I needed to. The third time because I will want to."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Although obviously a stretched and lightly drawn caricature -- the cerebral writer is obsessed with his work, has metaphorical skin problems, can't have sex without weeping, etc. -- Cotard is real. Or as real a representation of an artist as we're likely to get in this biopic age."

   - Travis Nichols, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Synecdoche is the kind of movie that rewards repeated viewings. But sometimes, as Van Morrison sings, it's just best to"

   - Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

"In effect, Caden's life passes before his eyes while he is living it. And Kaufman shares this effect with us through a strange process he achieves with invisible strings; it's a knockout."

   - Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian

Showtimes

• Wednesday, November 26th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Thursday, November 27th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Friday, November 28th
  3:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Saturday, November 29th
  3:45 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Sunday, November 30th
  3:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Monday, December 1st
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Tuesday, December 2nd
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Wednesday, December 3rd
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Thursday, December 4th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Friday, December 5th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Saturday, December 6th
  3:45 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Sunday, December 7th
  3:45 pm, 7:00 pm
• Monday, December 8th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm
• Tuesday, December 9th
  7:00 pm, 9:45 pm