Synecdoche, New York

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first venture as a director is audacious, ambitious, and amazing; it’s also intricate, self-referencing, and all-encompassing: in a word, a masterpiece.

"...time being, about the definition, pronunciation, or meaning of "synecdoche." For the purposes of this review, this movie’s title..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association loves it some bat

"...Top 10 Films: The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire Milk Synecdoche, New York The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, and Kelly Reichardt's followup to Old Joy,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Screens Top 10s

The Chronicle's film critics talk about their favorite movies of the year

"...1. Synecdoche, New York Nothing this year so perfectly melded the..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature

From the Archive: The Charlie Kaufman Canon

As Anomalisa opens in Austin, we revisit interviews and reviews

"...is no longer solely a screenwriter; starting with 2008’s Synecdoche, New York, he’s assumed the mantle of director as..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Are You There, World?

Watching Charlie Kaufman try to work it all out

"...run ragged from weeks of promoting his new film, Synecdoche, New York. He is already arguably the world's most..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman goes inside the minds of puppets

"...the tragic doppelgänger in Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut, 2008’s Synecdoche, New York), who playfully (dis)embodies men, women, and children..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AC Film Top Tens: Hearts on Fire

The Chron's film critics preemptively go on the defensive

"...already waxed rhapsodic about A Christmas Tale. As for Synecdoche… Well, Synecdoche’s special. To be honest, sometimes it felt..."

Dec. 29, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Pen May Be Mightier Than the Sword, but Sometimes It Makes You Want to Slit Your Wrists

The Austin Film Society's latest series zooms in on creative block

"...So Much Dexedrine; and writer Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York (2008), about a playwright who struggles for..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Murder Ballad Murder Mystery

You'll be hard-pressed to find a riskier production in Austin this year than this strange string of ballads and mysteries

"...linear, narrative plot. When I first saw Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, I thought it was the finest, deepest,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Funny Pages

Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot

"...protruding weirdness: Like Stephen Adly Guirgis from Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York and Todd Solondz's Palindromes, as Robert's high..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paterson

Adam Driver embodies the poetry of the quotidian

"...expressive lighting by Frederick Elmes (Blue Velvet; River’s Edge; Synecdoche, New York) add further dimensions to Jarmusch’s storytelling, and..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...writer/director Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York). Festival co-founder and Alamo Drafthouse boss Tim..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...trying to crack the nut of Mulholland Drive or Synecdoche, New York, or Tarkovsky’s Solaris knows that, in that..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...resemblance to other question-reality manifestos like The Matrix and Synecdoche, New York, only minus the giddy pop psychology of..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association 2008 Awards

The AFCA goes batty for the Batman

"...Synecdoche, New York..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature

A Master of Melancholy

Yeah, it's cool to kiss off Charlie Kaufman. But it's also idiotic.

"...Friday we saw Kaufman's new film, his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York. You said you never wanted to see..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: A Home of Its Own

In this week's cover story, Robert Faires previews classical music station KMFA's stunning new $11 million facility in East Austin

"...Noonan, the gangly and distinctive star of Manhunter and Synecdoche, New York, about the restoration of his lost indie..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Tom Noonan Explains What Happened With What Happened Was ...

Revisiting his Sundance-winning dating drama after a quarter century

"...in films like as an actor in films like Synecdoche, New York and Anomalisa, and as a filmmaker in..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...by a cold that became pneumonia – becomes a synecdoche for the potentially imminent death of the ecosystem. "He..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Phil had achieved so much, I called him about Synecdoche and I was like, "Listen man, I gotta tell..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest 2015: Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman measures the weight of human consciousness

"...director since he branched as a writer/director with 2008’s Synecdoche, New York. So difficult was it for this unique..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...in the films Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Master, and Synecdoche, New York...."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Film Awards Add to Lineup

Presenters, emcee, musical guests, and another honoree added

"...supporting roles in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Master, and Synecdoche, New York...."

March 2, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Impressed, Yes, but Socks Still Firmly On

It was a good year for movies – but was it great?

"...Pan's Labyrinth, A Prophet, There Will Be Blood, or Synecdoche, New York, I know from the get-go that it..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Notable Film Books

New collections from critics David Thomson and David Denby, Richard Burton's candid journaling, and more

"...and alcohol. Conversations With James Grayedited by Jordan Mintzer Synecdoche Books, 240 pp., 59 euros (includes shipping)..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Flush

Ariel Dance Theatre's Gyre Project ends on a visually thrilling but confusing note

"...solution for the burgeoning ocean trash, or perhaps that's synecdoche for the collective unwanted of humankind, is to sacrifice..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

New American Talent: The Twenty-Fourth Exhibition

You'll find striking examples of people depicted in this rush of new artistic creation

"...feeling that the example was also an example of synecdoche.)..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"...Requiem for a Dream. One of my favorites was Synecdoche, New York. I think that's a big coming thing,..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Year in Rewind

The Chronicle looks back at 2008 at the movies

"...1) Synecdoche, New York..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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