thedeathoffilm:

HIM: WHY JOAQUIN PHOENIX IS AMERICA’S BEST ACTOR

Spike Jonze’s latest film, “Her,” positions itself so self-consciously as a portrait of contemporary society that to watch the film is to witness a high-wire act in which the movie threatens to tumble into myopic presumption at every turn. A number of elements elevate the film, from a fully realized caricature world to a script that manages to implicate a facet of modern social living without passing judgment on it. Yet the key to “Her’s” success may ultimately rely on the film’s revealed truth about its star, that Joaquin Phoenix is not only the most captivating, least predictable and maybe just the best American actor working, period, but the one who best captures our current sense of cultural self.

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(Source: film.com, via truthandmovies)

halfwaycinema:

ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS (1995)

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totalfilm:

Philip Seymour Hoffman had one major scene left to film for The Hunger Games

Earlier this week it was reported that the late Philip Seymour Hoffman still had some nine days of shooting left to complete on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, news that put a question mark over how the series would tie together…

(via thegoodfilms)

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halfwaycinema:

INTO THE ABYSS (2011)

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totalfilm:

Philip Seymour Hoffman: 10 Essential Performances

thefilmstage:

Watch Steve McQueen discuss his career, influences and much more in a recent two-hour discussion for 12 Years a Slave.

(Source: thefilmstage.com, via seanhorton)

Writing a short film script, to learn the syntax mostly (:

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Pulp Fiction.

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