Articles related to "Synecdoche"

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman steps into the director's chair for the first time with Synecdoche for an ambitious, sometimes maddening, and undeniably unforgettable film

Metonymy and synecdoche are often under-utilized tools in a writer or reader's arsenal - allowing for greater conveyance and understanding of symbolism, imagery, theme.

Charlie Kaufman's most recent film returns to themes previously examined in films like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Released in the United States in late 2008 and crossing the Atlantic earlier this year, Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York is unmissable.

Charlie Kaufman creates films of startling depth and universal pathos. His latest film is no exception.

Action, intrigue, love, and relationships are the subjects of new dramatic DVD releases coming out in March.

Knowing the proper terms is essential to writing, reading, analyzing, or discussing poetry effectively. Here are the definitions of some the most common poetry terms.

Forget Slumdog Millionaire and the rest. Here are five other films that are sure to offer much more worth thinking about as you leave the theater

Bringing in $18 million in ticket sales at the box office, the film Max Payne led a group of premieres and garnered the #1 spot over the weekend.

In Barry Levinson's latest film, Oscar Winner DeNiro stars as a power player cursed with a series of failed projects and marriages, in this uneven take on Hollywood. 5/10

This article examines W.H Auden's opinion that 'the world of historical reality...is not a world which [Falstaff] can inhabit' in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I.

A Dominic Green Special Issue, with three stories and an interview, plus fiction from Eric Gregory and Suzanne Palmer, with reviews from Nick Lowe, Tony Lee and others

In a throwback to the old Hollywood years, the Academy Awards are going back to ten nominees in the Best Picture category.

This poem uses the deterioration of an Edenic garden to represent the corrupting effect of organised religion upon our internal state of being.

This article analyses how the intertwining of diverse worlds of characters contribute to creating an atmosphere of dreaming in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

"In the Valley of Cauteretz" depicts Tennyson's experience on revisiting a valley in the Pyrenees, years after he had been there with his now dead friend, Arthur Hallam.

Motherhood opens this week; its stars include Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards. Writer/Director Katherine Dieckmann joins us with her thoughts on the film.

The story of the Lady of Shalott in her tower, and her eventual death upon Sir Lancelot's entrance into her life, is one of Tennyson's most exquisite and popular works.

Henry David Thoreau assessed his poetic talent by referring to himself as "sometimes a Poetaster"; his attempt at an Italian sonnet proves the accuracy of his assessment.

The months of summer blockbuster are over, but there's a different movie season beast right around the corner full of intense characterizations and hopes of gold.