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To Thine Own Self Be Trunew

The cautionary Capote tale deserve multiple stagings -- especially if they're this good.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Jonathan Kiefer  |  10-12-2006  |  Reviews

The Truman Shownew

Philip Seymour Hoffman brings the author of In Cold Blood to life in Capote, having worked his way into the character from "the outside in."
Montreal Mirror  |  Matthew Hays  |  12-19-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Powerful Portraitnew

Philip Seymour Hoffman and his supporting cast excel in Capote.
Tucson Weekly  |  James DiGiovanna  |  11-03-2005  |  Reviews

Wily Capote

Philip Seymour Hoffman gives one of his best performances, as manipulative writer Truman Capote, in one of the year's best films.
Columbus Alive  |  Melissa Starker  |  11-03-2005  |  Reviews

The Truman Shownew

Capote star Philip Seymour Hoffman discusses reviving the creator of "In Cold Blood" and steering clear of caricature.
Columbus Alive  |  Melissa Starker  |  11-03-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Novel Gazingnew

While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.
Austin Chronicle  |  Kimberley Jones  |  10-27-2005  |  Reviews

Tru Colorsnew

With the concepts of artistic representation and exploitation becoming hopelessly blurred, the need for Capote couldn't be more compelling.
Orlando Weekly  |  Steve Schneider  |  10-27-2005  |  Reviews

Monsters Inknew

Bennett Miller’s movie plumbs the personal toll that Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood took on its subjects and its author.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Violet Glaze  |  10-26-2005  |  Reviews

A Reporter in Search of a Novel

Given a lurid case, a reporter becomes a film-noir character, stalking dark alleys in search of light. This setup works even if the reporter is a squeaky-voiced gay narcissist who combines the mannerisms of the Deep South with those of the Manhattan intellectual.
Washington City Paper  |  Mark Jenkins  |  10-20-2005  |  Reviews

Publish and Perishnew

The writer will do anything to get his book. The film shows at what a profound moral cost.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  10-20-2005  |  Reviews

Outside-the-Box Biopic Goes Deepnew

This director's second film is a morally complex and incisive look at not only the literary significance of In Cold Blood, but a penetrating observation of the devil's pact made between writers and their subjects.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  10-20-2005  |  Reviews

Writes and Wrongsnew

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece, which leads to an undoing.
Houston Press  |  Robert Wilonsky  |  10-10-2005  |  Reviews

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