Thursday would have been Opening Day for the Rochester Red Wings, but sadly the start of the season has been postponed (like most events these days) due to COVID-19. Luckily, we’ve still got baseball movies.
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
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Important faces
Rochester is rich with history and there are a numerous important figures, past and present, every young Rochesterian should know.
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Film Review: “A Most Wanted Man”
When the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the specter of international communism ceased its decades of haunting the frightened souls of the West, many commentators wondered if the espionage novelist John le Carré would suddenly run out of subjects. But the author, one of the best contemporary English novelists, simply applied […]
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Dryden Theatre to host film series tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House will host a film series tribute to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman beginning in July. Hoffman, a Rochester-area native, died in February. “Hoffman was one of the screen’s most versatile, daring, and prolific actors whose performances were not only a delight to watch, but often transcended the films themselves,” […]
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The roots of addiction
I’ve debated whether I should write something about this since shortly after Philip Seymour Hoffman died. To some readers, it may seem childish to complain about an editorial in a competing publication. But this is still bugging me, so here goes. The subject is an editorial that ran in the D&C shortly after Hoffman’s death. […]
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OBIT: George Grella on the work of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) The sudden death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, an honored son of Rochester, provoked an outpouring of grief and praise from friends, colleagues, critics, and of course his fans and admirers. The world of cinema lost a major talent, a man who excelled in his craft in large and small roles, in […]
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Fairport native Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC
On Sunday, February 2, major media outlets reported the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, a native of Fairport who had gone on to great success as an actor on both stage and screen. Although the official cause of death has yet to be announced, there are multiple reports of drug paraphernalia found at the scene […]
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Another mission, another impossibility
The appearance of Mission: Impossible III, the latest chapter in what looks like yet another franchise series, indicates that global warming even affects the cinema. With the first blockbuster of the season opening the first week in May, summer now begins much earlier than in the past, which means that perhaps eventually Hollywood will create […]
