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In "Capote," Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, portrays the writer Truman Capote as he probes the mind of a killer to write 'the first non-fiction novel.

The thinking director's actor ... Keener hit her peak at 46. Photo: Reuters Latest related coverage Trailer - Genova A family in the throes of finding new lives after the sudden death of their mother.

Editor's note: The murders of the Clutter family, 50 years ago this month, garnered nationwide headlines and caught the interest of author Truman Capote.

Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank's depiction of aviator Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's biographical film "Amelia" is of a high order.

Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are , has been the buzz of critics and filmgoers alike since its opening last weekend.

I like IFP. I want to support IFP. But regardless of how they keep on trying to make The Gotham Awards the first step on the road to Oscar - neck and neck with the idiotic National Board of Review - the event remains a very nice place to be honored... and completely meaningless when it comes to the rest of the award season.

Max Records and Lauren Ambrose in "Where the Wild Things Are" Actress Catherine Keener used to think of Max in "Where the Wild Things Are" as just a boy.

I spend a lot of the work week just craving time to read. My vision of the ideal weekend always involved hours and hours spent doing nothing but reading and reading and reading.

C. Robert Cargill , Sep 17, 2009 Not everyone gets the attention their talents deserve; not everyone catches the eye of the press who will often write a thousand stories about a new, untested face.

Warner Bros. Pictures just released this new movie poster featuring Max Records as Max from the upcoming fantasy film "Where the Wild Things Are" by director Spike Jonze and starring Forest Whitaker , Paul Dano , Catherine Keener and James Gandolfini .

Writers say they get a raw deal from the movies, and always have done. There's the other legend of an Algonquin novelist lured out to Hollywood in the 1930s who polished this verdict on his own fate: "What has happened to me? I have to live in a place where there are no seasons, no restaurants, no theatre, no society.

My phone interview with Clifton Collins Jr. had a rocky start. It went something like this: 'Hello?' 'Hi, this is Perri from Cinema Blend.' 'Who?' At first I thought I called the wrong number or miscalculated the New York/California time difference.

A very talented mural artist named Rosyln painted this very cool artwork on Melrose inspired by the upcoming fantasy film "Where the Wild Things Are" by director Spike Jonze and starring Forest Whitaker , Paul Dano , Catherine Keener and James Gandolfini .

Kate Shindle is a Jersey girl through and through. She may live in New York City now, but this former Miss America will never forget her South Jersey roots.

Broadway star Kate Shindle is bringing her solo act home. The former Moorestown resident will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug.

Philip French: The major plus of Infamous is the intensity of the scenes between Capote and the disturbed bisexual killer Perry Smith.

The Ray Charles biopic was a limited sort of achievement, a case of a fine performer competing against the old A-to-Z, and-then-he-wrote cliches and storytelling formulas.

With roles in Traffic , Capote and Babel under his belt, Clifton Collins Jr has been quietly building a name for himself as a versatile character actor.

Every few years, a director comes along to show us how biopics should be done Bennett Miller did it with Capote, and Gus Van Sant does it with Milk, his remarkably joyful film about California's first openly gay elected official and all-round homosexual saint.

You may not know it, but Clifton Collins Jr. is one of the most talented and prolific character actors alive today.