From the Film Vault
Off-the-Wall Preview: Synecdoche, New York
The American Heritage Dictionary defines a synecdoche as a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part...
Keep that in mind while watching Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York (2008).
Movie Quiz: Stage Names
Nowadays it’s OK for movie stars to embrace the names their parents gave them. But back in Hollywood’s heyday actors were given a full makeover by the studio publicity departments, a process that often entailed replacing their unpronounceable or funny-sounding (or just boring) names with snazzy new movie-star monikers.
Program Notes: Goodbye Solo (2009)
In this era of anti-immigration rhetoric, it’s sometimes useful to consider what a newcomer to the U.S. brings to the table — namely a sense of enthusiasm and hope.
New On the DVD Shelves: Hanna (2011)
Among the higher profile DVD arrivals on the Library’s shelves this month is Hanna, the fourth movie by British director Joe Wright.
Program Notes: Under the Same Moon (2007)
A hard-nosed critic can find plenty to pick apart in Patricia Riggen’s Under the Same Moon (2007).
That is, if he can suppress his desperate need to blubber like a girly-man.
