Synecdoche is a technique in which a part of something is made to represent the whole thing or the whole thing is made to represent a part. In Norman MacCaig's poem Visiting Hour, the speaker uses ...

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."-William Shakespeare, from As You Like It.

Kaufman's directorial debut and his most challenging, infuriating puzzle to date. It's the cinematic equivalent of something like the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" or "Strawberry Fields Forever": The ...

Click to viewSynecdoche, New York, the latest film from Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, creates its own brand of magical realism crossed with science fiction. The tale of a ...

NB: The following contains spoilers for Synecdoche, New York. Caden Cotard wakes up with aching limbs to the sound of the television blaring, his four-year-old daughter yelling from the bathroom and ...

The very title Synecdoche, New York is off-putting. Like a genius lunatic wandering the streets, it seems to scream, “I’m weird and difficult! Stay away!” But I say, it’s weird and wonderful. Go!

“Here’s what I think theater is: It’s the beginning of thought. It’s the truth not yet spoken. It’s what a man feels after he’s been clocked in the jaw. It’s love, in all its messiness. And I want all ...