Philip Seymour Hoffman

Advertisement
  • 'The Big Lebowski' Was the Film That Taught Me to Take It Easy, Man

    After my life fell into shambles, I began to embrace the Lebowskian philosophy of the Coen Brothers' comic masterpiece-my "becoming-Dude," if you will.

  • A Visit to the 2014 'Big Lebowski' Convention

    There's been a weird arms race of costume obscurity going on since these started in 2002. A classic Dude getup may have once been a good way to get recognized for your effort, but not anymore. Now you have to dig deeper into that barrel to come up with...

  • Cry-Baby of the Week

    This week: A bullied teen stabbed a girl in the face because she called him "Harry Potter," and Drake got mad because he was kicked off a magazine cover in favor of a Philip Seymour Hoffman tribute.

  • The Capote Character

    Truman Capote's In Cold Blood was the first of its kind—a true crime story written as beautifully as a novel. In contrast to his previous novels, Capote allowed his own character to slip into the background, to focus on murderer Perry Smith. But...

  • Phillip Seymour Hoffman Should Wake Us Up to the Reality of Addiction

    Vicki Hogarth explains, from her own perspective as a reformed addict, how Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death is indicative of a disease that affects so many of us; rather than the tale of another tortured artist.

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman's Light Touch

    Philip, like Marlon Brando, had innate power. Year after year, he hit us with constant magic—veiling a hurricane of emotion and humanity underneath a soft-spoken exterior.