We Don't Talk Enough About One of the Late Great Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Best Performances — Let's Change That
One of Philip Seymour Hoffman's most underrated roles came in the dramedy The Savages, alongside the also great Laura Linney.
2007 is widely viewed as the successor to 1939, 1967, and 1999 as the watershed movie years in cinematic history. On the eve of the superhero and IP takeover kickstarted by Iron Man and The Dark Knight the following year, our brightest visionary directors converged to reflect on the angst and uncertainty of America at the tail end of the George W. Bush administration and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Something was in the water in 2007, and it wasn't refreshing, as films like No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, and Michael Clayton were harsh character studies and period epics about the wrath of capitalism, senseless violence, and the irresolute nature of life.
