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47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall
East or west, highbrow or low — wherever you and your taste may roam this fall, TIME's arts critics have you covered
Synecdoche, New York
In his previous scripts, Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) proved himself a mulishly brilliant fabulist of depressive folks seeking alternate realities. For his debut as a full-service auteur, he expands this theme to create the comic fantasy of a theater man (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his impossible-dream project: a drama that plays out for decades in near-lifesize reproduction of New York City. This downer 8-1/2, with virtually every appealing indie-film actress in the cast, got Manicheanly mixed reviews at Cannes. Some critics found the movie maddening; one or two thought it enthralling. Go with enthralling.
— Richard Corliss
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