'Cold Souls' Star On Being Paul Giamatti In his latest film, Paul Giamatti plays himself, or a version of himself: A neurotic actor who has his soul frozen to relieve him of his crippling anxiety ...

Adam Bell / SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS Paul Giamatti inspects the machine that will extract his essence in Sophie Barthes' "Cold Souls." "Cold Souls" Movie Reiew -- In "Being John Malkovich," John ...

Paul Giamatti and director Sophie Barthes talk 'Cold Souls' By LAREMY LEGEL , FILM.COM Aug 6, 2009 David Strathairn, left, as Dr. Flintstein and Paul Giamatti as himself (kind of) in "Cold Souls." ...

In “Cold Souls,” opening Friday in limited release, the actor Paul Giamatti plays an actor named . . . Paul Giamatti. The on-screen Giamatti is struggling through rehearsals for a New York ...

"Cold Souls" — a winning, dreamlike comedy directed by Sophie Barthes — stars Paul Giamatti playing himself, more or less, as an actor who has his soul removed and then ends up chasing ...

Sophie Barthes' clever metaphysical comedy Cold Souls has been dubbed "Being Paul Giamatti" more than once since its Sundance 2009 debut. But if comparisons to the films of Charlie Kaufman are ...

The production design of “Cold Souls” is gorgeous, with the bleak, grey mechanisms of the “desouling” corporation and the frosty, monotonous tundra of Russia reflecting the disembodiment of our hero.

The tricky conceits of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ("Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Synecdoche, New York") are hard to reproduce.

Sophie Barthes' clever metaphysical comedy Cold Souls has been dubbed "Being Paul Giamatti" more than once since its Sundance 2009 debut. But if comparisons to the films of Charlie Kaufman are ...

The character actor’s curse is the risk of being—no, the need to be—constantly self-parodic, cartoonishly repeating the quirks and ticks of a role allotted to him by popular taste (or ...

Today we have another trailer, along with a poster. Cold Souls is directed by Sophie Barthes and starring Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose, Emily Watson.