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 ...

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Paul Giamatti plays himself in a dark indie comedy that’s distinguished by a sci-fi theme and surrealistic touches but ends without a payoff. Preparing for the lead in Uncle Vanya, Giamatti has a bad ...

Paul Giamatti is the unlikeliest of movie stars. But he’s also proof that talent will out, if given half a chance. That his acting career actually began here in Seattle is just one surprise in a ...

The cerebral fantasy "Cold Souls" is clearly not your average comedy. The film's concerns run from Chekhov to chickpeas, with locations ranging from Manhattan to St. Petersburg. The challenge for ...

Paul Giamatti started working professionally in the acting world in the 1980s, but did not get his true big break until the early 2000s, and many of his best movies and TV shows are from the time ...

There are some actors who, when you see them on screen, you think, “Who’s that guy, and where have I seen him before?” With Paul Giamatti movies and TV shows, on the other hand, is unmistakable. His ...

"The soul has its principal seat in the small gland located in the middle of the brain," so goes the quote from French philosopher René Descartes at the top of Cold Souls. Descartes, the bloke who ...