Like most of you, we’re still reeling over the loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was one of those rare actors that commanded the screen in every scene he was in and would make any film better just by simply being in it. I mean, who else had the talent and range to make a dreadful romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller watchable, or steal scenes away from a monstrous CGI twister?
Of course, his immense range and talent was best captured in his roles in such classic films like Almost Famous, The Master, Happiness, Charlie Wilson’s War, and Synecdoche, New York. Simply put, there will never be another Philip Seymour Hoffman. To pay tribute to the late actor, Georgetown’s Rhino Bar will host a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie marathon on Sunday, the Post reports. Beginning at 11 a.m., Rhino bartender and Hoffman superfan Nick Bernal will screen a selection of his films all day. Although the schedule isn’t finalized yet, Bernal tells the Post that some of the films he’s considering include Almost Famous, The Big Lebowski, Along Came Polly, Charlie Wilson’s War, Doubt, Capote (for which Hoffman won an Academy Award for in 2005), and Twister.
I don’t know about you guys, but my favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman film (and one of my favorite films of the past decade) is his gut-wrenching and beautifully melancholic performance as a tortured playwright in Charlie Kaufman’s deeply moving Synecdoche, New York. I’ve watched it twice since learning of his passing and it has moved me to tears both times.
We’ll update when the schedule for Rhino’s Hoffman marathon is finalized.