As anyone who has seen his previous films could have predicted, the highlight of Bennett Miller’s “Capote” is the performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman, in the starring role of the title character.

Truman Capote was an immensely public figure, even, perhaps especially, when he was self-immolating. Movies and television have offered a front-row seat to his lacerating wit and his downward spiral.

Much has been made of the declining box-office receipts this year, but the concerns of movie folk have nothing on the bookish. The decline in book culture in our country and the rise in the ...

“Capote” (2005) — Celebrate the 50th anniversary of “In Cold Blood” this week by watching this amazing biopic. Philip Seymour Hoffman gives the best performance of his stellar career channeling the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Truman Capote’s controversial life is taking center stage in “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” the second season of the anthology ...