"Cold Souls" posits a world in which humans can have their souls implanted in each others' bodies. An amusing slice of existential whimsy with an Eastern European bent, “Cold Souls” posits a world in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Is your soul weighing you down?” asks an advertisement in the pages of a Yellow Book in “Cold ...

Cold Souls set out an ambitious task: tell a Charlie Kaufman-style tale about a company that extracts and leases human souls. But, tragically, the result is a film more interested in explaining its ...

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 ...

My LA Weekly colleague, film editor Scott Foundas, is covering the Sundance Film Festival. Agree or disagree with what he thinks — but just know these are his reviews, not mine. I’m editing his ...

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 uncreative ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Sophie Barthes’s 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 ...

When Giamatti visits Dr Flintstein (David Strathairn), he is told that each soul is placed in storage, or else shipped to New Jersey to avoid sales tax. The souls themselves vary in appearance, and ...