While the list is endless, “Capote” may be my favorite role Philip Seymour Hoffman has ever embodied. It is also one of my favorite movies ever made.

The gripping film brings to life the world renowned book “In Cold Blood” written by journalist and novelist Truman Capote. The movie depicts the years in which Capote was riding the book and what he went through in the process of creating a masterpiece.

“In Cold Blood” tells the detailed true account of the murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. The book follows the family as well as the murderers in the few days leading up to the murder. Capote wrote the book in the form of a novel but believed it was a new genre he called “New Journalism,” basically a nonfiction novel.

Hoffman’s portrayal of Capote is extremely detailed and on point with all the records of his unmatched personality.  

Alongside of his childhood friend Nelle Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), Capote faces years of tribulations that accompany him while writing his book; including developing a very personal, almost intimate relationship with one of the murderers, Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.), depicted in the book.

The film revolves around a dark and broody subject but shows the depths of which a writer is willing to sink in order to produce a work of art.  The movie also reveals an interesting time period in the U.S. where small towns in the Midwest were very innocent to crime and even the eyes of the outside world.

Capote is truly a work of art from director Bennett Miller and will continue to be a movie for which Hoffman should receive immense acclamation in years to come.

IMDb: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%