Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, this 2008 movie is a superb example of just what an original thinker Kaufman is. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a regional theater director from Schenectady, NY who gets a MacArthur Genius grant, and uses it to finance an ambitious rehearsal space in New York City. He begins painstakingly recreating buildings, blocks and the lives of his cast members – and what that has to do with the word “synecdoche,” well, that’s part of the twist. Cast members include an impressive bevy of talented actresses: Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Hope Davis.