Ped Mall Rooftop: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Name: Ped Mall Rooftop: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Start: 2026-06-28T20:45:00-05:00
Location: FilmScene (on The Ped Mall)

Schedule

Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 08:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

FilmScene (on The Ped Mall) | Iowa City, IA

Sponsored by MidWestOne
Doors open for seating and pre-show 30 minutes before the posted start time. Screening at dusk.
"To say that Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York is one of the best films of the year or even one closest to my heart is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now."—Manhola Dargis, The New York Times
Life is looking pretty bleak for theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman). His wife (Catherine Keener) and daughter have left him, his therapist (Hope Davis) is more interested in plugging her new book than helping him with his problems, and a strange disease is causing his body to shut down. Caden leaves his home in Schenectady, N.Y., and heads to New York City, where he gathers a cast of actors and tells them to live their lives within the constructs of a mock-up of the city.
In the case of inclement weather, the screening will occur indoors.