THE day, in 1959, after a pair of drifters broke into the home of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kan., and shot all four of its members after failing to find the $10,000 they believed to be stashed ...

The film Capote is based on Gerald Clarke's biography. Clarke was on the set as Truman Capote played a "Capote type" in Murder by Death. He says Philip Seymour Hoffman is a much better Capote on ...

Oscar season is practically upon us, and a number of films are already emerging as Academy Awards contenders. One of the new movies that's beginning to generate some serious buzz is Capote, starring ...

Madeleine Brand talks with actor Philip Seymour Hoffman about his starring role in the new film Capote. The movie depicts writer Truman Capote as he researches his groundbreaking "non-fiction novel" ...

Madeleine Blais teaches Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” in journalism classes because it is compelling and beautiful, she said, a masterpiece. She uses the book to show her students at the University ...

Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The non-fiction novel broke new grounds and paved the way for modern real-life crime dramas. But prior to In Cold Blood ...