There is probably nothing that defines movies —or cinema—better or more purely for cineastes than Cannes. And as we embark on the 72nd edition of this iconic film festival, the definition of what really is a movie has never been a hotter topic of discussion, from Hollywood to the French Riviera and all points in…
Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke did not expect to be here. The writer/director and his actor are still talking about First Reformed, 18 months on from its premiere at Venice, as they receive nominations and awards to add to the mountains of critical praise the film has drawn. Its examination of a crisis of faith for a…
Religion and skateboarding may provide contrasting spiritual homes to its adherents, but as revealed by veteran director Paul Schrader, writer/director of First Reformed and first-time filmmaker, Jonah Hill, writer/director of mid90s, both found inspiration for their stories rooted in their upbringing. Released…
Paul Schrader, whose scripts for iconic movies such as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are synonymous with what many consider a golden era of Hollywood filmmaking, discussed why the 1970s was such a potent time for cinema, his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and his latest drama First Reformed at a BAFTA Screenwriters…
“Even a pastor needs a pastor.” Here’s the inaugural trailer for First Reformed, the thriller from writer-director Paul Schrader that sees Ethan Hawke have a crisis of faith after encouraging his son to join the military and then having to bury him six months later. “I know that nothing can change,” he says, “and I…
A24 has acquired U.S. rights to Paul Schrader's thriller First Reformed which stars Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried. The film, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival followed by screenings at Telluride and Toronto, will be distributed in 2018.
The thriller centers on Ernst Toller (Hawke), a…
Paul Schrader came to Toronto just last year with the barking-mad crime movie Dog Eat Dog, starring Willem Dafoe and Nicolas Cage in a violent portrait of ageing gangsters, but his follow up couldn't be more different: with its hard-hitting talk of religion, raising questions of conscience and faith, First Reformed…
Taxi Driver and Raging Bull screenwriter Paul Schrader's last film as director was last year’s Nicolas Cage crime drama Dog Eat Dog — a movie that "could not have been more antithetical to First Reformed," he told me recently. A drama about despair laced with activism, radicalism, religion and a commentary on the…
Arclight Films and Killer Films confirmed writer-director Paul Schrader will direct Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried in the upcoming First Reformed. The announcement was made while Schrader is at the Toronto film fest with his pic Dog Eat Dog, an official 2016 Cannes Directors' Fortnight and TIFF selection.
First Reform…
RLJ Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Paul Schrader-helmedDog Eat Dog, starring Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Matthew Cook. The company plans to release the pic theatrically and on VOD in November.
Based on the novel by Edward Bunker and written by Matthew Wilder, Dog Eat Dog tells…
Paul Schrader returned to the Croisette this year with his pulp crime pic Dog Eat Dog which made its premiere during the closing of Directors’ Fortnight.
In the movie, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe play ex-cons who are attempting to make the ultimate score on what could be their last job until everything goes wrong…
