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May 17, 2023 · Throughout his life, Paul Schrader has had a complicated relationship to Christianity. He grew up in a strict Calvinist home, went to a Christian college, left the faith and then eventually returned. His latest movie, “Master Gardener,” which hits theaters this week, is the final installment of the director’s “Man in a Room Trilogy,” something he freely concedes was more about ...
Jul 21, 2023 · The Gospel of Paul Schrader. By Erika Balsom. Interviews. In a wide-ranging interview, Schrader discusses his Bressonian roots, the transcendental style, the Taxi Driver template and his gripes about Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll. 21 July 2023.
Apr 24, 2024 · 'Taxi Driver' writer Paul Schrader on his Facebook wondered how the 16-year-old named 'Taylor Swift' became the 'phenomenon' she is now.
The life of TV star Bob Crane and his strange friendship with electronics expert John Henry Carpenter. Director Paul Schrader Stars Greg Kinnear Willem Dafoe Maria Bello. Kinnear and Dafoe help make this downward spiral of one man's life a compelling watch. 14. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
Mar 6, 2024 · The director Paul Schrader, one of the most singular and obsessive auteurs America has ever produced, did not grow up loving cinema. Raised in a severe Calvinist household, the young Schrader did not even watch a single film until his late teens. After considering a career as a minister while studying at Calvin College, Schrader
May 17, 2024 · CANNES, France (AP) — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.”. The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of American movies, from “Taxi Driver ...
First Reformed (2017) "A titan of the American cinema who emerged from the ranks of the 1970s movie brats with his era-defining screenplay for Taxi Driver, writer-director Paul Schrader has pursued a defiantly singular vision in his provocative explorations of guilt and salvation in a soul-sick world." - The Criterion Channel.
