In the introduction to the new edition of his critical text, Transcendental Style in Film, Paul Schrader recalls the temerity with which he first wrote the book as a graduate student in 1971, as well as the panel discussion a half-century later that ultimately led him to start rethinking his earlier work. It seems that his recent rethinking was not content to be cloistered away on the page; Schrader needed to put his new theory into practice. With ‘First Reformed’, he has done so in a magnificent fashion.
Film Review: ‘Phantom Thread’ – A Love Letter To Cinema
For the past year, a question of great significance to movie-lovers everywhere hung in the air over the film world. We awaited anxiously the return of one of cinema’s most potent and acclaimed sets of collaborators—director Paul Thomas Anderson and…
Film Review: Palm d’Or Winner ‘The Square’ is Ambitious, but…
Alternately silly and scathing, writer/director Ruben Östlund’s latest film, The Square—this year’s Palme d’Or winner—offers audiences a thoughtful satire with a Swedish sensibility.
Film Review: Greta Gerwig Makes Impressive Directorial Debut with ‘Lady Bird’
“Lady Bird turned out to be what I expected in many ways, but in Gerwig’s capable hands, the familiar story never feels stale and its characters never fall flat. In fact, it proves to be an infectiously fun, as well as achingly heartfelt experience.”
Film Review: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’
In ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos returns with another disturbingly cerebral moviegoing experience, and solidifies his reputation as an auteur more than capable of making his audience squirm in their seats.
