The best artists don’t go soft as they get older. They become more intensely themselves, like there’s nothing to lose and no gain in lying. Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” is a film with that quality ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

The drama starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried is smart, debatable, entertaining, and refuses to pander. It also could get some prizes. Film critic Dave Kehr is now a curator in the film ...

The latest from writer-director Paul Schrader (‘Taxi Driver’) stars Ethan Hawke as a melancholy reverend in search of answers. Entertainment Critic In rural Upstate New York, Reverend Toller (Ethan ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

In “First Reformed,” Ethan Hawke almost never raises his voice. His character, the Rev. Ernst Toller, is a former Army chaplain who leads a small Protestant church in upstate New York, where he ...

The actor, writer, and director first got to know Paul Schrader's work through Richard Linklater. A clergyman is “not a role that you often see fully explored in movies,” Hawke told IndieWire during a ...

Paul Schrader Thought His Career Was Over. Then He Made His Best Film in Years.After iffy collaborations with porn stars and Nicolas Cage, the writer-director is back with the buzzy First Reformed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First Reformed tackles a lot of the anxieties we’re facing in today’s world, much like your earlier work always has. Where did ...

It’s a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, and Paul Schrader is asking for forgiveness as an American flag flaps outside his window. If he appears distant, the 71-year-old filmmaker explains, he had a ...