Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business, 2020. Directed by Justin McConnell. Featuring George A. Romero, Guillermo del Toro, Richard Stanley, Barbara Crampton, Paul Schrader, and Michael Biehn. SYNOPSIS: Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive […]
Oscar Isaac set for revenge thriller The Card Counter
Deadline is reporting that Oscar Isaac is set to star in The Card Counter, a revenge feature from Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader (First Reformed). The feature will see Isaac as William Tell, “a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past.” “Schrader […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed
First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]
Paul Schrader’s First Reformed gets a poster and trailer
A24 has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Paul Schrader’s upcoming thriller First Reformed. The film stars Ethan Hawke as a parish pastor struggling from a crisis of faith following a series of tragic events, and also features Amanda Seyfried and Cedric Kyles. Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a […]
Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried in first images from Paul Schrader’s First Reformed
Two first look images have arrived online for writer-director Paul Schrader’s upcoming religious thriller First Reformed featuring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried; take a look below… Ex military chaplain TOLLER is tortured by the loss of son he encouraged to enlist, and struggles with his faith. A faith that’s challenged befriending a radical environmentalist, MICHAEL, […]
Watch three clips from Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe
Ahead of its UK release this Friday, three clips have arrived online from director Paul Schrader’s new thriller Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe; check them out below…. Directed by visionary filmmaker Paul Schrader, DOG EAT DOG is the story of three ex-cons attempting to adapt themselves to civilian life following extended stints […]
Watch an exclusive clip from Paul Schrader’s new film Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe
To celebrate the release of the bizarre and brilliant thriller Dog Eat Dog by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull), which stars both Willem Dafoe and Nicolas Cage, we have an exclusive clip below from the upcoming film – released on the 18th November – which introduces the characters of Troy (Cage) and Mad Dog […]
Poster and trailer for Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe
A poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming action drama Dog Eat Dog, which is is directed by Paul Schrader, who also stars alongside Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe; take a look below… DOG EAT DOG is a gritty contemporary crime thriller about a trio of ex-cons, deep in the underbelly of Cleveland, […]
Movie Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut (2016)
Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]
Nicolas Cage and Paul Schrader re-teaming for Dog Eat Dog
Deadline is reporting that director Paul Schrader and his Dying of the Light star Nicolas Cage are re-teaming for gritty crime thriller Dog Eat Dog. Based on the acclaimed book by Eddie Bunker, Schrader will co-write and direct the film with Cage starring. The synopsis for the novel reads: “Dog Eat Dog follows Troy Cameron, […]