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Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

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Tag / Paul Schrader

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Card Counter, The (2021)

  • Schrader, Paul
  • 2021, Paul Schrader, USA
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Oscar Isaac headlines this low-key, slow-burn thriller about a poker player with a haunted past, directed with the minimum of fuss by Schrader.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 30, 2020October 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Light Sleeper (1992)

  • Schrader, Paul
  • 1992, Paul Schrader, USA
  • 1 Comment

Schrader’s terrific work here treads familiar thematic ground as his ‘Taxi Driver’, but make no mistake, this character study on guilt and salvation is stylistically a different animal.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 10, 2020June 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

  • Criterion Collection, Schrader, Paul
  • 1985, Japan, Paul Schrader, USA
  • 2 Comments

One of the most visually-stunning biopics ever made, this complexly-layered work about art, politics, memory and imagination is arguably Paul Schrader’s finest moment as a filmmaker. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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July 7, 2019October 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

First Reformed (2017)

  • Schrader, Paul
  • 2017, Paul Schrader, USA
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Paul Schrader examines the nature of religious faith amid a severe erosion of morality, backed by a quiet but effective performance by Ethan Hawke.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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