FilmCritic entries tagged "Paul Schrader"

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Tales from the Script

by Jules Brenner on Mar 28 2010
Tales from the Script

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Giving legions of struggling screenwriters one more opportunity to learn something from their role models at the top of their craft, director Peter Hanson (screenwriter, Stagehand) assembles a chat fest of interviews with the stars of the profession commiserating over...... more »
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The Yakuza

by Paul Brenner on Jan 2 2009
DVD Release Date: January 23, 2007
The Yakuza

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In 1974, the advertisements for Sidney Pollack's Americanized Japanese gangster movie The Yakuza stated, 'A man doesn't forget. A man pays his debts.' Well, not in today's economy. But in 1974 paying debts meant something else. It meant honor and...... more »
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Adam Resurrected

by Chris Barsanti on Dec 10 2008
DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009
Adam Resurrected

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If Adam Resurrected were any better a film, it would have the potential to be actively offensive, as opposed to merely tiresome and baffling. Between Jeff Goldblum's wildly over-mannered performance and the schlocky treatment of serious subject matter, it's hard...... more »
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The Walker

by Chris Cabin on Dec 10 2007
DVD Release Date: May 27, 2008
The Walker

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There are several things being chatted and whispered about in the backrooms, parlors and bars of Paul Shrader's Washington but nothing distinctive. The closest to a controversy comes when a few specific so-and-sos ruminate about a possible conspiracy involving the...... more »
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The Comfort of Strangers

by Christopher Null on Sep 5 2006
DVD Release Date: September 1, 2001

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There's something about Venice that invites freaky behavior I suppose. Maybe it's the proximity to the water. Like New Orleans. Barbet Schroeder's The Comfort of Strangers makes excellent use of Venice's unique atmosphere and throws a little Walken into the...... more »
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

by Jason Morgan on May 21 2006
DVD Release Date: July 1, 2008

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We all play roles in our everyday lives -- the brother or sister; the son or daughter; husband or wife; and competent or cranky co-worker (to name a few) -- and one of Japan's most revered writers and artists Yukio...... more »
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

by Chris Cabin on Oct 14 2005
DVD Release Date: October 10, 2006

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Paul Schrader and I have a sorted history, much too long to get into at this juncture. Know this: I've written three separate articles about how big a B.S. artist I think he is, mostly based on his essays on...... more »
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Light Sleeper

by Christopher Null on Jul 17 2005
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002

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Light Sleeper feels like a serious '80s film, though it was made all the way in 1992. It's a relic of the drug era, filled with a soulful performance from Willem Dafoe (a conflicted upper-class dealer who wants to get...... more »
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Raging Bull

by Jay Antani on Jul 18 2004
DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009

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Twenty-five years since its release, Martin Scorsese's masterpiece Raging Bull has been crowned with so many critical laurels that another word in praise of it might seem hopelessly redundant. To claim that it puts to shame virtually any American film...... more »
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Auto Focus

by Christopher Null on Oct 16 2002
Auto Focus

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Making stories about celebrities who mess up their lives has become a kind of cottage industry these days. Tabloid magazines have thrived on it for years. The E! True Hollywood Story and Behind the Music have extended celeb-thrashing to TV....... more »

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