Paul Schrader: cinema’s unfiltered, unsparing and uncompromised auteur
New season of films on the Criterion Channel pay tribute to director’s dark and exacting work, from Blue Collar to Affliction
May 2024
Oh, Canada review – Paul Schrader looks north as Richard Gere’s draft dodger reveals all
Raging bull-terrier: did Martin Scorsese’s dog really eat Paul Schrader’s thumb?
November 2023
How Scorsese, Coppola and Schrader went viral on social media
Hollywood’s old guard have been finding a new audience through frank opinions, unlikely videos and fan interaction
October 2023
Even the French are giving up on arthouse films. Is this the end of a cinematic era?
Zach Schonfeld
French cinema risks being sacrificed on the altar of market forces; it would be an incalculable loss, says the journalist and critic Zach Schonfeld
May 2023
Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s sluggish new crime thriller isn’t a grower
The reader interview
Post your questions for Joel Edgerton
September 2022
‘Godard shattered cinema’: Martin Scorsese, Mike Leigh, Abel Ferrara, Claire Denis and more pay tribute
Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy
Master Gardener review – Paul Schrader’s plantation drama struggles to blossom
Padre Pio review – Shia LaBeouf’s bearded brooding leaves film stuck in limbo
July 2022
Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival
Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles
June 2022
There Are No Saints review – Schrader script is schlocky revenge thriller
An attempt to resuscitate a Mexico-set Paul Schrader crime movie – complete with a dodgy Tim Roth cameo – fails miserably
November 2021
The Card Counter review – don’t bet on it
The Card Counter review – Oscar Isaac deals a high-stakes hypnotic nightmare
September 2021
Venice film festival 2021 roundup – a formidably good year on the Lido
The Card Counter review – Paul Schrader’s slow-burn revenge noir ticks all his boxes
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
West Side Story, a Sopranos prequel and Bond: the best films to see in autumn 2021
Spielberg revamps Bernstein, young Tony is lured by the mob, Phyllida Lloyd tackles spousal abuse, Top Gun returns – and Daniel Craig calls time on 007 with bangs galore
July 2021
Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana biopic to screen at Venice film festival
Spencer, telling the story of Diana and Charles’s bitter divorce, will battle for the Golden Lion alongside the latest by Pedro Almodóvar
March 2020
Paul Schrader slams coronavirus film shutdown, says he'd rather 'die on the job'
Director criticises producers of The Card Counter who halted shoot in Mississippi after a cast member was diagnosed with the virus
