When Movies Are a Religious Journey

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IDA is now streaming on MUBI in the US & Canada! Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/broeydeschanel If you've watched First Reformed and felt like it changed your life, you're not the only one! First Reformed was Paul Schrader's first attempt at a style of cinema he himself coined back in 1972: the Transcendental Style, and there's a reason it has some an impact. Come along on this spiritual journey. Thumbnail by Hannah Raine Follow and support the channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broeydeschanel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/broey_deschanel/ Rehash podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rehashpodcast Ben From Canada: https://www.instagram.com/benchinapen/ SOURCES: Charles Andrews, “Too Much In the Garden: Paul Schrader’s First Reformed” Michaelmas, vol. LXXXII (1) (2018). Anthony Carew, “Into the Night, Religion and Environmental Catastrophe in First Reformed” Screen Education, (95) (2019). Justin Chang, “Review: The bracing ‘First Reformed,’ starring a superb Ethan Hawke, resurrects Paul Schrader’s career” L.A Times (2018). Daniel Chin, “‘The Boy and the Heron’ Is Hayao Miyazaki’s Most Personal Film, and One of His Most Collaborative” The Ringer (2023). Philip Horne, “‘We are the killers, and we have to understand that’: Martin Scorsese on Killers of the Flower Moon”, Sight and Sound (2023). J.R. Jones, “Paul Schrader’s First Reformed finds pride at the root of despair,” Chicago Reader (2018). Brent Lang “Paul Schrader on the Extinction of the Human Race and His New Film ‘First Reformed’” Variety (2017). Antonio Machado, "The Wind, One Brilliant Day": https://allpoetry.com/The-Wind,-One-Brilliant-Day Sean Nam and Paul Schrader, “Hungering and Thirsting For Righteousness” : Cinéaste , Vol. 43, No. 3 (2018). Paul Schrader, Transcendental Style in Film, University of California Press (1971). Olivia Hunter Willke, “Accepting Abomination: On First Reformed”, Hyper Real Film (2022).