‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Review: Paul Schrader Wrestles with Sin and Spinoza in His Latest Tortured-Man Drama
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An octogenarian Paul Schrader follows his own path with another tortured male character. Two mediocre films about Vietnam and adolescent mental health coincide in the official section of La Mostra
The director continues his exploration of guilt and redemption in a film far from his best works. Frenchman Cédric Kahn takes advantage of the solid and somewhat depersonalized 15/18 (A Place to Heal) (***) and Japanese Shinya Tsukamoto is lost in his unmeasured pursuit in Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (**) Read
‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Review: Paul Schrader Wrestles with Sin and Spinoza in His Latest Tortured-Man Drama
Jack Huston, Sofia Boutella and Bill Pullman star in "The Basics of Philosophy," Paul Schrader's latest examination of guilt, morality and redemption
The moral choices faced by a philosophy professor, guilt, pedophilia and homosexuality are among the themes of the excellent film “The Foundations of Philosophy” by Paul Schrader (“Extremes”, “American Gigolo”), which we saw in the competition section of this year’s 83rd International Film Festival. John Jorinsen (Jack Huston) is the imposing, middle-aged star philosophy professor in […] Venice: From Schrader’s moral impasses to Gitai’s Palestin…
The story of a professor of philosophy from the dark past. Review of Paul Schrader's latest film
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