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How powerless are we as individuals in the face of existential threats? | "First Reformed" (2017) d. Paul Schrader w/ Christopher Smol

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Featuring friend of the show Christopher Smol, this week's episode focuses on Paul Schrader's 2017 psychological drama, First Reformed, among a few others that similarly explore the burden of moral imperatives felt by alienated individuals confronting wide-scale problems. We also briefly discuss:Winter Light (1963) d. Ingmar BergmanDiary of a Country Priest (1952) d. Robert BressonNight Moves (2013) d. Kelly ReichardtOrdet (1955) d. Carl Theodor DreyerContact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/filmsfortoday/

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