The Moral Event Horizon: Paul Schrader Explores the Limits of Redemption in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’
The cinematic landscape of the 21st century has seen few late-career renaissances as rigorous or as intellectually demanding as that of Paul Schrader. The legendary screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and the director of First Reformed, has…
The Moral Decay of Empire: Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine
In the canon of Martin McDonagh, the line between the profoundly tragic and the aggressively absurd has always been porous. From the blood-soaked confessionals of In Bruges to the quiet, existential isolation of The Banshees of Inisherin, McDonagh has…
The Anatomy of Decency: Caleb Landry Jones and the Moral Fractures of Modern America in ‘Down the Arm of God’
LOCARNO — In the landscape of contemporary cinema, few actors have cultivated a reputation for the unsettling quite like Caleb Landry Jones. From his breakout role as a sneering white supremacist in Jordan Peele’s Get Out to his harrowing, Cannes-winning…
