2018 · drama · political
First Reformed
Directed by Paul Schrader1h 53m2018
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Our read: First Reformed (2018) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / political, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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