collider

First Reformed Trailer: Ethan Hawke Is a Man of Faith without Hope

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
collider

First Reformed Review: A Searing Meditation on Faith and Despair

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
MyNorthwest.com

Ethan Hawke’s ‘First Reformed’ demands to be taken seriously

The first critical hit of this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, Ethan Hawke’s “First Reformed” gets a regular theatrical release Friday, June 1. It’s about as far away from your typical ...
SFGate

‘First Reformed,’ with Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried, is Paul Schrader at his best

The best artists don’t go soft as they get older. They become more intensely themselves, like there’s nothing to lose and no gain in lying. Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” is a film with that quality ...
We Are Movie Geeks

FIRST REFORMED – Review

Writer/director Paul Schrader’s FIRST REFORMED is a spellbinding film, smart and suspenseful, one of the best so far this year. Ethan Hawke stars as Reverend Ernst Toller, the pastor of First Reformed ...
WBUR

'First Reformed' Is 'A Form Of Prayer' In An Era Of Commodified Religion

“First Reformed” is the film Paul Schrader has been working toward for more than 40 years. A diamond-hard distillation of the themes and preoccupations he’s been wrestling with throughout his career, ...
The Daily Beast

‘First Reformed’ Is a Stunning Exploration of Faith in the Darkest of Times

The latest from writer-director Paul Schrader (‘Taxi Driver’) stars Ethan Hawke as a melancholy reverend in search of answers. Entertainment Critic In rural Upstate New York, Reverend Toller (Ethan ...
National Review

The Travis Bickle of Climate Change

How Garry Trudeau and William F. Buckley Bridged Partisan Divides A Hollywood Revenge Sermon The Drama Half-Says a Lot About American Life Audio By Carbonatix Paul Schrader’s new film explores ...
Los Angeles Times

In ‘First Reformed,’ Ethan Hawke gave the performance of the year — and of his brilliantly unorthodox career

In “First Reformed,” Ethan Hawke almost never raises his voice. His character, the Rev. Ernst Toller, is a former Army chaplain who leads a small Protestant church in upstate New York, where he ...
Vulture

First Reformed

Paul Schrader Thought His Career Was Over. Then He Made His Best Film in Years.After iffy collaborations with porn stars and Nicolas Cage, the writer-director is back with the buzzy First Reformed.