FIRST REFORMED / THE CARD COUNTER

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Paul Schrader. Moderated by Anne Thompson.

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

FIRST REFORMED, 2017, Paul Schrader, 113 MINUTES, A24, USA

Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence. From writer-director Paul Schrader comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary.

FORMAT: DCP

THE CARD COUNTER, 2021, Paul Schrader, 112 Minutes, Focus Features, USA

Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader’s trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions, and features riveting performances from stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe.

FORMAT: DCP