The Basics of Philosophy review – Paul Schrader back to his cool, cruel best
Venice film festivalWhen a figure from his past turns up to a family funeral, a college professor faces an agonising dilemma that makes him question his own morality and whether he can changePaul Schrader is back with his most successful picture since First Reformed in 2018. It’s a stereotypical Schrader study of masculinity in some ways, about a man agonising over moral choice and ethical behaviour while – as so often in Schrader’s movies – reading and writing philosophy in…
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