Know the Cast & Characters: ‘The Crowded Room’
‘The Crowded Room’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Akiva Goldsman and Todd Graffโs Apple TV+ series.
‘The Crowded Room’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Akiva Goldsman and Todd Graffโs Apple TV+ series.
โFor Paul Schrader, First Reformedโs visual style realizes ideas of transcendental style that he first theorized at the beginning of his career. But that style only works because it serves the story and character he crafted so carefully.โ
โThe power of โFirst Reformedโ is rooted in Schraderโs ability to take a number of clear forbearers — Bresson, Dreyer, Pialat — and twist them into a style that feels wholly unique and rooted in a personal set of values and obsessions.โ
Michael J. Casey on Paul Schraderโs thematic links in โTaxi Driver,โ โMishima: A Life in Four Chaptersโ and โFirst Reformedโ
โThe multi-hyphenate filmmakerโs latest seems to anticipate dissection: its formal austerity belies a haphazard, literary-minded indulgence.โ
“A plethora of likable characters and tidy wrap-ups diminish the artistic potential of While We’re Young, as Baumbach doesn’t compromise the film’s abilities as a general crowdpleaser.”