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The Basics Of Philosophy

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Siddhant Adlakha TheWrap 7h
A film whose text and subtext are undoubtedly riveting, but whose meta-text — the story of its creation, and the fact that it exists at all — is worthy of some inquiry. Go to Full Review Philip De Semlyen Time Out 1d
You can usually expect rigour and dramatics from a Schrader film. This one has neither. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 2d
4/5
Schrader takes all this at a cool, cruel pace: the film has the thriller’s beady-eyed focus on what’s going to happen next, along with a dramatic sense of the perplexed inner man, the man who complacently thinks of himself as a philosopher. Go to Full Review Leonardo Goi The Film Stage 4h
Of Schrader’s most recent, this rings strangely inert—a work that, in harking back to concerns the director’s addressed more emphatically and convincingly elsewhere, stands as an odd facsimile. Go to Full Review Jack Walters Loud and Clear Reviews 20h
1.5/5
A dull, disingenuous drama that feels wholly outdated in today’s landscape. Go to Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 2d
As much as [Schrader's] latest may frustrate in some of the details, the director proves time and again he’s still got his fastball. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Paul Schrader

Director

Jack Huston

Actor

Sofia Boutella

Actor

Daniel Zovatto

Actor

Bill Pullman

Actor

Dana Delany

Actor

Movie Info

Director
Paul Schrader
Producer
Braxton Pope, David M. Wulf
Screenwriter
Paul Schrader
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 34m
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