Please join the Stanford Catholic Film Group on Monday, May 11, to discuss First Reformed (2017). Written and directed by Paul Schrader (Blue Collar, Affliction), this movie was nominated for Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and won numerous other awards for Schrader and Ethan Hawke, who stars as Reverend Ernst Toller. The Atlantic called it “[A]n embittered look at our world through the eyes of someone who’s increasingly horrified to be a part of it…one of the most searing cinema experiences of the year.” The film asks if despair can be contagious, especially if the new victim is susceptible, like an immuno-deficient patient. We’ll be meeting at 7:30 on Zoom. It’s available very widely to rent or purchase. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/first-reformed or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As19i21CCYo

A Zoom link will be sent the day before, so if you’re not on the email list currently, send a message stating “I’m Interested” to StanfordYRCFilm@gmail.com.

Everyone is invited!