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On this week's Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan have the rare opportunity to discuss a Paul Schrader-penned film that we have no idea how he feels about, as he's never commented 1979's Old Boyfriends. No wayward Facebook posts; no asides published in Variety . Nothing. Astutely re-worked and directed by Joan Tewkesbury--unfortunately the only film she would direct--and featu...

Oh my god.... that's my podcast. Almost exactly a decade after he left, Paul Schrader returns to Grand Rapids, Michigan for his second ever directed feature film, 1979's Hardcore . Listen to Jarrod and Jordan discuss this deeply personal, stylish, and a bit beguiling film here and follow Intrinsically Profane at the places listed below.  Twitter/X: @schraderbros Instagram: @intrinsically...

After 40 years in the desert, writing beloved classics such as  Taxi Driver,  finally--FINALLY--ol' Paul Schrader takes the reins with his directorial debut, 1978's  Blue Collar . A troubled production, a great performance from Richard Pryor, cocaine, systemic racism in America, Detroit-- all ingredients for a great directorial debut if you ask us. 

Stop me if you've heard this one before...Paul Schrader thinks this movie was taken away from him and that it's worse because of it. In the case of the 1977 movie Rolling Thunder directed by John Flynn, maybe he's right, but probably not because both Jarrod and Jordan agree that this movie is great and has Schrader's sensibilities all over it. Listen in on our discussion of the...

Jarrod and Jordan discuss the second of Schrader's two scripts released in 1976, the Brian De Palma-directed  Obsession . Topics include John Lithgow's wild accent, Hitchcock's  Vertigo,  and the compatibility of De Palma's stylistic flourishes with Schrader's dour script. 

We maybe waste time getting to the point, but Paul Schrader sure didn't! This week on Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Schrader's second screenwriting credit and first collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, the 1976 masterpiece Taxi Driver. Topics include loneliness, social isolation, the disintegration of personality, and fascism. A heavy film full of heavy topics...

Jarrod and Jordan discuss another of Paul Schrader's foundational film influences, Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film Tokyo Story, a beautifully melancholy film about a family's generational dissonance in a post-War Japan.  You can follow Intrinsically Profane in the following places Twitter/X: @schraderbros Instagram: @intrinsicallyprofane Letterboxd: SchraderBros Email: intrinsicallyprofane...

Jarrod and Jordan begin their watch of Paul Schrader's written and directed works with 1974's  The Yakuza , Schrader's first writing credit. They discuss the conflicting visions of director (Sydney Pollack) and writer that form the final version of a movie about two men's path to understanding through the world of Japanese organized crime.  You can follow Intrinsically Profane...

Before discussing Paul Schrader's films, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Robert Bresson's 1959 film Pickpocket, which is perhaps the greatest cinematic representation of the transcendental style and Paul Schrader's ~whole deal~, aesthetically speaking. You can follow Intrinsically Profane in the following places Twitter/X: @schraderbros Instagram: @intrinsicallyprofane Letterboxd: Schrade...

In the first episode of Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod Nelson and Jordan Petersen Kamp discuss Paul Schrader's 1972 book,  Transcendental Style in Film , in which Schrader develops his guiding aesthetic theory using the works of three directors: Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer. Other topics include Schrader's upbringing in the Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michi...

The trailer for the new podcast covering the works of writer and director, Paul Schrader. Episode one coming May 8, 2024.