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Hardcore: A Neo-Noir Powered by Calvinism 

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Jake sits in a darkened theater, his head resting on his hand.

|Sophie Durbin| “You wanna hire a choir boy, you go back to Grand Rapids.” – Peter Boyle as Andy Mast, private detective. The opening credits of Paul Schrader’s Hardcore are set against a holiday scene in Grand Rapids, Michigan, filled with children sledding and snow-dusted corner… Continue reading

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Paul Schrader’s Hardcore: The Film that Was and Also Wasn’t

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|Penny Folger| Hardcore is an amusing fish-out-of-water story starring George C. Scott as a devout midwestern Calvinist who must plumb the depths of the California porn industry to seach for his missing teenage daughter. It’s also a film that its director, Paul Schrader, is not terribly fond of… Continue reading