Though he only plays a man of the cloth on the big screen, Oscar-nominated actor Ethan Hawke felt a calling to give one of the best performances of his career by immersing himself in the physical dressings of a conflicted priest for Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. Read More here

Now that we’re getting into the final few weeks before the ceremony, it’s time to acknowledge that there’s a very real danger of Ethan Hawke’s Protestant pastor drama First Reformed being absolutely robbed blind at the Oscars. It’s unfair, yes, but it might very well happen. Breathe. Try not to let your frustration overwhelm you. Instead, focus on the fact that Paul Schrader, who wrote and directed First Reformed – and wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for Martin Scorsese too – has confirmed that he’s working on another big project with the actor. According to a red carpet ambush by AwardsAce.com’sck Weber, Hawke and Schrader will reunite for a Western currently titled Nine Men From Now. Willem Dafoe’s on board too, apparently. Read More here

Hawke, currently starring on Broadway in Shepard’s True West, breaks open the Shepard style. Read More here

Mo 1/7: Ethan Hawke, Jon Glaser, Taylor Bennett
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Three film luminaries — Paul Schrader, Christine Vachon and Ethan Hawke — shared the stage recently at Deadline’s The Contenders New York to ruminate on a subject often left on the cutting-room floor: religion. Read More here

The First Reformed star joins this week’s Little Gold Men podcast to talk about Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, and why we don’t need the popular-film Oscar. Read More here

First Reformed is like nothing Ethan Hawke is famous for. The hero in Paul Schrader’s movie about religion and corruption and the environment isn’t greasy and flirtatious or artfully disheveled; he’s not even funny. He’s desperate and jumpy, holding everything inside. Reverend Toller’s faith in the church has decayed somewhat, but he’s also got an epic case of mania. Toller pastors a small church — more of a somber tourist destination than a place of worship — and journals despairing, guilty pleas to feel God’s presence. When he’s asked to counsel an environmental extremist who’s about to become a father, the pastor stumbles upon a cause where he can channel all of his malaise. Read More here

Roundabout’s revival, starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano, is set to begin performances December 27. Read More here

Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present a new Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s True West, directed by James Macdonald. Read More here

Sam Shepard’s play will be directed by James Macdonald. Read More here