TIFF ’18: Screwball – Crime and Profit

Screwball is the unbelievably true story of how a petty dispute between two petty criminals brought down the world?s highest-paid baseball player. Director Billy Corben, the outstanding documentarian of Cocaine Cowboys and six other features, illuminates the shady worlds of South Florida?s steroid scene and Major League Baseball?s complicated relationship with performance-enhancing drugs. The film…

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The Broken Church: 1on1 with Cedric the Entertainer (FIRST REFORMED)

First Reformed?tells the story of Toller (Ethan Hawke), a former military veteran and pastor of the First Reformed Church.? Preparing to celebrate their 250th?anniversary, the church has become largely ceremonial, with most parishioners having moved over to the local megachurch, led by charismatic Pastor Jeffers (Cedric the Entertainer).?When tragedy strikes, Toller finds himself torn between…

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When Film Confronts Faith: 1on1 with Paul Schrader (FIRST REFORMED)

Written and directed by the legendary Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ), First Reformedtells the story of Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), a pastor of a small church in upstate New York. After an encounter with an unstable congregant and his pregnant wife leaves him shaken, Toller finds himself embroiled in an environmental…

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