A month of Sundays

First Reformed

Crit

Ethan Hawke's Reverend Toller (and how's that for an unsubtle preacher name?) struggles with guilt, faith, alcohol, irrelevance, the social justice imperative, relationship issues, and, probably, soon-to-be-fatal stomach cancer. Paul Schrader's film is a descent into various hells, but an ascension, too, an uneasy but rewarding slice of ecclesiastical life.