“First Reformed” – Rev. Toller (Ethan Hawke) isn’t well. He’s hurting both mentally and physically. At 46, he feels lost. To cope, he drinks. He drinks too much. Thankfully, he is working. Reverend Kyles (Cedric the Entertainer) secured him a job at the First Reformed Church. A small, tourist place of worship, which is known more for its history rather than its present. The pews remain mostly empty during Rev. Toller’s Sunday sermons, save a handful of followers, but First Reformed was built in 1767, and it is about to…
Schrader and Hawke form a dark, absorbing partnership in ‘First Reformed’
