Paul Schrader makes his masterpiece about the most Schraderian figure in history, Yukio Mishima.  

Jarrod and Jordan discuss the first film ever directed by Paul Schrader that he did not also write, 1982's Cat People. This detachment shows a bit in the final product, but if you think that means this episode short guess again, loser....

Jarrod and Jordan welcome back a familiar face from the Paul Schrader extended universe, Martin Scorsese, as they discuss the colossal 1980 film, Raging Bull. Schrader's involvement in this film may have been smaller than it was the la...

Jarrod and Jordan slam the door on the 1970s and enter the 1980s with Paul Schrader's American Gigolo. 

On this week's Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan have the rare opportunity to discuss a Paul Schrader-penned film that we have no idea how he feels about, as he's never commented 1979's Old Boyfriends. No wayward Facebook posts; no aside...

Oh my god.... that's my podcast. Almost exactly a decade after he left, Paul Schrader returns to Grand Rapids, Michigan for his second ever directed feature film, 1979's Hardcore. Listen to Jarrod and Jordan discuss this deeply persona...

After 40 years in the desert, writing beloved classics such as Taxi Driver, finally--FINALLY--ol' Paul Schrader takes the reins with his directorial debut, 1978's Blue Collar. A troubled production, a great perf...

Stop me if you've heard this one before...Paul Schrader thinks this movie was taken away from him and that it's worse because of it. In the case of the 1977 movie Rolling Thunder directed by John Flynn, maybe he's right, but probably n...

Jarrod and Jordan discuss the second of Schrader's two scripts released in 1976, the Brian De Palma-directed Obsession. Topics include John Lithgow's wild accent, Hitchcock's Vertigo, and the compatibility of De...

We maybe waste time getting to the point, but Paul Schrader sure didn't! This week on Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Schrader's second screenwriting credit and first collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, the 1976 master...

Jarrod and Jordan discuss another of Paul Schrader's foundational film influences, Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film Tokyo Story, a beautifully melancholy film about a family's generational dissonance in a post-War Japan. You can f...

Jarrod and Jordan begin their watch of Paul Schrader's written and directed works with 1974's The Yakuza, Schrader's first writing credit. They discuss the conflicting visions of director (Sydney Pollack) and writer that form the ...

Before discussing Paul Schrader's films, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Robert Bresson's 1959 film Pickpocket, which is perhaps the greatest cinematic representation of the transcendental style and Paul Schrader's ~whole deal~, aes...

In the first episode of Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod Nelson and Jordan Petersen Kamp discuss Paul Schrader's 1972 book, Transcendental Style in Film, in which Schrader develops his guiding aesthetic theory using the works of thre...

The trailer for the new podcast covering the works of writer and director, Paul Schrader. Episode one coming May 8, 2024.