What seemed like a one-off, late-career masterpiece from ‘70s icon Paul Schrader (2017’s “First Reformed”) has now become a loose series of films about solitary men struggling with past sins. Where does the new MASTER GARDENER rank among the director’s “Man in a Room” trilogy?

-Review: “Master Gardener” (04:49)

-Review (AK): “BlackBerry” (30:46)

-Next Week/Notes (39:03)

-Marathon Review: “Sans Soleil” (42:41)

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-"Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson discovers what it means to examine the world as she reflects on her profession”

https://www.salon.com/2017/10/22/twenty-five-years-of-the-world-on-film/

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