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Taxi Driver at 50: how Martin Scorsese’s film foreshadowed the manosphere

As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver, we see the unsettled brown eyes of Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro in a career-defining role.

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‘People are still isolated and obsessive’: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader reunite for Taxi Driver at 50

The director, screenwriter and stars of the 1976 classic film spoke about its making and parallels to the internet age at New York’s Tribeca film festival

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Famous director says 1970s film star ‘had an authority’ at age 12 in acclaimed drama

‘She had an authority,’ the legendary filmmaker said about Foster

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‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI

Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said ‘it’ll do anything you ask’ and ‘it’s going to be better than CGI’

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Robert De Niro says he never expected one of his iconic films to become a classic

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Robert De Niro admits to doubting that one of his most iconic movies would be a success

Actor earned his second Oscar nomination for his lead performance in the acclaimed classic

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Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader 'procures AI girlfriend' weeks after beloved wife's death

Hollywood screenwriter Paul Schrader has reflected on his experiment with an "online AI girlfriend" trying to understand "male/female interaction in our matrix".

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Famous director says 1970s’ De Niro classic was ‘too controversial’ to win an Oscar

Schrader wrote the screenplay for Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed crime noir

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Mary Beth Hurt obituary

Actor who made her name in The World According to Garp and was nominated for a Bafta for Woody Allen’s Interiors

The Guardian - UK

Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated Broadway and film actor, dies at 79

Tony-nominated actor Mary Beth Hurt has died at 79 after a long career on Broadway and in film

The Independent UK

Mary Beth Hurt, star of Interiors and The World According to Garp, dies aged 79

The actor, who was nominated for three Tony awards, made her film debut in Woody Allen’s Interiors and worked into the 2010s including in films made by her second husband, Paul Schrader

The Guardian - UK

Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated actor who worked with husband Paul Schrader, dies at 79

Hurt starred in movies including ‘The World According to Garp’ and ‘The Age of Innocence’

The Independent UK

First Thing: Relentless Seahawks pummel Patriots to claim their second Super Bowl title

Bad Bunny offered a celebration of Latino culture and heritage with his half-time show at the game, which ended 29-13. Plus, the California community that beat back a datacenter

The Guardian - UK

‘If I didn’t write about him, I’m afraid I might become him’: the making of Taxi Driver at 50

Screenwriter Paul Schrader talks the inspiration and legacy of Martin Scorsese’s incendiary New York nightmare

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50 Years Later, Martin Scorsese's First Masterpiece Is More Relevant Than Ever

Half a century later, Robert De Niro's iconic loner in 'Taxi Driver' still endures in Martin Scorsese's dark premonition of America.

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Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times

Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver turns 50 this month. Nominated for four Oscars and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Festival, Scorsese’s searing, hallucinatory portrait of urban alienation is widely regarded as one of the most important American films of all time.

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27 Years Later, Martin Scorsese's Most Underrated Horror Movie Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Scorsese is best-known for his crime dramas, but his ghostly tale of a New York City paramedic played by Nicolas Cage deserves to be better known.

The Independent UK

How American Gigolo and Richard Gere launched Giorgio Armani’s career

US CULTURE: After the death of legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani, Kevin E G Perry looks back at how his work on Paul Schrader's subversive neo-noir helped establish his reputation — with a little help from John Travolta and Richard Gere

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20 Years Later, A Polarizing Horror Prequel Ultimately Came Out On Top

'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist' was Paul Schrader’s original version of the retooled 'The Exorcist: The Beginning.' In the end, 'Dominion' prevailed.

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‘Taxi Driver’ writer Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting his former assistant

The writer and director behind 'Taxi Driver' and 'American Gigolo' has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant.

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Taxi Driver fame Paul Schrader accused of sexual harassment by former assistant; claims he backed out of settlement deal

Acclaimed screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader, best known for his work on Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, has been accused of sexually harassing his former assistant, according to a legal filing in New York State Court. The 26-year-old woman, who is going by the alias Jane Doe, alleges that Schrader…

The Independent UK

Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal

Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t give in to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential

The Independent UK

‘Taxi Driver’ writer Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant

Exclusive: Schrader’s attorney, Philip Kessler, forcefully denied the allegations, telling The Independent that the 26-year-old woman’s claims were “desperate, frivolous, and opportunistic”

Evening Standard

Are ChatGPT’s film ideas as good as Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader says? Er, no

After the Taxi Driver screenwriter enthused after the script ideas AI generated for him, we asked ChatGPT to pitch us some films for different genres. Spoiler alert: they were bad

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Two Oscars Frontrunners Face Backlash Over AI Use: ‘It’s A Slippery Slope’

An Academy Award-winning director has also admitted to testing out ChatGPT to come up with movie plots.

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