‘First Reformed’ (Oct. 8)
Paul Schrader has been penning anguished examinations of the role of faith in everyday life for a half-century now, but few have landed with as much raw force as this Oscar-nominated drama. A revelatory Ethan Hawke stars as the Rev. Ernst Toller, who spends his days tending to a mostly empty Protestant church in upstate New York and his nights nursing a bottle of whiskey and scrawling his increasingly desperate ruminations into his journal. When a young, pregnant woman (a warm but haunted Amanda Seyfried) seeks his counsel, afraid of the kind of world she will bring her baby into, it lights a fuse for Rev. Toller. Schrader takes a no-frills approach to his material, which renders the extremity of the closing act all the more affecting; the events of the near-decade since its release have only added to the film’s urgency and power.
‘Detroiters’: Seasons 1-2 (Oct. 16)
Before taking cringe comedy to new heights — or depths, depending on your tolerance level — with “I Think You Should Leave,” Tim Robinson teamed with his longtime pal Sam Richardson (best known for his scene-stealing work as Richard Splett in “Veep”) in this Comedy Central charmer about two dimwitted Detroit advertising executives. (The other creators include Robinson’s fellow “Saturday Night Live” alumni Zach Kanin and Joe Kelly.) While explosively funny, it is also a love letter; Richardson and Robinson are proud Detroit natives, using local locations, crews and actors to bring their unapologetically silly vision of their hometown to life. Keegan-Michael Key, Tim Meadows, Cecily Strong and Jason Sudeikis are among the guest stars.
Also leaving:
“Always, “ “Apollo 13,” “Baby Mama,” “Beginners,” “The Beguiled,” “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” “Blue Thunder,” “Cinderella Man,” “Clueless,” “Fargo,” “The Fifth Element,” “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call,” “The Good Shepherd,” “High Fidelity,” “High Plains Drifter,” “Inside Man,” “A League of Their Own,” “Nomadland,” “Out of Africa,” “Parenthood,” “Pariah,” “The Professionals,” “Queen & Slim,” “Savages,” “She’s the One,” “Somewhere,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Talk to Me,” “U-571,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Witch” (Oct. 1); “Dawson’s Creek”: Seasons 1-6 (Oct. 3); “Nurse Jackie”: Seasons 1-7 (Oct. 7); “To Die For” (Oct. 8); The “Hunger Games” franchise (Oct. 14); “Boyhood,” “The Room Next Door” (Oct. 19); “Go” (Oct. 20).
