'It’s harder to make a living': Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader on the changing industry

Paul Schrader directs the likes of Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in his new film 'Oh Canada', writes Esther McCarthy

Paul Schrader in Cannes for a screening of 'Oh Canada'. Picture: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

He wrote the screenplays for some of Martin Scorsese’s greatest films and pursued his own successful career as a director. For his latest feature film, storytelling icon Paul Schrader turned to the work of a renowned American author, his friend Russell Banks.

Based on Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone, the film Oh, Canada has drawn a cast that includes Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman.