News from the Schrader Zone: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/06/taxi-driver-robert-de-niro-interview-jodie-foster-martin-scorsese-paul-schrader-tribeca-anniversary

#TaxiDriver, directed by Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, hasn't gotten any less pertinent and that's not exactly good, is it.

Perhaps the loneliness of De Niro’s Travis Bickle can be connected to the rise of the digital age as well. In the film, he pines for female companionship, including the beautiful Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), whom he effectively stalks. Today, Bickle could have turned to a chatbot girlfriend, something Schrader himself, only weeks ago, publicly admitted to procuring.

Nope, not good at all