Three years after her 19th Century bromance First Cow, Kelly Reichardt is back with a new Portland-set drama from A24. Showing Up stars Michelle Williams as a struggling sculptor preparing for a major art show while nursing a wounded pigeon […]

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I recently spoke with director Kelly Reichardt by phone about her new film First Cow, which premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival (our Matt Delman reviewed it following the subsequent New York Film Festival) and is now finally rolling […]

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Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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It’s something of a crime that Nobody Walks wasn’t given more attention upon its release last year.

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Though term papers could—and hopefully will—be written about how Reichardt revises and revitalizes the traditional Western in her most ambitious production yet, I worry that this type of treatment will keep Meek’s Cutoff relegated to cinephile circles, when this is a perfect example of a vital American independent film that should be used to help broaden less adventurous viewers’ horizons.

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