Kelly Reichardt

New York Film Festival 2022: A COUPLE, SHOWING UP
New York Film Festival 2022: A COUPLE, SHOWING UP

From NYFF, Lee Jutton reviews A Couple and Showing Up, the latest films from Frederick Wiseman and Kelly Reichardt.

MIFF 2020 Goes Digital and Brings the Cinema to our Homes
MIFF 2020 Goes Digital and Brings the Cinema to our Homes

Sean Fallon brings us some of the highlights from the Melbourne International Film Festival.

FIRST COW: Capitalism and its Gatekeepers
FIRST COW: Capitalism & Its Gatekeepers

Reichardt once again displays her generous understanding of life on the margins, and the implicit need to create relationships in harsh lands.

FIRST COW: A Tender Portrait Of Comradeship And American Dream
FIRST COW: A Tender Portrait Of Comradeship And American Dream

The tone of First Cow is warm and fuzzy until the very end that watching it unfolds is like going through a soothing meditation.

Berlinale 2020: FIRST COW
Berlinale 2020: FIRST COW

While Reichardt seems to be well intentioned here, First Cow falters by being frustratingly empty in both its delivery and narrative focus.

Video Dispatches: SECRET CEREMONY, OLD JOY & MISTER AMERICA
Video Dispatches: SECRET CEREMONY, OLD JOY & MISTER AMERICA

In this week’s Video Dispatches, Shawn Glinis covers the recent home video releases of Secret Ceremony (1968), Old Joy (2006) and Mister America (2019).

FIRST COW Trailer
FIRST COW Trailer

In First Cow, a cook and a Chinese immigrant collaborate on a business, although its longevity is reliant upon the participation of a wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow.

Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Female Directors
Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Female Directors

The Film Inquiry staff reveals their favorite female directors, from Alice Guy-Blaché to Sofia Coppola.

RIVER OF GRASS: Revisiting Kelly Reichardt’s Debut
Revisiting Kelly Reichardt’s Debut, RIVER OF GRASS

While it would take the serious alienation, River of Grass has all of the seeds that would bloom into one of the 2000s greatest filmmakers.

The Art Of Turning Places Into Characters
The Art Of Turning Places Into Characters

Settings are often so integral to a film that they can become as important as characters themselves; here are five prominent examples.

CERTAIN WOMEN: The Sheer Spectacle Of Living
CERTAIN WOMEN: The Sheer Spectacle Of Living

With Certain Women, director Kelly Reichardt has created one of the most human cinematic universes in recent memory.

TIFF Diary #5: The Long TIFF Closes
TIFF Diary #5: The Long TIFF Closes

The last weekend of TIFF is always bittersweet. On one hand, you’re so sleep-deprived from all the morning/early afternoon screenings that it’s a relief to have your regular schedule back in order. And yet, on the other, you feel a pang in your gut as you realize that the end is nigh – no more friendly crowds, no more of those endearingly irritating commercials, no more Q&As and no more beautiful venues to ogle over as you wait for the programmer to introduce the film (and TIFF has some cool programmers, too).

CERTAIN WOMEN Trailer
CERTAIN WOMEN Trailer

With its small scale stated in the title, Certain Women looks like a traditional Kelly Reichardt film. Intimate and low-key, her movies rarely stretch to include more than a handful of characters leading small lives. This minimalist style tests the patience of some viewers, while others find the delicately observed moments riveting.