She seemed to lose perspective in her last film, Showing Up, which pitched an artist’s everyday frustrations as Herculean struggles.
…the exploration of the hold that art can have on an individual who just isn’t satisfied in Showing Up…
…more urgency than Showing Up…
But where First Cow and Showing Up offer sympathetic portraits of artists striving for personal expression despite adverse material conditions, Reichardt’s script here focuses on the (attempted) exploitation of others’ expression for material gain.
Having seen two of her films previously, Certain Women and Showing Up…
Directed by the acclaimed Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women, 2016; Showing Up, 2022)…