Essential Cinema: Kelly Reichardt: The First Five

MEEK’S CUTOFF

Directed by Kelly Reichardt

USA, 2010, 1h 44min, DCP

Essential Cinema  Kelly Reichardt: The First Five

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

“A stone-cold masterpiece.”
Reverse Shot

“Hypnotic from shot to shot.”
Chicago Reader

“Simultaneously cerebral and astonishingly cinematic”
Sight & Sound

Set in 1845 against the harsh landscape of the Oregon Trail, three families (including five-time Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams) find their faith in each other and their loyalties to their unreliable guide, Stephen Meek, tested when their paths cross a Native American wanderer. An essential feminist western.

Presented in conjunction with Kelly Reichardt’s latest film, SHOWING UP, which opens April 14.

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