Wednesday, November 3 2010
New York Film Festival: Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt's Meek’s Cutoff is an outsider's Western. If we were looking for a female counterpart to Gus Van Sant, I think we may have found her.
Friday, May 8 2009
Wendy and Lucy
A moving portrait of a woman and her canine companion as well as a powerful comment on contemporary American poverty.
Thursday, January 29 2009
Michelle Williams gets to the heart of a forlorn character in ‘Wendy and Lucy’
Friday, January 16 2009
Best Complexities in 2008
The most remarkable films of 2008 were small, smart, and complicated. While they're surely worth seeking out for their own pleasures, they also represent the sort of movies that will find theatrical releases even harder to manage in the shrinking economy.
Friday, December 12 2008
Wendy and Lucy
Surviving traumas, Wendy (Michelle Williams) serves as both detailed portrait and metaphorical expanse. Her pain is specific but also vague, her loss exact and all-encompassing.
Wednesday, December 6 2006
Old Joy (2006)
While the film appears to focus on an evolving friendship, it is, as well, a meditation on political and moral ideals, as these give way to questions and frustrations, self-reflection and, perhaps, self-understanding.
