One of my obsessions is #minimaism. In life and art. Mostly in Literature and film.

Last week I watched Robert Bresson's AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_Db2r_dCM) the latest to my collection of his films, and it urged me to seek out new American minimalist filmmakers.

I've been at this obsession for decades and have quite a collection (Jarmusch, Smith, Hartley, etc) but I had yet checked out Kelly Reichardt.

This week I watched:

Wendy and Lucy

Meek's Cut-Off

Certain Women,

First Cow.

All are wonderful and worth seeking out but the one that stuck out the most for me was Wendy and Lucy (trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pASs3rerRCY.)

The trailer is deceiving and doesn't show the meat of the plot. This is a story about parenting and making the hard decision of letting a child go to have a better life than what you can give.

#film #cinema #movies #kellyreichardt