Mubi is showing Kelly Reichardt's newly restored debut River of Grass (1994) globally August 5 - September 3, 2016. In the United States and United Kingdom, more films by the director are also playing.“You meeting someone here tonight, Cozy?”“Nah, I just had the urge to get out.”“Yeah? I had the urge to drink. So it’s fate.”— Lee and Cozy, River of Grass “The wind’s not gonna be kind tonight.”— Solomon Tetherow, Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt’s is a cinema of misfits and margins. Of survival and getting by. In her debut feature, River of Grass (1994), a romantic naïf and her drifter boyfriend go on the run for a crime they’re convinced they’ve committed. In Old Joy (2006), a contentedly married man and soon-to-be father agrees to a road trip with an old pal, only to realize that the two are on divergent paths: the latter, frustrated by everyday pressures,...
- 8/11/2016
- MUBI
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 13 Mar 2014 - 05:44
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2011, and a great year for lesser-seen gems...
Even a cursory glance at the top 10 grossing films of 2011 reveals something strange: nine of the entries are sequels. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 brought the fantasy franchise to a close with a staggering $1.3bn haul. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon wasn't too far behind with just over $1.1bn. On Stranger Tides continued the Pirates Of The Caribbean series' wave of success, despite mixed reviews.
Elsewhere in the top 10, you'll find another Twilight, a fourth Mission: Impossible, a second Kung Fu Panda, a fifth Fast, another Hangover, and further Cars. Standing alone on the list is The Smurfs, the adaptation of Peyo's Belgian comic strip. In fact, 2011 saw the release of no fewer than 28 sequels - the most we've yet seen in any given year.
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2011, and a great year for lesser-seen gems...
Even a cursory glance at the top 10 grossing films of 2011 reveals something strange: nine of the entries are sequels. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 brought the fantasy franchise to a close with a staggering $1.3bn haul. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon wasn't too far behind with just over $1.1bn. On Stranger Tides continued the Pirates Of The Caribbean series' wave of success, despite mixed reviews.
Elsewhere in the top 10, you'll find another Twilight, a fourth Mission: Impossible, a second Kung Fu Panda, a fifth Fast, another Hangover, and further Cars. Standing alone on the list is The Smurfs, the adaptation of Peyo's Belgian comic strip. In fact, 2011 saw the release of no fewer than 28 sequels - the most we've yet seen in any given year.
- 3/12/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
(In Alphabetical order)
Meek’s Cutoff
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt had a stellar if hushed 2000s, and then she commenced the current decade with a film that is already beginning to feel like an unsung modern classic. Meek’s Cutoff is one of those exhilarating instances in which a marriage of disparate styles produces something tricky to imagine, but perfect to behold: a period piece set in mid-1800’s Oregon, shot in academy ratio and classically beautiful for it, but with Reichardt’s signature severe naturalism. The result is so stark and understated that it begins to feel graceful, weirdly epic. A small caravan of settlers (featuring Michelle Williams and a once again devout Paul Dano) hires a guide, big-talking Stephen Meek, to help them navigate the Oregon Trail. As the terrain grows less forgiving and water evermore scarce, the settlers begin to wonder if the route Meek...
Meek’s Cutoff
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt had a stellar if hushed 2000s, and then she commenced the current decade with a film that is already beginning to feel like an unsung modern classic. Meek’s Cutoff is one of those exhilarating instances in which a marriage of disparate styles produces something tricky to imagine, but perfect to behold: a period piece set in mid-1800’s Oregon, shot in academy ratio and classically beautiful for it, but with Reichardt’s signature severe naturalism. The result is so stark and understated that it begins to feel graceful, weirdly epic. A small caravan of settlers (featuring Michelle Williams and a once again devout Paul Dano) hires a guide, big-talking Stephen Meek, to help them navigate the Oregon Trail. As the terrain grows less forgiving and water evermore scarce, the settlers begin to wonder if the route Meek...
- 9/26/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film.
Jenny Agutter in "Walkabout" and Michelle Williams in "Meek's Cutoff"
Western people have something of a parasitic relationship with nature. But that's okay. If Werner Herzog is to believed, nature doesn't much like us either. The two films we look at this week, Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff look at the relationship of people trapped within the land and how it compares to their relationship with people of the land or who represent the land in their foreignness and threat to those considered 'civilized.' Along the way issues of trust, understanding, innocence, power, gender and whether one can overcome the attitudes and beliefs into which they're boxed, are encountered along with predictably arrid conditions.
Walkabout starts to roll when a teenaged girl and her younger brother (Jenny Agutter and...
Jenny Agutter in "Walkabout" and Michelle Williams in "Meek's Cutoff"
Western people have something of a parasitic relationship with nature. But that's okay. If Werner Herzog is to believed, nature doesn't much like us either. The two films we look at this week, Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff look at the relationship of people trapped within the land and how it compares to their relationship with people of the land or who represent the land in their foreignness and threat to those considered 'civilized.' Along the way issues of trust, understanding, innocence, power, gender and whether one can overcome the attitudes and beliefs into which they're boxed, are encountered along with predictably arrid conditions.
Walkabout starts to roll when a teenaged girl and her younger brother (Jenny Agutter and...
- 1/13/2012
- by Robert
- FilmExperience
Countdown to Top Ten 2K11 is a column with one simple goal: to help you decide what films you need to see before making your end of the year top ten list. Each installment features my thoughts on a critically acclaimed 2011 movie, a sampling of other critics' reactions, the odds of the film making my own list, and the reasons why it might make yours.
This time we're covering "Meek's Cutoff," one of the most divisive arthouse indies of the year. Is it a brilliantly original take on a classic genre or a steaming plate of "cultural vegetables?" Let's find out.
Movie: "Meek's Cutoff"
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
Plot Synopsis: Three families and their hapless guide lost on the Oregon Trail in 1845 struggle to survive as their water supplies dwindle lower and lower.
What the Critics Said: "Bracingly original," A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Cinematic as it is,...
This time we're covering "Meek's Cutoff," one of the most divisive arthouse indies of the year. Is it a brilliantly original take on a classic genre or a steaming plate of "cultural vegetables?" Let's find out.
Movie: "Meek's Cutoff"
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
Plot Synopsis: Three families and their hapless guide lost on the Oregon Trail in 1845 struggle to survive as their water supplies dwindle lower and lower.
What the Critics Said: "Bracingly original," A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Cinematic as it is,...
- 11/8/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Chicago – Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff” is certainly not a film for everyone. It features long, drawn-out scenes that are not only free of dialogue but basically just feature sorrowful people walking to the rhythm of the wagon wheel and the tune of the blowing wind. For the right viewers, these passages will frustrate but if you give yourself over to this remarkable film, they will build tension inside of you in a unique, discomfiting way.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Very few films have ever conveyed an impending sense of doom as successfully as this one. And the key questions of Jon Raymond’s screenplay are timeless: Which way do you go when you’ve lost the map? Who do you trust when you can’t see beyond the horizon? How does someone simply keep moving forward when it’s so unclear where we’re going?
Meek’s Cutoff
Photo credit:...
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Very few films have ever conveyed an impending sense of doom as successfully as this one. And the key questions of Jon Raymond’s screenplay are timeless: Which way do you go when you’ve lost the map? Who do you trust when you can’t see beyond the horizon? How does someone simply keep moving forward when it’s so unclear where we’re going?
Meek’s Cutoff
Photo credit:...
- 9/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The 10th Victim (1965)
Synopsis: It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport’s two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become The 10th Victim? The 10th Victim is the international cult classic whose wild action and sexy style has influenced a generation of movies, from The Running Man to the Austin Powers series. Remastered from original archival negative materials, this outrageous satire is presented here in its original Italian language with optional English subtitles. — highdefdigest.com
Special Features:
Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006) (102 Mins.) Theatrical Trailer
3 Women: The Criterion Collection (1977)
Synopsis: In a dusty,...
The 10th Victim (1965)
Synopsis: It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. But when the sport’s two top assassins (Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress) are pitted against each other, they find that love is the most dangerous game of all. As the world watches, the hunt is on. Who will become The 10th Victim? The 10th Victim is the international cult classic whose wild action and sexy style has influenced a generation of movies, from The Running Man to the Austin Powers series. Remastered from original archival negative materials, this outrageous satire is presented here in its original Italian language with optional English subtitles. — highdefdigest.com
Special Features:
Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006) (102 Mins.) Theatrical Trailer
3 Women: The Criterion Collection (1977)
Synopsis: In a dusty,...
- 9/13/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Chicago – Very few films have ever conveyed an impending sense of doom as successfully as Kelly Reichardt’s stunningly accomplished “Meek’s Cutoff,” a journey into the past that has resonance for any era. Which way do you go when you’ve lost the map? Who do you trust when you can’t see beyond the horizon? How does man simply keep moving forward when it’s so unclear where we’re going?
“Meek’s Cutoff” is a spectacular drama, a piece of work with nary a flawed element. From the riveting performances (including at least two of the best of the year so far) to Reichardt’s strikingly sparse visual compositions to a script that took so many narrative risks, “Meek’s Cutoff” dares the viewer to wander the desolate landscape with its characters. Some will be unwilling to make the journey. It’s a slow film, to be sure,...
Chicago – Very few films have ever conveyed an impending sense of doom as successfully as Kelly Reichardt’s stunningly accomplished “Meek’s Cutoff,” a journey into the past that has resonance for any era. Which way do you go when you’ve lost the map? Who do you trust when you can’t see beyond the horizon? How does man simply keep moving forward when it’s so unclear where we’re going?
“Meek’s Cutoff” is a spectacular drama, a piece of work with nary a flawed element. From the riveting performances (including at least two of the best of the year so far) to Reichardt’s strikingly sparse visual compositions to a script that took so many narrative risks, “Meek’s Cutoff” dares the viewer to wander the desolate landscape with its characters. Some will be unwilling to make the journey. It’s a slow film, to be sure,...
- 5/13/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A staple of many classic western movies is the wagon train. Each wagon’s full of eager settlers about to begin a new life. There was even a TV show called “Wagon Train”. Most times these folks would arrive at their new home on the prairie and put sown stakes. But what happens when they don’t make it to their promised land? The most extreme case maybe the story of the Donner party. Things don’t quite get that desperate in Kelly Reichardt’s new film Meek’S Cutoff. but the new West isn’t the utopia depicted in many classic film portrayals. Here, the roughest part of the journey may be the conflicts within this small group.
The first images we see are the three wagons being pulled by their animals while the men and women ( and one young boy) trudge alongside over the barren landscape. Eventually we...
The first images we see are the three wagons being pulled by their animals while the men and women ( and one young boy) trudge alongside over the barren landscape. Eventually we...
- 5/13/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A hero of the indie circuit with a legitimate knack for homing in on the current American spirit, filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has become recognized by many as tragically overlooked by many, many others. Well look over no longer, Toronto, as this week the Tiff Bell Lightbox begins a retrospective on the filmmaker, screening her catalog of films from the past two decades, including Wendy and Lucy, Rivers of Grass and her latest, Meek’s Cutoff. I had the pleasure of watching a selection of some of the films to be played and can give you an idea of why the Lightbox is deeming her qualified for the title of New Auteur.
Meek’s Cutoff, 2010
Her first period piece and easily most ambitious feature to date, Meek’s Cutoff is a film that wraps its style of narrative not only around a core themes of hope, trust and ambiguity, but the hindrance of limited perspective.
Meek’s Cutoff, 2010
Her first period piece and easily most ambitious feature to date, Meek’s Cutoff is a film that wraps its style of narrative not only around a core themes of hope, trust and ambiguity, but the hindrance of limited perspective.
- 5/12/2011
- by Zack Kotzer
- DorkShelf.com
The Oregon most of us picture -- a place of lush forests and rugged coastline -- is not the Oregon of Meek's Cutoff. The film's setting is the scrubby and inhospitable desert in the state's southeast corner, which has more in common with neighboring Nevada than with green and rainy Portland.
But the unexpectedly arid and empty Oregonian vistas in Meek's Cutoff are totally appropriate, for the movie itself -- with its glacial pacing and thoroughly indie sensibilities -- is not what most moviegoers expect in a period Western. The latest movie from Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) undoubtedly will try the patience of anyone looking for traditional horse opera shoot-'em-up action and moral clarity ... or, for that matter, anyone seeking an actual plot. But in its own rarely seen universe -- the lonely universe of meditative, character-driven Westerns -- Meek's Cutoff is greatly provocative and rewarding.
Meek's Cutoff is morally complex but structurally simple,...
But the unexpectedly arid and empty Oregonian vistas in Meek's Cutoff are totally appropriate, for the movie itself -- with its glacial pacing and thoroughly indie sensibilities -- is not what most moviegoers expect in a period Western. The latest movie from Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) undoubtedly will try the patience of anyone looking for traditional horse opera shoot-'em-up action and moral clarity ... or, for that matter, anyone seeking an actual plot. But in its own rarely seen universe -- the lonely universe of meditative, character-driven Westerns -- Meek's Cutoff is greatly provocative and rewarding.
Meek's Cutoff is morally complex but structurally simple,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
Director: Kelly Reichardt Writer: Jonathan Raymond Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson, Rod Rondeaux Loosely inspired by a true story, Meek’s Cutoff tells the story of a small group of pioneers’ 1845 attempt to relocate to Oregon via a tortured journey along the Oregon Trail. With all of their remaining worldly possessions loaded in wagons and all their faith placed in their guide, the grizzled and slightly sinister trapper and mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), they are attempting an arduous trek across the roughest of country in hopes of starting over in a new land. While on its face Meek’s Cutoff is a fairly simplistic and straightforward film, scratch just under the surface and you find that it operates on multiple levels. The film’s unwavering starkly realistic atmosphere and minimalist mood are set early, from the...
- 4/29/2011
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
"I don't know what making a film is like," Kelly Reichardt says near the end of our conversation. She's referring to the way other filmmakers work, but it could just as easily apply to her own work since in the past few years, she's been making experiences. In a celebrated run with screenwriter Jonathan Raymond that began in 2006 with the drama "Old Joy" and has continued on with two collaborations with Michelle Williams in "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff," the director has become one of the most striking voices in cinema today by letting life take its course and gently adhere to Murphy's Law when it comes to her characters who battle against the unforgiving nature of the elements in Oregon and the hegemony that's been in place long before the protagonists ever enter the frame.
In fact, one of the most memorable shots in "Meek's Cutoff" seems to...
In fact, one of the most memorable shots in "Meek's Cutoff" seems to...
- 4/22/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Kelly Reichardt's beautifully shot western is a powerful evocation of the hardships endured on the Oregon Trail
Roughly defined, the western is violent entertainment about the American frontier experience set west of the Mississippi, south of the 49th Parallel and north of the Rio Grande between 1840 and the beginning of the first world war. Some films happening outside this particular area and time scale or not involving gunfights and physical conflict might be called pre-westerns, post-westerns, modern-westerns or, more vaguely, "sort of westerns". The term "anti-western" was also used for a while to describe movies that seemed to reject or even despise the conventions of the genre, though for much of the western's history many film-makers have been doing precisely that in the name of historical and psychological realism.
Kelly Reichardt's impressive Meek's Cutoff is set in 1845 on the recently created Oregon Trail that took wagon trains through...
Roughly defined, the western is violent entertainment about the American frontier experience set west of the Mississippi, south of the 49th Parallel and north of the Rio Grande between 1840 and the beginning of the first world war. Some films happening outside this particular area and time scale or not involving gunfights and physical conflict might be called pre-westerns, post-westerns, modern-westerns or, more vaguely, "sort of westerns". The term "anti-western" was also used for a while to describe movies that seemed to reject or even despise the conventions of the genre, though for much of the western's history many film-makers have been doing precisely that in the name of historical and psychological realism.
Kelly Reichardt's impressive Meek's Cutoff is set in 1845 on the recently created Oregon Trail that took wagon trains through...
- 4/16/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
(Rob’s Venice review re-posted as Meek’s Cutoff is released in the U.K. from today)
Today saw the premiere of another American film in competition: a sort of lo-fi Western, directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy), called Meek’s Cutoff. The film follows three wagons of settlers moving west across the Oregon Trail in 1845, led by the unreliable and potentially dangerous Stephen Meek (based on a historical figure). Soon they capture an Indian, dividing the small and Puritanical party. Do they kill him? Will he be their undoing? One lady opines that they should get rid of him on the grounds that he isn’t wearing enough clothing, also saying “they don’t think like us, and that’s a noted fact.”
What follows is a sparse film of long walks and little dialogue. We witness the hardships endured by those early pioneers as simple tasks,...
(Rob’s Venice review re-posted as Meek’s Cutoff is released in the U.K. from today)
Today saw the premiere of another American film in competition: a sort of lo-fi Western, directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy), called Meek’s Cutoff. The film follows three wagons of settlers moving west across the Oregon Trail in 1845, led by the unreliable and potentially dangerous Stephen Meek (based on a historical figure). Soon they capture an Indian, dividing the small and Puritanical party. Do they kill him? Will he be their undoing? One lady opines that they should get rid of him on the grounds that he isn’t wearing enough clothing, also saying “they don’t think like us, and that’s a noted fact.”
What follows is a sparse film of long walks and little dialogue. We witness the hardships endured by those early pioneers as simple tasks,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Michelle Williams stars in a bleak, enigmatic and masterful western about families on the Oregon trail
Kelly Reichardt's gaunt, mysterious and superbly calibrated movie about pioneers and the old American west appears to have come from another age – from the early days of Malick or Antonioni. When I saw it again in London last week, the print itself was worn, speckling the images with lines and scratches, and reinforcing the weird sense that we were watching a rediscovered classic.
Reichardt's film-making palette is determined by the parched, scorched landscape and the grim faces of those travelling across it. It is a world of tough browns and ochres, pale greys; the blue of the sky is bleached out with glare and haze. And with its long, silent takes (music is used sparingly on the soundtrack), it is a film which compels you to examine the details. For the first 10 minutes,...
Kelly Reichardt's gaunt, mysterious and superbly calibrated movie about pioneers and the old American west appears to have come from another age – from the early days of Malick or Antonioni. When I saw it again in London last week, the print itself was worn, speckling the images with lines and scratches, and reinforcing the weird sense that we were watching a rediscovered classic.
Reichardt's film-making palette is determined by the parched, scorched landscape and the grim faces of those travelling across it. It is a world of tough browns and ochres, pale greys; the blue of the sky is bleached out with glare and haze. And with its long, silent takes (music is used sparingly on the soundtrack), it is a film which compels you to examine the details. For the first 10 minutes,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Kelly Reichardt's latest is a beguiling period piece about the peril an egotistic charlatan puts his charges in as they trek through the High Oregon desert. Set on the famous Oregon Trail, in 1845, the slow-burn approach may bore some but stick with it because there's plenty of rewards.
Meek's Cutoff feels like a horror film. Pretty much in the same sense and vein as There Will Be Blood. Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) isn't as scary as Daniel Plainview but his actions are portent to doom and perhaps, even, death.
From its languorous opening moments of wagons crossing a river to its rather majestic finale, Meek's Cutoff is an experience which wishes to root the audience within the world of the pioneers. Reichardt's tactics involve half-heard conversations, repetitive actions and stark images of the arid desert. The landscape envelopes the characters and plot points occur on a minor scale but ripple with grand effect.
Meek's Cutoff feels like a horror film. Pretty much in the same sense and vein as There Will Be Blood. Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) isn't as scary as Daniel Plainview but his actions are portent to doom and perhaps, even, death.
From its languorous opening moments of wagons crossing a river to its rather majestic finale, Meek's Cutoff is an experience which wishes to root the audience within the world of the pioneers. Reichardt's tactics involve half-heard conversations, repetitive actions and stark images of the arid desert. The landscape envelopes the characters and plot points occur on a minor scale but ripple with grand effect.
- 4/11/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The Old Joy and Wendy And Lucy director spins great stories on micro budgets, but still has no plans to give up her day job
She has made some of the most haunting and enigmatic movies in recent American cinema, but chances are you won't recognise Kelly Reichardt's name. Although she's been directing since the early 1990s, she still has to rely on her job teaching at New York's Bard College for a steady income. Indeed, cash is so tight that the 46-year-old, Florida-born film-maker couldn't even afford an extra day's shooting to finish off the original ending for her latest.
This is Meek's Cutoff, a brooding western of sorts which trails three families inching across the Oregon desert by foot and wagon in 1845. Their guide is the maddening Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), whose flawed navigational skills have left them plodding from one parched and featureless plateau to another as supplies and energies dwindle.
She has made some of the most haunting and enigmatic movies in recent American cinema, but chances are you won't recognise Kelly Reichardt's name. Although she's been directing since the early 1990s, she still has to rely on her job teaching at New York's Bard College for a steady income. Indeed, cash is so tight that the 46-year-old, Florida-born film-maker couldn't even afford an extra day's shooting to finish off the original ending for her latest.
This is Meek's Cutoff, a brooding western of sorts which trails three families inching across the Oregon desert by foot and wagon in 1845. Their guide is the maddening Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), whose flawed navigational skills have left them plodding from one parched and featureless plateau to another as supplies and energies dwindle.
- 4/8/2011
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
We can’t blame you for feeling a bit nostalgic this weekend. With the horrendous update of 1981’s mediocre Arthur (featuring a rather annoying Russell Brand) and the Krull inspired Your Highness coming out, you’d think we were rocking Body Glove and shoulder pads again. But all's not lost my feathered-haired friend. Feminists everywhere can rejoice that Hanna's Saoirse Ronan proves that girl power is more about kicking ass than shaking it (hear that Zack). Ceremony shows great promise from its director and is a must for Wes Anderson fans. Fernando Santos gives Tootsie a run for her/his money in the item To Die Like a Man. Venice/Tiff/Nyff Meek's Cutoff turns Manifest Destiny on its collective head in Kelly Reichardt's third film starring Michelle Williams. U.S Indie Ceremony - Max Winkler - Magnolia The Bride Wore Out. Again we find Uma donning a...
- 4/8/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Shirley Henderson, Zoe Kazan and Michelle Williams in Meek's Cutoff
Photo: Oscilloscope Laboratories Meek's Cutoff from director Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) plays like a chapter from a Cormac McCarthy novel, which is a statement to be taken quite literally. Not a book or a complete story, a chapter and a monumental bore.
Set in 1845 and following a three-wagon train along the Oregon Trail we watch as our band of westerly bound folk run low on water, search for water, don't find water, encounter an Indian, crash a wagon and find a tree. Don't worry, that's not all that happens. Reichardt manages to fit a lot of walking and arguing into this slow crawl. How else would she have managed to fill 104 minutes of screen time if she didn't?
This group of early American pioneers are led by the gruff Stephen Meek (played by a nearly unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood). A fur trapper,...
Photo: Oscilloscope Laboratories Meek's Cutoff from director Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) plays like a chapter from a Cormac McCarthy novel, which is a statement to be taken quite literally. Not a book or a complete story, a chapter and a monumental bore.
Set in 1845 and following a three-wagon train along the Oregon Trail we watch as our band of westerly bound folk run low on water, search for water, don't find water, encounter an Indian, crash a wagon and find a tree. Don't worry, that's not all that happens. Reichardt manages to fit a lot of walking and arguing into this slow crawl. How else would she have managed to fill 104 minutes of screen time if she didn't?
This group of early American pioneers are led by the gruff Stephen Meek (played by a nearly unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood). A fur trapper,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(from the 2010 New York Film Festival)
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Written by: Jonathan Raymond
Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson and Rod Rondeaux
Silence and emptiness. A three-wagon train following a bearded man in a buckskin outfit tramps across vast scrubby plains and cracked white earth. This is how Kelly Reichardt introduces her small band of weary travelers, who have broken from the Oregon Trail in 1845 and followed mountain man Stephen Meek, who either doesn’t know the way or for some reason is delighting in leading them astray. The men are ciphers in their stoic misery (one even refuses water until he collapses) while the women run the gamut of superstitious and terrified, meek and pregnant, and a little sharper and tougher than all the rest.
“Meek’s Cutoff” is based on a real-life...
(from the 2010 New York Film Festival)
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Written by: Jonathan Raymond
Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson and Rod Rondeaux
Silence and emptiness. A three-wagon train following a bearded man in a buckskin outfit tramps across vast scrubby plains and cracked white earth. This is how Kelly Reichardt introduces her small band of weary travelers, who have broken from the Oregon Trail in 1845 and followed mountain man Stephen Meek, who either doesn’t know the way or for some reason is delighting in leading them astray. The men are ciphers in their stoic misery (one even refuses water until he collapses) while the women run the gamut of superstitious and terrified, meek and pregnant, and a little sharper and tougher than all the rest.
“Meek’s Cutoff” is based on a real-life...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(from the 2010 New York Film Festival)
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Written by: Jonathan Raymond
Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson and Rod Rondeaux
Silence and emptiness. A three-wagon train following a bearded man in a buckskin outfit tramps across vast scrubby plains and cracked white earth. This is how Kelly Reichardt introduces her small band of weary travelers, who have broken from the Oregon Trail in 1845 and followed mountain man Stephen Meek, who either doesn’t know the way or for some reason is delighting in leading them astray. The men are ciphers in their stoic misery (one even refuses water until he collapses) while the women run the gamut of superstitious and terrified, meek and pregnant, and a little sharper and tougher than all the rest.
“Meek’s Cutoff” is based on a real-life...
(from the 2010 New York Film Festival)
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Written by: Jonathan Raymond
Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson and Rod Rondeaux
Silence and emptiness. A three-wagon train following a bearded man in a buckskin outfit tramps across vast scrubby plains and cracked white earth. This is how Kelly Reichardt introduces her small band of weary travelers, who have broken from the Oregon Trail in 1845 and followed mountain man Stephen Meek, who either doesn’t know the way or for some reason is delighting in leading them astray. The men are ciphers in their stoic misery (one even refuses water until he collapses) while the women run the gamut of superstitious and terrified, meek and pregnant, and a little sharper and tougher than all the rest.
“Meek’s Cutoff” is based on a real-life...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
You don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy this unforgettable frontier flick – ‘Meek’s Cutoff.’
When I hear of a modern-day Western, I immediately think of True Grit or There Will Be Blood. But Meek’s Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt, is not like these two films at all – it’s in a league of its own. The Cinema Society & Nancy Gonzalez hosted a screening of this western-with-a-twist on March 28 and it was both brilliant and beautiful!
Michelle Williams and Kelly were at the screening the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in NYC. Set in 1845, the film follows three families as they make their way along the Oregon Trail to a better life out West. Guided by rough-and-tough mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), the group struggles to survive in the dry, dusty plains.
But everything changes when they come across a Native American who can’t speak their language but knows the terrain.
When I hear of a modern-day Western, I immediately think of True Grit or There Will Be Blood. But Meek’s Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt, is not like these two films at all – it’s in a league of its own. The Cinema Society & Nancy Gonzalez hosted a screening of this western-with-a-twist on March 28 and it was both brilliant and beautiful!
Michelle Williams and Kelly were at the screening the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in NYC. Set in 1845, the film follows three families as they make their way along the Oregon Trail to a better life out West. Guided by rough-and-tough mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), the group struggles to survive in the dry, dusty plains.
But everything changes when they come across a Native American who can’t speak their language but knows the terrain.
- 3/30/2011
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Soda Pictures have released the official UK trailer and poster for acclaimed western-drama Meek’s Cutoff.
Directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy), the film stars Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Brian Greenwood (Star Trek), Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine), Shirley Henderson (Marie Antoinette) and Zoe Kazan (Fracture).
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his charges that he knows the Oregon Trail like the back of his hand, but when they veer off for a shortcut he says is foolproof, they soon find themselves in forbidding territory, without water and with Indians on the horizon. While the men of the party travel with Meek, their wives are made to follow them in a separate wagon, and Emily Tetherow (Williams), the...
Directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy), the film stars Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Brian Greenwood (Star Trek), Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine), Shirley Henderson (Marie Antoinette) and Zoe Kazan (Fracture).
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his charges that he knows the Oregon Trail like the back of his hand, but when they veer off for a shortcut he says is foolproof, they soon find themselves in forbidding territory, without water and with Indians on the horizon. While the men of the party travel with Meek, their wives are made to follow them in a separate wagon, and Emily Tetherow (Williams), the...
- 3/25/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kelly Reichardt’s latest film sees the director go back in time to the Oregon Trail circa 1845. A pioneer named Stephen Meek is leading a wagon train through the inhospitable High Oregon desert and things aren’t going to plan. The film screened at the Bird’s Eye View festival and you can read our brief review here. It’s released in the UK next month so come back for our full review then.
In the meantime check out the trailer which went out today via Soda Pictures, the UK distributor. The film stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood and Shirley Henderson. Meek’s Cutoff is a great film.
Synopsis:
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his...
In the meantime check out the trailer which went out today via Soda Pictures, the UK distributor. The film stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood and Shirley Henderson. Meek’s Cutoff is a great film.
Synopsis:
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his...
- 3/25/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The annual Bird’s Eye View Film Festival was held in London from 8th March to 17th. This year saw a major theme exploring women’s role in gothic and horror cinema with live accompaniments to silent classics, a screening of Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark and a specially commissioned score and live performance by Grammy award-winner Imogen Heap to Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928).
Bloody Women: From Gothic To Horror wasn’t the only thing going down with screenings, workshops, seminars and talks on the role women play in the medium we all know and love. In an art form still ruled largely by men it’s nice to see a film festival celebrate the female perspective, and not only that, deliver some downright brilliant films.
Below is a report on a collection of films and events we attended this great year.
Victor Sjostrom’s 1928 melodrama,...
Bloody Women: From Gothic To Horror wasn’t the only thing going down with screenings, workshops, seminars and talks on the role women play in the medium we all know and love. In an art form still ruled largely by men it’s nice to see a film festival celebrate the female perspective, and not only that, deliver some downright brilliant films.
Below is a report on a collection of films and events we attended this great year.
Victor Sjostrom’s 1928 melodrama,...
- 3/21/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Speaking of movies based on video games, we now have our first official trailer for The Oregon Trail: The Movie! Well, okay, not really, but I do find it interesting that everyone's knowledge of this particular slice of U.S. history seems to come from an old computer game. Anyway, this period piece is the latest film from Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy) and it takes place in 1845, with three families hiring a man named Stephen Meek to guide their wagons through to the Cascade Mountains. Unfortunately, things don't go according to plan. Meek is a real person who made a name for himself during that time period guiding travelers across the trail, and in the film he is played by Bruce Greenwood. The cast also includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson and Will Patton. Based on the subject matter and Reichardt's previous work, it certainly has...
- 3/1/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Sure, last night's Oscars left a lot to be desired, but what better way to wash away the hangover and hazy memories of smart-ass tweets than a killer trailer? Thus, I present the preview for Kelly Reichardt's new Western Meek's Cutoff, in which Michelle Williams and a three-family wagon team follow a shady-looking mountain man named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) over the Cascade Mountains only to find out he may not actually know where he's going. Also, water is scarce.
- 2/28/2011
- Movieline
The trailer for Meek's Cutoff has arrived. The fim is from director Kelly Reichardt and stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Neal Huff and Tommy Nelson. It focuses on three families who become lost while taking a shortcut on the Oregon Trail.
Synopsis:
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a...
Synopsis:
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a...
- 2/27/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The Meek’s Cutoff Movie Trailer has premiered. Kelly Reichardt‘s Meek’s Cutoff (2010) stars Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and Will Patton. Meek’s Cutoff‘s plot synopsis: “The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other’s instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as the natural enemy.
- 2/26/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Today we have the trailer for "Meek's Cutoff," which is directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) and stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood and Will Patton. The film is set to get a limited theatrical release on April 8th. Check out the trailer below. Plot: The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide...
- 2/26/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
After her enthralling performance in "Blue Valentine", Michelle Williams gets another challenge to portray a woman trying to survive in the middle of a dry desert in "Meek's Cutoff". The first trailer for the movie has now hit the web via Apple.
The film is set in 1845, during the early days of the Oregon Trail. Williams' Emily Tetherow is part of a three-family wagon train that is guided by mountain man Stephen Meek to get through the Cascade Mountains. Meek, claiming to know a short cut, leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage.
Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide...
The film is set in 1845, during the early days of the Oregon Trail. Williams' Emily Tetherow is part of a three-family wagon train that is guided by mountain man Stephen Meek to get through the Cascade Mountains. Meek, claiming to know a short cut, leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage.
Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide...
- 2/26/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy established director Kelly Reichardt as one of America’s most distinctive cinematic voices. Her latest film Meek’s Cutoff marks a major departure, moving away from the no-budget aesthetic and trying on a period setting. Set during the early days of the Oregon Trail, the film tells the story of three families who find themselves lost in the middle of the desert. Upon meeting a Native American that says that he can help them, however, they don’t know who to trust. Here is the trailer.
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Apple has the trailer in HD.
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut,...
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Apple has the trailer in HD.
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut,...
- 2/26/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
"We're not lost, we're just finding our way." I've heard nothing but good things about Kelly Reichardt's Oregon Trail western Meek's Cutoff, which premiered at Venice last year and has gone on to do well at other festivals. Michelle Williams stars as one member of a multi-family wagon train that is led into the wilderness by co-called frontier expert Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood). Check out the trailer for the film after the break. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Will Patton and Shirley Henderson also appear in the film, which seems to have a spare, tense tone and shades of films as different from one another as The Ox-Bow Incident and Picnic at Hanging Rock, as well as of many '70s Westerns that prized atmosphere over violence, such as The Hired Hand. This looks like great stuff. Apple [1] has the trailer in HD. Oscilloscope releases the film on April 8. The...
- 2/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Michelle Williams, Best Actress-nominated for her performance in Blue Valentine, is easily one of the finest working actors today. Re-teaming with her Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt, she leads Meek’s Cutoff, a bleak and beautiful western journey. I reviewed the film at Tiff, where it was one of my favorites at the fest and now it is getting a limited theatrical run.
The western drama also stars (a nearly unrecognizable) Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson, and Rod Rondeauxn. The first trailer, which can be viewed below via Apple, gives off a There Will Be Blood vibe, even the film is more methodically paced.
Synopsis: The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut,...
The western drama also stars (a nearly unrecognizable) Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson, and Rod Rondeauxn. The first trailer, which can be viewed below via Apple, gives off a There Will Be Blood vibe, even the film is more methodically paced.
Synopsis: The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut,...
- 2/26/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Bonus Points For Glorious Use Of The Academy Ratio Following "Old Joy" and "Wendy & Lucy," Kelly Reichardt returns with "Meek's Cutoff," a film that did the festival rounds last year to solid notices, and with a release date around the corner, a fresh trailer has landed. The historical tale centers on the eponymous Stephen Meek (an unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood), a hired guide who led an ill-fated contingent of wagons through a shortcut en route to the Willamette Valley in 1845. Michelle Williams, Shirley Henderson, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano and Will Patton are among the ensemble, but don’t expect a…...
- 2/25/2011
- The Playlist
Film director Kelly Reichardt looks set to make a serious splash with her forthcoming tale of pioneers heading west in Meek’s Cutoff. After Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy, this 1845-set tale takes a different step and has attracted an excellent cast including Michelle Williams (who also starred in Wendy and Lucy), Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton and Bruce Greenwood.
An excellent woodcut-style poster has been put online, and it’s pretty inspired stuff. The film is released in the UK from April and there’s a special screening happening for Bird’s Eye Film Festival in March. Meek’s Cutoff was nominated for the Golden Lion at last year’s Venice Film Festival.
Synopsis:
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.
An excellent woodcut-style poster has been put online, and it’s pretty inspired stuff. The film is released in the UK from April and there’s a special screening happening for Bird’s Eye Film Festival in March. Meek’s Cutoff was nominated for the Golden Lion at last year’s Venice Film Festival.
Synopsis:
It’s 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.
- 2/15/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
A simple, effective is slightly misleading poster has arrived for Kelly Reichardt's "Meek's Cutoff" but we'll forgive the slight misdirection if only because the one sheet is quite nice. The historical tale historical tale centers on the eponymous Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), a hired guide who led an ill-fated contingent of wagons through a shortcut en route to Willamette Valley in 1845. Michelle Williams, Shirley Henderson, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano and Will Patton are among the ensemble, but don't expect a whole lot of gun-wielding, western action in the film. The film is a meditative, slow-burning drama that is more…...
- 2/15/2011
- The Playlist
One of my favorite films this year is Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff. The no-frills director follows up Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy with this western. Her signature style remains as she gorgeously captures a strenuous journey of survival. You can read my Tiff review here and see the first official poster via Cinematical below.
Synopsis: Plot: Gunslinger Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) leads a group of wagons with settlers (Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson) on a journey to Willamette Valley in 1845. After being lost, they began to search for water and found it Buck Creek and the south fork of the Crooked River. By the time they reached their destination, at least 23 of them had died, with more casualties being likely.
Meek’s Cutoff will see a release April 8th, 2011 via company Oscilloscope Pictures, founded by Beastie Boys singer Adam Yauch.
What do you think of the poster?...
Synopsis: Plot: Gunslinger Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) leads a group of wagons with settlers (Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson) on a journey to Willamette Valley in 1845. After being lost, they began to search for water and found it Buck Creek and the south fork of the Crooked River. By the time they reached their destination, at least 23 of them had died, with more casualties being likely.
Meek’s Cutoff will see a release April 8th, 2011 via company Oscilloscope Pictures, founded by Beastie Boys singer Adam Yauch.
What do you think of the poster?...
- 2/15/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Filed under: Cinematical
Cinematical is happy to premiere the first poster for Kelly Reichardt's indie western, 'Meek's Cutoff,' and we definitely don't want to mess with the gun-toting woman in it. Michelle Williams, who first worked with the filmmaker in 'Wendy and Lucy,' leads the likes of Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano and rising star Zoe Kazan in a flick that's been grabbing buzz as it makes its way through festivals across the globe.
Based on a true story, 'Meek's Cutoff' is a period western set in 1845 where a braggart, Stephen Meek (Greenwood), meets his match in a courageous woman (Williams) after he is hired by three families to lead them through Oregon's Cascade Mountains so that they may start new lives on the other side. As their water dwindles and they disagree over the treatment of a captured Native American, the group questions...
Cinematical is happy to premiere the first poster for Kelly Reichardt's indie western, 'Meek's Cutoff,' and we definitely don't want to mess with the gun-toting woman in it. Michelle Williams, who first worked with the filmmaker in 'Wendy and Lucy,' leads the likes of Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano and rising star Zoe Kazan in a flick that's been grabbing buzz as it makes its way through festivals across the globe.
Based on a true story, 'Meek's Cutoff' is a period western set in 1845 where a braggart, Stephen Meek (Greenwood), meets his match in a courageous woman (Williams) after he is hired by three families to lead them through Oregon's Cascade Mountains so that they may start new lives on the other side. As their water dwindles and they disagree over the treatment of a captured Native American, the group questions...
- 2/15/2011
- by Gabrielle Dunn
- Moviefone
Filed under: Cinematical
Cinematical is happy to premiere the first poster for Kelly Reichardt's indie western, 'Meek's Cutoff,' and we definitely don't want to mess with the gun-toting woman in it. Michelle Williams, who first worked with the filmmaker in 'Wendy and Lucy,' leads the likes of Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano and rising star Zoe Kazan in a flick that's been grabbing buzz as it makes its way through festivals across the globe.
Based on a true story, 'Meek's Cutoff' is a period western set in 1845 where a braggart, Stephen Meek (Greenwood), meets his match in a courageous woman (Williams) after he is hired by three families to lead them through Oregon's Cascade Mountains so that they may start new lives on the other side. As their water dwindles and they disagree over the treatment of a captured Native American, the group questions...
Cinematical is happy to premiere the first poster for Kelly Reichardt's indie western, 'Meek's Cutoff,' and we definitely don't want to mess with the gun-toting woman in it. Michelle Williams, who first worked with the filmmaker in 'Wendy and Lucy,' leads the likes of Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano and rising star Zoe Kazan in a flick that's been grabbing buzz as it makes its way through festivals across the globe.
Based on a true story, 'Meek's Cutoff' is a period western set in 1845 where a braggart, Stephen Meek (Greenwood), meets his match in a courageous woman (Williams) after he is hired by three families to lead them through Oregon's Cascade Mountains so that they may start new lives on the other side. As their water dwindles and they disagree over the treatment of a captured Native American, the group questions...
- 2/15/2011
- by Gabrielle Dunn
- Cinematical
I'm at a point in my life that the last thing I want to see is a "liberal guilt" picture, which is why I need to say, loudly and immediately, that Meek's Cutoff is very much Not an exercise in pointing the finger at you. It is about a group of characters caught up in history, and while some may be more righteous in their deeds, none are more right in their beliefs.
We meet, in deliberate, wonderfully framed long shots, a small band of travelers on the Oregon Trail. Their specific goals are vague other than "going West" and "claiming for America." The leader of the group is played by Will Patton, though before each decision he confers with the other men on the trip played by Paul "Always Awesome" Dano and Neil Huff. Their guide, however, is a bearded, longhaired and absolutely badass Bruce Greenwood.
With his big hat,...
We meet, in deliberate, wonderfully framed long shots, a small band of travelers on the Oregon Trail. Their specific goals are vague other than "going West" and "claiming for America." The leader of the group is played by Will Patton, though before each decision he confers with the other men on the trip played by Paul "Always Awesome" Dano and Neil Huff. Their guide, however, is a bearded, longhaired and absolutely badass Bruce Greenwood.
With his big hat,...
- 1/25/2011
- UGO Movies
Best Documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop" It's hard to know whether street artist Banksy's feature documentary is what it claims to be—a doc about an obsessive man who falls in love with the world of street art (where artists place their work in public, risking arrest for vandalism), fashioning himself as the most financially successful street artist in history—or is Banksy's best prank to date. The film follows the life of buffoonish French expatriate Thierry Guetta, a happy-go-lucky proprietor of an overpriced hipster-wear store in West Hollywood with the curious habit of videotaping everything that happens to him. Guetta persuades his cousin, a street artist known as Space Invader, to become the subject of a "documentary," which leads Guetta to other street artists like Obama icon-maker Shepard Fairey and ultimately to the white whale of street artists: the ultra-secretive Banksy (interviewed in silhouette, of course...
- 1/20/2011
- backstage.com
This week, Ben P and I leave for Park City, Utah to attend the 2011 Sundance Film Festival! I’m incredibly excited for this year; there seems like a decent amount of good films that will be showing. I always try to see as many films as humanely possible, and I have a personal list of over 50 films I want to see while I am there. The movies I’ve included below are a top 20 list of films that I will make a valiant effort to see while I am there.
You never really know what you’re getting yourself into when you attend a film festival like Sundance. When going into see these films, all you really have to go off of is the information that the festival provides, like a synopsis, a collection of photos, and maybe a trailer. Sometimes the movies end up being incredible, and sometimes they end up being utter crap,...
You never really know what you’re getting yourself into when you attend a film festival like Sundance. When going into see these films, all you really have to go off of is the information that the festival provides, like a synopsis, a collection of photos, and maybe a trailer. Sometimes the movies end up being incredible, and sometimes they end up being utter crap,...
- 1/17/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Machine Gun Preacher
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
- 1/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sundance's lineup of films selected to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival (January 20-30 in Park City, Utah) are not sucky this year as they include two awesome docs about women in media, one lesbian space alien adventure directed by Madeliene Olnek, a dark western by Kelly Reichardt, and two thrillers by chicks (I can say 'chicks' because of third wave feminism, apparently) plus some of our favorite male genre directors defy gender stereotypes and film convention with their brave new films.
Sundance, the super-over-hyped and most pretentious of all film festivals in the United States, occasionally has a moment of clarity and recognizes the value of some of the brand new movies made by intelligent, funny, and interesting women. As we previously ranted about Miss Representation, we're excited about the USA premiere of !Women Art Revolution by Lynn Hershman Leeson, One part of a transmedia project that includes the...
Sundance, the super-over-hyped and most pretentious of all film festivals in the United States, occasionally has a moment of clarity and recognizes the value of some of the brand new movies made by intelligent, funny, and interesting women. As we previously ranted about Miss Representation, we're excited about the USA premiere of !Women Art Revolution by Lynn Hershman Leeson, One part of a transmedia project that includes the...
- 12/3/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
After announcing the 58 films in four categories that would be eligible for awards at Sundance, the film fest has now announced the next 57 movies to be screened this coming January. These 57 films are of course out of competition and will be included in Premieres, Next, Spotlight, New Frontiers and Midnight categories. Most are big name projects from already established filmmakers and some have already made their way around film festival in 2010. The list includes Kevin Smith’s Red State, Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Submarine, I Saw the Devil (which had plenty of buzz at Tiff) and my most anticipated film of 2011, Hobo With a Shotgun.
Here is the full list:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Here is the full list:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films.
- 12/3/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Festival Adds New Native Showcase
As Previously Announced, Slacker to Screen From the Collection
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Next (<=>), Spotlight, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, as well as a new Native Showcase. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at http://www.sundance.org/festival/.
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming said, “The Sundance Film Festival is uniquely a festival of discovery and we are once again privileged to showcase the work of talented new artists, including a special section devoted to Native filmmakers. But it’s also exciting to see returning directors honing their skills and emerging with dazzling new films. And the Next section highlights visionary work that shows aesthetic creativity is not limited by budget.
As Previously Announced, Slacker to Screen From the Collection
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Next (<=>), Spotlight, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, as well as a new Native Showcase. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at http://www.sundance.org/festival/.
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming said, “The Sundance Film Festival is uniquely a festival of discovery and we are once again privileged to showcase the work of talented new artists, including a special section devoted to Native filmmakers. But it’s also exciting to see returning directors honing their skills and emerging with dazzling new films. And the Next section highlights visionary work that shows aesthetic creativity is not limited by budget.
- 12/3/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Yes, you read that right, they are out of competition but into lesbians courtesy of the midnight lineup.
What do we have to look forward to waiting two years for? Let's see..
Hobo With a Shotgun
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (you had me at lesbian)
Attenberg (I'm loving the coming Greek weird wave)
And many many more films, some of which we'll probably never get to see. Damn.
Full list after the break.
Next ()
Eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Each is a world premiere.
Bellflower / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Evan Glodell) - A ballad for every person who has ever loved and lost - with enough violence, weapons, action and sex to tell a love story with apocalyptic stakes. Cast: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes.
The Lie / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Leonard; Screenwriters: Jeff Feuerzeig,...
What do we have to look forward to waiting two years for? Let's see..
Hobo With a Shotgun
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (you had me at lesbian)
Attenberg (I'm loving the coming Greek weird wave)
And many many more films, some of which we'll probably never get to see. Damn.
Full list after the break.
Next ()
Eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Each is a world premiere.
Bellflower / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Evan Glodell) - A ballad for every person who has ever loved and lost - with enough violence, weapons, action and sex to tell a love story with apocalyptic stakes. Cast: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes.
The Lie / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Leonard; Screenwriters: Jeff Feuerzeig,...
- 12/2/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Following yesterday's announcement of the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions, the Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the second part of their lineup, which includes the more starry-eyed Premieres section, the best-of-fests Spotlight section, the sure-to-be-culty Park City at Midnight section, the low-budget Next section, and the more experimental New Frontier section (an extension of New Frontier Program, the collection of video art installations which has already been noted here for playing James Franco's dramatic multimedia examination of "Three's Company.")
In addition to the return of filmmakers like "Chuck & Buck"'s Miguel Arteta, "Clockwatchers" director Jill Sprecher, Kevin Smith and "The Station Agent"'s Thomas McCarthy to Park City, the festival will also welcome less frequent or first-time Sundance attendees such as Hollywood types Al Pacino ("Son of No One") and Tobey Maguire ("The Details") and mumblecore alums Joe Swanberg ("Uncle Kent," which announced it's been...
In addition to the return of filmmakers like "Chuck & Buck"'s Miguel Arteta, "Clockwatchers" director Jill Sprecher, Kevin Smith and "The Station Agent"'s Thomas McCarthy to Park City, the festival will also welcome less frequent or first-time Sundance attendees such as Hollywood types Al Pacino ("Son of No One") and Tobey Maguire ("The Details") and mumblecore alums Joe Swanberg ("Uncle Kent," which announced it's been...
- 12/2/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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