I really liked First Cow, Kelly Reichardt’s new film that I saw in July, quite a lot. It’s a quiet character dramedy about two settlers in the 1820s who meet each other as former gold prospectors in the Northwest, and quickly develop a warm and deep friendship and sell cakes using stolen milk from a rich man’s cow. I liked the slow pace of it, the quiet chemistry of the two men, the warmth of the relationship between one of the settlers and the cow, and how the beginning and ending were bookended together in a fitting way. Next to Wendy and Lucy, it’s now one of my favorites of her films.
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