2022 · drama · comedy
Showing Up (Reichardt)
Directed by Kelly Reichardt1h 47m2022
In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.
Our read: Showing Up (Reichardt) (2022) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- gentle
- signature
- intimate
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