New in Theaters:
Meek’s Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt’s newest odyssey into the big blank spaces of the American West is less Western or anti-Western than it is a masterful bad trip littered with foolish expectations and “we should have” regrets. Working with a mostly minimal and dust-dry script by Jon Raymond, Reichardt sets a band of nineteenth-century explorers loose in the wilderness and watches as their bonds are strained to the snapping point by the elements and the great, gaping void of the unknown. It’s a gritty fable of fate that should rightfully move Reichardt into the top ranks of American indie filmmakers…
Meek’s Cutoff is playing in limited release now, and will be expanding around the country throughout the spring and (hopefully) summer. You can read the full review at filmcritic.com.
