Old Joy (2006) Dir. Kelly Reichardt

Old Joy contains all the themes that Kelly Reichardt would subsequently make her signature: isolation, disconnection, and what it is to exist on the margins of contemporary American society.

Reichardt's films adopt a meditative pace, rejecting an emphasis on plot in favour of a focus on character and the passing of time. Old Joy is a beautiful, contemplative film.

The story of two old friends, who reunite for a weekend camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. OLD JOY is the critically-acclaimed film The New York Times calls, "A MUST SEE!" Starring Will Oldham and Daniel London, the film features a soundtrack by Yo La Tengo.

Meek's Cut Off. Dir. Kelly Reichardt (2010)

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.

Wendy and Lucy dir. Kelly Reichardt (2008)

Starring Michelle Wiliam Wendy and Lucy is the latest film from director Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy).

The third feature from director Kelly Reichardt is a hugely important one in the context of contemporary American Independent cinema. As is consistent with all of Reichardt's films,Wendy and Lucy explores the disconnection and alienation that people feel when living on the margins of society. Reichardt's character's exist outside of the boundaries of capitalist society: they don't have jobs, homes, or means of communication. As such Reichardt questions to what extent these characters exist at all in an unforgiving contemporary society.

Night Moves - Dir: Kelly Reichardt. (2014) USA.

Night Moves - Dir: Kelly Reichardt. (2014) USA.

'A Hitchcockian tension infuses this eco-terrorist thriller, confirming Kelly Reichardt's talent at capturing the realities of American life at a granular level of detail as she returns to Oregon (the home of previous work Wendy and Lucy, Old Joy and Meek's Cutoff) to tell this shadowy tale of the fallout of political radicalism gone horribly wrong. It tracks the fate of three activists (Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard) who have come together to carry out an explosive act of defiance when they embark on a dangerous plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam.

When their plan goes tragically wrong, the three find it impossible to go their separate ways as distrust and paranoia pervades their lives. How do you pursue a stance of resistance in a world that seems impervious to change? How far can you go in pursuit of your own ideals? And does any of it add up to anything anyway? Night Moves raises all these questions and portrays with devastating accuracy the thin line between moral action and terror.'

http://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/4925/night-moves/

Showing: 29 Aug - Thu 11 Sept, 2014 at Watershed, Bristol

Ticket prices: Screenings before 16:00: £5.50 full / £4.00 concessions. Screenings after 16:00: £8.00 full / £6.50 concessions.'

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