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Showing Up

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Showing Up

2022

Kelly Reichardt

Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André Benjamin, John Magaro ...

6.1

431

Drama A portrait of an artist on the verge of a career-changing exhibition. As she navigates family, friends, and colleagues in the lead up to her show, the chaos of life becomes the inspiration for great art.

	Media	Author	Review
		Dustin Chang Screen Anarchy	"Funny and light yet packed with so much daily life wisdom, with great, natural performances by everyone involved, 'Showing Up' continues to showcase Reichardt as a unique voice in the American film scene"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"This beautifully acted, expertly modulated film is a work of such enveloping gentleness that even the worst crises are simply absorbed into the fabric of life and work (...) We don't deserve Kelly Reichardt"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Showing Up' may be too quiet to find a large audience, but in its lovely way it locates that place where art and life intersect, as each becomes the other"
		Anna Smith Time Out	"'Showing Up' is an amiable watch that has something to say about power dynamics, the art world and our relationship with animals –who are used for all their symbolic worth (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A lot of this one's enjoyment value comes from its dry patience, its willingness to sit tight and fully scrutinise a corner of the world (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Subtlety and reticence are the keynotes of this diverting if insistently downbeat picture, photographed in the soft, indie-stonewashed colours that are part of this director's signature (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"As always, Reichardt uses a deceptively tiny story to create something universal and true, eliciting some wry smiles along the way (...) The entire ensemble exudes a lifelike nonchalance"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"While Reichardt does certainly poke some light fun at a version of her own milieu, there is also a deep, if gently stated, affection for these spaces and all they allow"
		Neil Smith Total Film	"As meticulous as ever yet feels off (...) Reichardt and Williams reunite to muted effect to create a portrait of an artist that feels a little unfinished (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"Guileless, subtle, and unpretentious, [it is] one of Reichardt's most playful, warm, sweet, and funny works (...) The captivating and delicately considered 'Showing Up' leaves much to consider about why we make art"
		Brianna Zigler Paste Magazine	"'Showing Up' is Kelly Reichardt's tender ode to creative insecurity"
		Stephanie Bunbury Deadline	"'Showing Up' is about endless, tiny acts of persistence. Very little happens (...) ¡It's not much, but for fans of Reichardt's internalized cinema, it's enough"
		Fran Hoepfner The Wrap	"'Showing Up' is a refreshing piece of art, lovingly crafted and proudly displayed"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A slight but charming comedy (...) As with Lizzy's sculptures, 'Showing Up is transformed by its finishing touches"
		Caroline Cao SlashFilm	"A simple and sparing screenplay by writer Jon Raymond"
		Ben Kenigsberg rogerebert.com	"'Showing Up' is surely one of the most accurate screen depictions ever of the loneliness and small-bore milestones of the life of an artist"
		Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"The piercing specificity of Reichardt's vision, and her insights into the dynamics of an art scene like the one in Portland, are spot on (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The film is certainly not the first to hold the creative process up to scrutiny (...) But it is one of the best (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Patrick Preziosi Slant	"The art is both the focus of Kelly Reichardt's personal film but also adjacent to the larger exigencies of life (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Will DiGravio Film School Rejects	"Michelle Williams gives one of the year's best performances (...) The film strikes a key balance. It shows why art is worth doing without that all-too-common indulgent romanticization of the artistic process"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"This is the cinematic equivalent of a great still life of a bowl of fruit: The technique is undeniable, but it's just a bowl of fruit (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Reichardt, who wrote the script with Jon Raymond, invests the film's meticulously observed action with a quiet yet passionate grandeur"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"It is a serene, pulse-lowering charmer (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Alexander Harrison Screen Rant	"Richly textured meditation on the exhibition of art (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"Beautiful yet bittersweet, this latest work from one of the great independent filmmakers of our time is also one of the best of the year"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"It will infuriate many. But it has power, and it lingers (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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