Director Kelly Reichardt is known for her deliberately paced, deeply humane dramas set in the Pacific Northwest, and her latest is called "First Cow," the story of desperation and theft in 1820s Oregon. Following a brief theatrical run before lockdowns, the movie is now available to rent on iTunes and Amazon, and Nathan Weinbender says it's a beautiful fable about American history and the majesty of nature.
Nathan Weinbender is the Film and Music Editor for the Inlander and one of the film critics on Spokane Public Radio's "Movies 101" heard Friday evenings at 6:30 here on KPBX.