If you loved First Cow, try Meek's Cutoff

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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First Cow

2020 · dir. Kelly Reichardt

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Both films are directed by Kelly Reichardt, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Western territory. If that's the register that drew you to First Cow, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Meek's Cutoff is

Deliverance without banjos. Three families on the Oregon Trail hire a guide for a shortcut, then suspect he's deeply lost. Reichardt's gift for desolate landscapes and distrustful faces elevates a simple premise.

If you loved First Cow, try Meek's Cutoff

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