If you loved Meek's Cutoff, try First Cow

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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Meek's Cutoff

2011 · 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 Meek's Cutoff, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What First Cow is

Dead Man meets The Emperor's New Groove without the fantasy. A cook and a Chinese immigrant join forces in 1820s Oregon. Delivers a gentle era portrait.

If you loved Meek's Cutoff, try First Cow

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First Cow

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What First Cow is

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