An arty director with a singular style and unique themes, Kelly Reichardt has been the darling of moviegoers for some years now. Her latest film, Showing Up, is due in cinemas on May 3.
Michelle Williams plays a visual artist, a sculptor whose first exhibition is about to be launched. But before that happens, she has to finish her latest works, and juggle her chaotic day-to-day life, her work, and a strange wounded pigeon who shows up in her life.
Shot in grainy, pale-colored film, the film almost transports us to a parallel universe. Lizzie, played by an unrecognizable Michelle Williams (it was hard to recognize her as the mother she recently played in The Fabelmans), runs after time, to finish her job, to replace her faulty shower, after her brother who's in a bad way... after her own life, in short.
A contemporary artist's vision of everyday life in today's America is a fascinating portrait. Lizzie is not the exuberant, extravagant personality one might imagine. On the contrary, she's an ordinary, single woman who's uncomfortable in society, and doesn't seem to care much about her own life. But the overall tone of the film is often gritty, deadpan and absurd, making it a black comedy where irony is omnipresent.
As in her previous films(The Last Trail, First Cow and others), Kelly Reichardt has a rhythm all her own, which can be disconcerting for the uninitiated viewer, but which you won't regret discovering.
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