“Continuing one of the richest collaborations in modern American cinema, director Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Certain Women) reunites with star Michelle Williams for this marvelously particularized portrait of a sculptorโs daily work and frustrations in an artistsโ enclave in Portland. Lizzy (Williams) struggles to put the finishing touches on her latest pieces for a gallery show, all the while juggling admin work at the local art school; dealing with the neglect of her well-meaning landlord (a funny and nuanced Hong Chau), who also happens to be a rising-star conceptual artist; and tending to the emotional well being of her increasingly fragmented family. Christopher Blauveltโs patient camerawork, Reichardtโs precise cutting, and Williamsโs physically transformative performance coalesce to create something remarkable in Showing Up, a delicately humorous drama of the experience of being a creative person that avoids all clichรฉs that plague films about artists. An A24 release.” – New York Film Festival
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