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Kelly Reichardt

Born March 3, 1964 · Miami, Florida (age 62)

Kelly Reichardt (born March 3, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist-style films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working class characters in small, rural communities. She made her feature film debut with River of Grass (1994), and subsequently directed a series of films set and filmed in Oregon: the dram…

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Carol

MovieRomanceDrama

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Still Alice

Still Alice · 2014

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

First Cow

First Cow · 2020

MovieDramaWestern

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

The Mastermind

The Mastermind · 2025

MovieDramaCrime

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

Certain Women

Certain Women · 2016

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

Passages

Passages · 2023

MovieRomanceDrama

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

Night Moves

Night Moves · 2014

MovieThrillerDrama

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

Rumours

Rumours · 2024

MovieHorrorComedy

En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.

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Carol

MovieRomanceDrama

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Still Alice

Still Alice · 2014

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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First Cow

First Cow · 2020

MovieDramaWestern

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

Director

The Mastermind

The Mastermind · 2025

MovieDramaCrime

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

Director

Certain Women

Certain Women · 2016

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

Director

Passages

Passages · 2023

MovieRomanceDrama

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

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Night Moves

Night Moves · 2014

MovieThrillerDrama

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

Director

Rumours

Rumours · 2024

MovieHorrorComedy

En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.

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Showing Up

Showing Up · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Editor

Earthquake Bird

Earthquake Bird · 2019

Earthquake Bird

MovieDramaMystery

Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.

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Meek's Cutoff

Meek's Cutoff · 2011

MovieWesternHistory

A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

Director

The Delta

The Delta · 1997

In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.

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The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground · 2021

The Velvet Underground

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

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Poison

MovieDramaHorror

A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.

Set Dresser

Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy · 2008

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

Director

Old Joy

Old Joy · 2006

Soon to be a father, Mark feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.

Director

The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth · 1990

The Unbelievable Truth

MovieComedyDrama

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...

Wardrobe Supervisor

Longtime Companion

Longtime Companion · 1989

Longtime Companion

MovieDramaRomance

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

Props

River of Grass

River of Grass · 1995

MovieDramaCrime

Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

Director

Habit

MovieHorrorDrama

It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary solace in the arms of Anna, a mysterious vampire who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness.

partygirl on phone

Travis

An experimental film matching shifting colors with audio taken from an NPR radio interview with a mother who lost her son in the Iraq War.

Director

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020 · 2021

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

MovieDocumentary

A wordless portrait of sculptor Jessica Jackson Hutchins shows us the artist in the process of transforming clay into uncanny forms.

Director

Monkfish

Monkfish · 2019

A lonely taxi driver in Poughkeepsie, New York infiltrates and antagonizes a CB radio channel, where a tight-knit community of middle-aged men spend their days conversing.

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Warning!!! Pedophile Released

Warning!!! Pedophile Released · 2009

Warning!!! Pedophile Released

MovieCrimeDrama

A pedophile is released out of prison from a 6-year sentence after allegedly molesting a 12-year old girl. The victim, now 18, reunites with her assailant whom she calls her "soul mate" only to spark outrage in the community. Not only do they attack the Pedophile, but soon cause more harm and chaos to the girl that they supposedly were protecting.

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America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model · 2003

America's Next Top Model

Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.

Associate Producer

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce · 2011

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.

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