2020 ["Kelly Reichardt"]

First Cow

Name: First Cow
Genre: [, ", d, r, m
Released: 2020
Rating: 7.1

★ 7.1 IMDb

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.

Essays and Criticism

On this film

First Cow — Young Critics Workshop by Bart Versteirt, photogénie BERLINALE 2020: FIRST COW BY KELLY REICHARDT by Mónica Delgado, Desistfilm First Cow by David Jenkins, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

From Kelly Reichardt’s authentic West to Eliza Hittman’s lyrical New York road-movie by Ninos Feneck Mikelides, FIPRESCI

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