'Showing Up' Trailer: Kelly Reichardt Returns with Portland-Set Pigeon Comedy

Three years after dazzling audiences with the Oregon Trail period piece "First Cow," Kelly Reichardt returns to the state for another animal-centric film. "Showing Up," Reichardt's new film from A24, tells the story of a struggling Portland sculptor (Michelle Williams), who befriends an injured pigeon as she prepares for a big art exhibition as her professional and personal life crumbles around her.

"Showing Up" marks the fourth collaboration between Reichardt and Williams. They first worked together on "Wendy and Lucy," the 2008 film about a homeless woman's quest for a lost dog, which helped establish Reichardt as a major independent filmmaker. They collaborated again on Meek's Cutoff, a 2010 play about the harsh conditions Oregon settlers faced in the mid-1800s. More recently, Williams starred opposite Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern in "Certain Women", Reichardt's innovative adaptation of three short stories by Maile Meloy which followed three women in a small town in Montana whose lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways.
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In his Cannes review of the new film, IndieWire's David Ehrlich wrote, "Light as a bird fluttering along the flute pieces Benjamin plays in support of Ethan Rose's score, 'Showing Up' may be insignificant in a way that makes the 80 minutes of “Wendy and Lucy” feel like a David Lean epic by comparison, and unhurriedly in a way that makes “First Cow” feel like fast food. There are no bad parts, and yet even the best ones are barely there. But, with almost imperceptible force, Reichardt's film gradually discovers the strength needed to pull Lizzy out of the circular rut in which it had her. found at the start. As one character put it, "Things usually get done. But not on time.'”

"Showing Up" is directed by Kelly Reichardt, working from a script she co-wrote with frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond. The film stars Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André Benjamin, Judd Hirsch, John Magaro, Lauren Lakis, Denzel Rodriguez, Jean-Luc Boucherot, Ted Rooney, Maryann Plunkett, Heather Lewis, Ben Coonley, Chase Hawkins, Izabel Mar and James The Brut.

A24 will release "Showing Up" in the spring of 2023. Watch the trailer below.

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'Showing Up' Trailer: Kelly Reichardt Returns with Portland-Set Pigeon Comedy

Three years after dazzling audiences with the Oregon Trail period piece "First Cow," Kelly Reichardt returns to the state for another animal-centric film. "Showing Up," Reichardt's new film from A24, tells the story of a struggling Portland sculptor (Michelle Williams), who befriends an injured pigeon as she prepares for a big art exhibition as her professional and personal life crumbles around her.

"Showing Up" marks the fourth collaboration between Reichardt and Williams. They first worked together on "Wendy and Lucy," the 2008 film about a homeless woman's quest for a lost dog, which helped establish Reichardt as a major independent filmmaker. They collaborated again on Meek's Cutoff, a 2010 play about the harsh conditions Oregon settlers faced in the mid-1800s. More recently, Williams starred opposite Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern in "Certain Women", Reichardt's innovative adaptation of three short stories by Maile Meloy which followed three women in a small town in Montana whose lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways.

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In his Cannes review of the new film, IndieWire's David Ehrlich wrote, "Light as a bird fluttering along the flute pieces Benjamin plays in support of Ethan Rose's score, 'Showing Up' may be insignificant in a way that makes the 80 minutes of “Wendy and Lucy” feel like a David Lean epic by comparison, and unhurriedly in a way that makes “First Cow” feel like fast food. There are no bad parts, and yet even the best ones are barely there. But, with almost imperceptible force, Reichardt's film gradually discovers the strength needed to pull Lizzy out of the circular rut in which it had her. found at the start. As one character put it, "Things usually get done. But not on time.'”

"Showing Up" is directed by Kelly Reichardt, working from a script she co-wrote with frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond. The film stars Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André Benjamin, Judd Hirsch, John Magaro, Lauren Lakis, Denzel Rodriguez, Jean-Luc Boucherot, Ted Rooney, Maryann Plunkett, Heather Lewis, Ben Coonley, Chase Hawkins, Izabel Mar and James The Brut.

A24 will release "Showing Up" in the spring of 2023. Watch the trailer below.