Take the Kelly Reichardt Challenge

We challenge you to catch up with Reichardt’s entire oeuvre, one week at a time. Sign up & we’ll help you locate the films, think through them, provide a further reading list, and cheer you on.

What is Kelly Reichardt’s best film? What does her filmography have to offer? Before you read our ebook on Kelly Reichardt, Roads to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams, featuring her latest film, First Cow, we’re challenging you to catch up with her exquisite earlier films, one email at a time. We’ll help you locate them, provide viewing questions, and provide an extensive further reading list on every one of her films.

With the Seventh Row Kelly Reichardt challenge, you’ll become an expert on Reichardt’s films in no time.

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Delve deep into Reichardt’s filmmaking process through interviews with her longtime collaborators (DP Christopher Blauvelt, co-writer Jon Raymond) and the whole team behind First Cow. Through our essays on each of her films, draw connections between them and develop a deeper appreciation for her work.

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What is the Reichardt Challenge?

Want to watch or re-watch all six of Kelly Reichardt’s pre-First Cow features in anticipation of her new film? Want to discover Kelly Reichardt’s best film, or films? We’ll help you locate how to stream them, provide viewing questions, and offer the best writing already out there on each of the films. It’s a labour of love!

The Reichardt Challenge was initially held earlier this year, but it’s not too late to sign up and catch up! When you sign up now, you’ll be able to catch up with the first few films one day at a time. That is, you’ll immediately get an email about River of Grass; the next day, you’ll get an email about Old Joy; and so on until you’ve caught up to today!