Review of First Cow (2020) by Barry Hertz for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 09 Mar 2020
As audiences, we lean toward demanding a near-constant auditory assault – that if we’re not hearing something, we’re missing something. Director Kelly Reichardt has no qualms with upending this, and other pieces of conventional cinematic wisdom with First Cow, a film that takes great care to remind us of the whisper-quiet bones of America’s history – a time when there wasn’t much to hear except what nature was telling us.
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This review of First Cow (2020) was written by Barry Hertz and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 09 Mar 2020.
First Cow has generally received very positive reviews.
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