The Hollywood Reporter

‘First Cow’ Director and Star on How to Portray a Bromance in the Wild

‘First Cow’ Director and Star on How to Portray a Bromance in the Wild Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt and actor John Magaro chat about their sweet drama exploring the friendship between two men in a remote ...
collider

First Cow Ending: Orion Lee's Reaction to His Crushing Last Line

Jeff Sneider is the Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he breaks film and television news and curates the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting The Sneider Cut podcast and the ...
TheWrap

Orion Lee’s Secret to Becoming a Leading Man in ‘First Cow’: Take It One Scene at a Time

TheWrap magazine: “I’d never played a lead before on screen, but I knew I could do scenes,” says the actor in Kelly Reichardt’s quiet drama In Kelly Reichardt’s masterfully understated “First Cow,” ...
Yahoo

‘First Cow’ Director Kelly Reichardt on the ‘Daily Process of Making Art’

Accepting the Robby Muller award online this week, ahead of a talk at the International Film Festival Rotterdam to celebrate her work, Kelly Reichardt appeared delighted with its form. In its second ...
Yahoo

‘First Cow’: Read The Screenplay For Kelly Reichardt And A24’s Gold Rush-Era Tale

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Reichard’s First Cow, based on her frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond’s 2004 novel The Half Life, brings new life to pre-statehood Oregon and the early Americans seeking to stake ...
The Arts Desk

First Cow review - beautifully realised frontier drama

Not many directors could make a yarn about a couple of baking entrepreneurs whose only crime is to milk someone else’s cow, which is as gripping, moving, and ceaselessly fascinating as this. Cookie ...
Deadline.com

Kelly Reichardt’s ‘First Cow’, A Different Way To Explore American History, Offers Food For Thought – Contenders Film

Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, which won the New York Film Critics’ Association award for best picture of 2020, significantly centers on food and food preparation two centuries ago in the Pacific ...
collider

John Magaro on First Cow and The Many Saints of Newark

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...
Los Angeles Times

‘First Cow’ ‘gives the loneliest of us hope,’ say the film’s stars

In Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow,” survival in the 1820s Northwest takes the form of a felicitous friendship between itinerant baker Cookie and Chinese immigrant King-Lu. For their portrayers, John ...
Backstage

Why Acting for Kelly Reichardt Can Be as Demanding as It Is Rewarding

When signing on to a Kelly Reichardt film, actors should know what they’re in for. One of the most acclaimed filmmakers working in independent cinema today, Reichardt’s minimalist, slow-burning ...
Willamette Week

Oregon-Shot “First Cow” Has Been Nominated for Three Film Independent Spirit Awards

Oregon-filmed First Cow is a contender for some of the top prizes at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominees were announced this morning, officially kicking off awards season honoring movies that ...