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Wendy and Lucy Series: 46th New York Film Festival [Sept. 26 – Oct. 12, 2008] Director: Kelly Reichardt, Country: USA, Release: 2008, Runtime: 80 Girl, Wendy, loses dog, Lucy. Girl looks for dog. Girl (the always surprising Michelle Williams, with heartrending gumption) is all alone and counting pennies in a nowhere Oregon town, on the road to somewhere in Alaska. Some folks are helpful, others less so. From such bleached, barebones material, true-indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt builds a drama of piercing intensity, creating ripples of emotion out of the most minimal means. As she did for her previous film Old Joy (ND/NF 2006, to which this film might be considered a companion piece on the theme of American anxiety), Reichardt co-wrote the exceptionally fine script with John Raymond, based on his short story. This is one filmmaker who trusts silence, landscape and her actors, and it pays off. Lucy, by the way, is the filmmaker’s own pooch. An Oscilloscope Pictures release. Preceded by Cry Me a River: The game of love can sometimes be played as mixed doubles. Jia Zhangke, China, 2008; 19m. Kelly Reichardt b. 1964, Coral Gables, Florida 2006 Old Joy ND/NF 1999 Ode 1994 River of Grass

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