Kelly Reichardt

W hen Lily Gladstone was growing up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in rural Montana, acting in plays was an escape from bullies, who targeted her for being “verbose and goofy.” The idea came from her father, a Native man of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, whom she describes as “a bit of a wizard” and “had me convinced when I was younger that he was able to move clouds.” “My dad saw early on when I was onstage that I just thrived,” Gladstone says. “When I was nine, it was the worst of it. I…

The best movies you probably missed in 2023, from a Parisian ménage à trois to an intimate portrait of an American music icon These days, hundreds of movies are released each and every year in cinemas and on streaming — far too many, if you ask Sir Ridley Scott — and theaters are increasingly becoming studio tentpole-only, so you’re bound to miss some good ones. Gone are the days when an indie film could play in cinemas for weeks or months, steadily building an audience.…