The Film That You Might Not Hear About but Have to See
<em>First Cow</em>, a quiet story of friendship on the American frontier, is one of the best movies of the year so far.
by David Sims
Mar 10, 2020
3 minutes
The journey that Cookie Figowitz (played by John Magaro) took to get to the Oregon territory in 1820 was clearly a difficult one. As Kelly Reichardt’s new film, , opens, he’s near the end of his trek, clambering over challenging terrain and dodging threats from his fur-trapping companions. By comparison, the voyage of the first cow to set foot in Oregon seems graceful: She enters the screen floating upriver on a
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