‘Showing Up’ review: An artist makes art, even as life interrupts the flow
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Apr 14, 2023
3 minutes
A droll, easygoing procession of slights, obstacles and microaggressions on the road to an artist’s gallery opening, “Showing Up” could be classified as co-writer and director Kelly Reichardt’s first comedy since her “Old Joy” 17 years ago. But labels are deceptive. There’s subterranean seriousness underneath the deadpan-comic surface here, and much of Reichardt’s previous work found plenty of quiet comedy and seemingly accidental lightness amid some pretty tough lives.
This one’s a portrait
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