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LILY GLADSTONE as Tana THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY (2023, dir. Morrisa Maltz)

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LILY GLADSTONE in The Unknown Country (2022) directed by Morrisa Maltz

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The Unknown Country (2022) dir. Morrisa Maltz

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The Unknown Country (Morrisa Maltz, 2022)

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The Unknown Country (2022) Morrisa Maltz

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The Unknown Country, 2023 (dir. Morrisa Maltz)

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The Unknown Country (2022) Morrisa Maltz

January 16th 2024

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The Unknown Country

directed by Morrisa Maltz, 2022

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Seen in 2023:

The Unknown Country (Morrisa Maltz), 2022

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(via Lily Gladstone Shines in the Heartfelt Indie Road Movie 'The Unknown Country' | Movie+TV Reviews | Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice)

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The Unknown Country (dir. Morrisa Maltz).

[Lily] Gladstone and Maltz make [it] into a lo-fi but meaningfully worthwhile road trip to go along with an obvious comparison in warmhearted material to something like Nomadland. It's a soulful yet melancholic journey of self-discovery weaving in different elements of Indigenous people and culture through its Midwestern geography.

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Top 5 First-Time Watches of November 2023 1. JE VERRAI TOUJOURS VOS VISAGES (2023, dir. Jeanne Herry) 2. LE RÈGNE ANIMAL (2023, dir. Thomas Cailley) 3. L’UNE CHANTE L’AUTRE PAS (1977, dir. Agnès Varda) 4. THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY (2022, dir. Morrisa Maltz) 5. SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN (2023, dir. Monia Chokri)

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So you saw fell in love with Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon and now you want her on your screen as much as possible? I’m here to help.

Certain Women directed by Kelly Reichardt

This was the first time I saw Lily Gladstone in anything and I screamed about her specifically for days. The film is segmented into three stories about women living in the northwestern plains region of the US. All three segments are good, but Lily Gladstone’s is by far my favorite. She plays a ranch hand who starts sitting in on a night school law class when she develops a crush on the teacher, played by (bonus!) Kristen Stewart.

Certain Women is streaming on The Criterion Channel, AMC+, and Kanopy (Kanopy is free!). It is also available to rent on the major platforms.

The Unknown Country directed by Morrisa Maltz

This movie is stunning. Think Nomadland but even more stripped down. Lily Gladstone plays a character on a roadtrip to reunite with her estranged family after the death of her grandmother. Along the way she tries to learn more about who her grandmother was in life and reconnect with her memory. A lot of the film is unscripted, and breathtaking shots of the western US landscape punctuate the brief encounters she has at each stop on her journey.

The Unknown Country is available to rent on the major platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon, and YouTube.

Quantum Cowboys directed by Geoff Marslett

This one’s for the multiverse fans. A really fun romp that might make your head hurt if you think about it too hard. Lily Gladstone plays a character in the 1870’s southwest who encounters a pair of travelers stuck in a time loop (sort of). She enlists their help (sort of) in a plan to recover land that was taken from her and in return helps them in their attempt to break their cycle. Most of the film is rotoscope animation, so it’s a completely different type of a performance from Lily Gladstone. I had the extraordinary luck of meeting her at a festival screening last year and they said it was such a fun deviation from their usual hyper realistic work.

Quantum Cowboys is available to rent on major platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon, and YouTube.

Fancy Dance directed by Erica Tremblay

The most recent Lily Gladstone film to blow me away, and maybe my favorite film of 2023. Lily Gladstone plays a character who has been trying to find her missing sister while simultaneously providing care for her sister’s daughter. When it appears she may lose custody, the two hit the road to search for the teen’s mother. It’s sad and sweet and beautiful. I have to warn that the subject matter is heavy and all too real but that’s why it’s an important story. It’s about something that is so pervasive, yet people outside of the community affected turn a blind eye to it.

Fancy Dance will be distributed by Apple this year, exact dates tba. It will be available in theaters and on Apple TV+. Erica Tremblay previously directed Lily Gladstone in the short film Little Chief, which can be found on Vimeo.

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#199. The Unknown Country - Morrisa Maltz

3.5/5

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ten frames.

the unknown country (2023) — dir. morrisa maltz

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148. Birth/Rebirth (Laura Moss, 2023)- 7.7

149. Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)- 8.9

150. Queens of the Qing Dynasty (Ashley McKenzie, 2023)- 7.9

151. Stonewalling (Ji Huang, Ryûji Otsuka, 2023)- 8.7

152. The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)- 9.2

153. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (Nancy Buirski, 2023)- 7.6

154. The Taste of Things (Trần Anh Hùng, 2023)- 9.4

155. Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)- 6.9

156. Full Time (Éric Gravel, 2023)- 8.7

157. No One Will Save You (Brian Duffield, 2023)- 7.9

158. The Unknown Country (Morrisa Maltz, 2023)- 7.5

159. All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh, 2023)- 8.4