A deceptively simple drama about the artist's life, Showing Up reunites Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams to absorbing effect. Preparing to open a new show in Portland, a sculptor (Williams) must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in a vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.

Rated R. 108 minutes. A24 Films.

Directed & Co-written by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Certain Women, First Cow).

Stars Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro, André Benjamin,

James Le Gros, and Judd Hirsch. Reviews