Certain Women – Criterion Collection – Blu-Ray

The expanses of the American Northwest take center stage in this intimately observed triptych from Kelly Reichardt. Adapted from three short stories by Maile Meloy and unfolding in self-contained but interlocking episodes, Certain Women navigates the subtle shifts in personal desire and social expectation that unsettle the circumscribed lives of its characters: a lawyer (Laura Dern) forced to subdue a troubled client; a woman (Michelle Williams) whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a night-school teacher (Kristen Stewart) who forms a tenuous bond with a lonely ranch hand (Lily Gladstone), whose longing for connection delivers an unexpected jolt of emotional immediacy. With unassuming craft, Reichardt captures the rhythms of daily life in small-town Montana through these fine-grained portraits of women trapped within the landscape’s wide-open spaces.

Special Features
New 2K Digital Transfer, Supervised By Director Kelly Reichardt And Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, With 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio Soundtrack, New Interviews With Reichardt And Executive Producer Todd Haynes, New Interview With Maile Meloy, Author Of The Stories On Which The Film Is Based, Trailer, Plus: An Essay By Critic Ella Taylor