The Rider

...a small and deeply emotional tale set against the vast panorama of The West.

It’s a very impressive, very accomplished film.

The best American movie this critic has seen in the past year, Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider,” is the kind of rare work that seems to attain greatness through an almost alchemical fusion of nominal opposites.

There are so many individual moments here that are brilliant, and you might want to bet your life savings that this amazing director will deliver her first masterpiece sooner rather than later.

...a stunning piece of fiction played close to the bone.