Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has provided a frank evaluation of American cinema's tendency to recycle its own myths, telling an audience at the Visions du Réel documentary festival in Nyon, Switzerland, that "the American story perpetually recycles itself." During a Tuesday masterclass as part of a wider tribute to the celebrated filmmaker, Reichardt explored how her films deliberately shift perspective on traditional narratives, particularly the Western genre. Rather than asserting to revise history, she characterised her approach as a intentional recalibration of the cinematic lens—moving away from the patriarchal perspective that has traditionally shaped the form to examine what happens when...