Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has provided a candid assessment 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 discussed how her films intentionally reposition perspective on traditional narratives, particularly the Western genre. Rather than asserting to revise history, she framed her approach as a deliberate repositioning of the cinematic lens—moving away from the patriarchal perspective that has long dominated the form to examine what happens when...