Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has offered a candid assessment of American cinema's habit of repeating 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 masterclass on Tuesday 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 male-dominated viewpoint that has long dominated the form to examine what happens...