The expanses of the american northwest take centre stage in this intimately observed triptych from kelly reichardt'. '.strtoupper('a')dapted 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 unguardedness and deep attachment to the land deliver an unexpected jolt of emotional immediacy'. '.strtoupper('w')ith 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.director approved special edition featuresnew 2k digital transfer, supervised by director kelly reichardt and cinematographerchristopher blauvelt, with 5.1 surround dts hd master audio soundtracknew interviews with the film's cast and crew, including reichardt and executiveproducer todd haynesnew interview with maile meloy, author of the stories on which the film is basedtrailerplus an essay by critic ella taylor