The Bend in the River
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Following and filming friends for nearly fifty-years. THE BEND IN THE RIVER is an exploration of the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living.
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- Sep 27, 2026
frances mcdormand moderated q&a :)
AllyAug 18, 2026If you see this film you can understand why I made Robb my de facto therapist for much of college (and why he didn’t tell me I needed to get a real therapist)
Daniel GarberAug 14, 2026Special intro by EPs Joel Coen and Frances McDormand. Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Robb Moss, subject Barry Wasserman, and FF director Tabitha Jackson. This has been one of my most anticipated titles of the year since I saw The Same River Twice a few months…
Ian_L - Sep 4, 2025
Over twenty years after Robb Moss released “The Same River Twice” (2003)—a documentary that combined footage from his river guiding days with contemporary interviews with his buddies from that time—he returns with new interviews with the same friends who are now living out…
Robert DanielsAug 6, 2026talked to Robb Moss about his wonderfully quotidian and devastating new addition to his River series for InRO
Alex LeiFeb 13, 2026I’m still out dealing with the substance of the world, and all the while they were just eating grass. They thought they were immortal and the river was eternal. It was a calamity that didn’t happen. Discovering the perfection of the present moment, the river…
threadsuns - Apr 26, 2026
A genuine kind of laughter I haven’t had with a movie in a long time (I’m not sure when). And also my heart fell onto the floor. Exactly what I needed today. In fact it is unbelievable that I was given this on this day. Anyway. After being blown away by THE TOURIST a couple…
KATHY DBAug 30, 2025Jim, I’ll get you a fan to wear around your neck from Target. You will love it, I swear.
amaniAug 14, 2026There is an ego death to be found watching this film. It inspires you to be a better person. To remember what really matters. To accept the absurdity of life. I think this is especially compounded if you’re a filmmaker where there is a doubled impact - the story and the…
Nick Beaulieu
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Aug 17, 2026
In The Bend in the River, a lot of simple observations and moments add up to something profound. Its wisdom sneaks up on you, just like age.
Alissa Wilkinson
The New York Times
Aug 17, 2026
A melancholy sense of powerlessness runs through these films, tempering and complicating the lyricism. The earth changes; the river changes; people change; and as much as these characters might have thought they had some control over the world, they now realize that they didn’t. And perhaps the reason why Moss keeps cutting to all that older footage is because our conception of our earlier lives changes the more we live. The future remains unwritten, but weirdly, so too does the past.
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Aug 14, 2026
Even if you haven’t seen the prior films in the trilogy, The Bend in the River is worth seeking out as an anthropological exercise. There’s enough footage from the prior films to get you up to speed quickly, and none of the individual story arcs matter nearly as much as the larger sense that each season of human life is worthy of its own naturalistic exploration.
Christian Zilko
IndieWire
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How long is The Bend in the River?
The movie is 1hr 22min long.
What's The Bend in the River about?
Following and filming friends for nearly fifty-years. THE BEND IN THE RIVER is an exploration of the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living.
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