The Rider, Chloe Zhao's second feature, was one of my Top 5 movies of 2018. In my mind, it was a perfect balance of character and theme. It artfully and empathetically tells the story of Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau) a cowboy who must try to find a new purpose in life after a head injury robs him of the thing most meaningful in his life--riding horses. At the same,