The Mastermind12A
In early 1970s America, a quiet family man impulsively orchestrates a heist at a small-town art museum, escaping with a cache of modern masterpieces — and no plan for what comes next. Set against the backdrop of Nixon-era political disillusionment, Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Wendy and Lucy) crafts a wry, slow-burning subversion of the heist film, anchored by Josh O’Connor’s (La Chimera, Challengers) understated brilliance.
Reviews
‘Obviously, you wouldn’t expect the quietist, realist movie art of Kelly Reichardt to give us anything like Ocean’s Eleven or Reservoir Dogs…Reichardt has unerringly located the unglamour in the heist.’
★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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