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fromAnOther
7 months ago
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The Mastermind: A Politically Charged Spin on the 70s Crime Caper

A subdued heist film follows a hapless art thief whose botched robbery reveals improvisation, measured pacing, and a mix of long takes and handheld urgency.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago
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A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever

Kelly Reichardt's law-enforcement upbringing and recurring engagement with crime inform her films, culminating in The Mastermind, a 1970-set, unconventional heist starring Josh O'Connor.
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fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

The Worst Art Thief in America

The Mastermind uses slow, painterly filmmaking to turn a bungled art heist into a precise, darkly comic character study of hubris.
fromThe Verge
7 months ago

The Mastermind is Kelly Reichardt's anti-heist movie

Kelly Reichardt has been called one of America's greatest filmmakers, and also one of its quietest. But her latest, The Mastermind, centered on an art heist that goes off the rails, is probably her loudest movie yet and definitely her biggest budget to date.
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fromThe New Yorker
7 months ago

Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind" Reinvents the Heist Movie

A 1970-set action drama starring Josh O'Connor blends political conflict and existential comedy into meticulously observed crime, escape, and art-world detail.
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fromRoger Ebert
7 months ago

It's A Process: Kelly Reichardt on "The Mastermind" and Josh O'Connor's Timeless Mug | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Kelly Reichardt continues evolving, leaving the Pacific Northwest to probe American life through The Mastermind's intimate, morally fraught 1970s art‑heist drama.
fromVulture
7 months ago

'Fighting against YouTube is a Losing Battle.'

The writer-director has spent the last three-plus decades turning out idiosyncratic independent films that portray their characters with such intimacy that it feels like the screen is offering a temporary gift of telepathy. Her work is known for its deliberate pace as well as its tight scale, though it should be just as acclaimed for its capacity to undermine expectations.
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