"James Mooney (Josh O'Connor) is a man without a plan. With his dim-witted accomplices, he stages a heist at a Massachusetts art gallery but is soon forced on the run when the law comes to call, followed by members of a local crime cartel. Kelly Reichardt's film is a whipsmart and subversive take on the all-American crime caper, with shades of Sidney Lumet in the funny and nail-bitingly tense first half especially."
"In Harris Dickinson's first film as director, homeless drug addict Mike (Frank Dillane) tries to get his life back on track after serving time in jail for robbery. His fragile recovery sees him strike up romance with fellow outsider Andrea (Megan Northam), but Mike is never more than a misstep away from disaster in this beautifully judged debut, which takes hard-hitting material and makes something warm and funny and altogether unexpected."
"Kathryn Bigelow doesn't make action films, she makes blockbuster dispatches from the heart of the American military-industrial complex. A House of Dynamite is another such stony-faced thriller, meticulously staged and researched, tracking the global response to a nuclear missile attack on the US. Framing the action through the use of Rashomon-style multiple POVs, the Zero Dark Thirty director doesn't soft-soap her subject, sprinkling in just enoug"
James Mooney is an ill-prepared criminal who stages a Massachusetts gallery heist and flees both law enforcement and a local crime cartel. Kelly Reichardt delivers a whipsmart, subversive crime caper that shifts from Sidney Lumet-like tension and comic thrills into a bleak character study exposing the protagonist's hollow narcissism. Harris Dickinson's directorial debut follows homeless ex-con Mike as he pursues recovery and a fragile romance while remaining perilously close to relapse, anchored by Frank Dillane's moving, physically comic performance. Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite offers a meticulously staged, Rashomon-style thriller tracing global responses to a nuclear missile attack.
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