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fromThe Atlantic
4 hours 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.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever

The term cosy crime describes the reassuring, cardigan-swaddled whodunnits that currently dominate both page and screen, but it carries different connotations for Kelly Reichardt, director of the new heist movie The Mastermind, as it surely must for anyone from a law enforcement family. Reichardt's mother was an undercover narcotics agent, her father a crime scene detective. When the couple split up, she also gained an FBI agent as a stepfather.
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fromThe Verge
6 days 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
1 week 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
1 week 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
3 weeks 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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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

The Mastermind review Josh O'Connor is world's worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt's unlikely heist movie

The film presents a stark, ironic portrayal of a clueless protagonist undertaking a desperate art heist.
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