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This week we have The Mastermind!
The Mastermind
(United States, United Kingdom 2025) 110 min
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
With Josh O'Connor, Sterling Thompson, Alana Haim et al.
The always interesting Josh O’Connor plays the title figure as a thief, James Mooney, an enigma of a man who loves art and plots to steal some of it. One might say this film turns the heist movie genre on its head, taking its time to put the pieces together, working slowly to tell a dramatic story instead of revving itself up into a frenzy. That’s Reichardt’s style—deliberate, pensive, even meditative. The time is the Seventies, and the Viet Nam War is happening somewhere remote, far from the Massachusetts setting of the film, but it has a way of providing context for the dominant storyline. As always, Reichardt wants us to pay attention, so sit back and enjoy.