The Mastermind
★★★★ The Guardian
1970: three men wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, the ringleader is relegated to a life on the run.
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (‘First Cow’) directs an unforgettable Josh O'Connor in this, her latest Cannes triumph.
In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B Mooney (O’Connor) sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.
This may be a heist movie about a novice thief with a flawed plan, but Reichardt pulls it off like clockwork. This film is stupendously smart. A brilliant look at the folly of man, rich in textured detail, this sly depiction of an era subverts long-held illusions and confronts disillusionment. ‘Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robbery’. Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian).
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