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The Mastermind
12A

Fri 24 Oct – Thu 30 Oct

Why watch?

A slow rolling character study of morality with a '70s lens that Reichardt does so well. Featuring a fantastic jazzy score from Rob Mazureks which drives the film, The Mastermind is sure to be a big hit for fans of Night Moves (2013), and I hope it receives the attention Showing Up (2022) so rightly deserved.

Ellie Hales,

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Dispatches from Cannes

12 Aug 2025 programme news

Kelly Reichardt brings her unique sensibility to this breezy, 1970s-set art heist drama, a Cannes Competition contender starring Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro and Gaby Hoffman.

The Framingham Museum of Art, Massachusetts, is the site of a pleasant visit by the Mooney family. While wife Terri (Haim, Licorice Pizza) and the kids look at the works, J.B. (O’Connor, God’s Own Country, SFF 2017; Challengers) cases the joint. Finding some significant lapses in the diligence of the museum security, J.B. starts scheming. Identifying the works to nab is a simple matter, but this seemingly middle-class suburban dad has much greater difficulty in assembling a team to pull off the robbery. As he plots his criminal endeavour, anti-Vietnam War protests grow in intensity all around.

Reichardt is ever an astute and insightful chronicler of pockets of American life, going from the contemporary, as in Showing Up and Night Moves (SFF 2014), back to frontier times, as in Meek’s Cutoff (SFF 2011) and First Cow. Here, she details an era in which the very notion of America felt in flux; where rebellion was in the air, and the suburban dream was on the brink of collapse. The Mastermind is a timely, entertaining and vital addition to her brilliant body of work.

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Duration
1hr 50mins
Director
Kelly Reichardt
Distributor
MUBI
Featuring
Josh O'Connor • Alana Haim • Gaby Hoffman
Year
2025
Country of origin
US
Language
English
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