In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) reinvents the heist movie with none of the typical thrills or genre conventions you might expect, instead focusing in on a man come undone with the slow unraveling playing out with an unexpected humour. Rich in period detail and starring a hangdog Josh O’Connor, channeling his best inner Elliott Gould, The Mastermind is a sublime evocation of 70’s cinema and spirit and a cinematic joy from a master of craft.

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