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Directed by Kelly Reichardt
With Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim, Gaby Hoffmann
Rated R, 110 minutes, DCP
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs Josh O'Connor in The Mastermind, her latest film to run through the Cannes Film Festival as a triumph. 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. A brilliant look at the folly of man, The Mastermind is rich in textured detail with a sly depiction of an era that subverts long-held illusions and confronts disillusionment.