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In 1970, James Mooney and two accomplices wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run. Loosely inspired by the real-life Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist!
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O'Connor in her latest Cannes 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 film features Alana Haim, Gaby Hoffmann, John Magaro, Hope Davis, and Bill Camp. Rich in textured detail, this sly depiction of an era subverts long-held illusions and confronts disillusionment. [110 min; drama, crime; English]
"If you’ve seen Kelly Reichardt’s versions of a frontier Western and of an ecoterrorist thriller, you may know what to expect from her take on an art-heist movie: an exquisite groundedness, in which no detail or texture can be too precise." — Justin Chang, The New Yorker
"The Mastermind may be a heist movie about a novice thief with a dumb plan. But Reichardt pulls it off like clockwork: This film is stupendously smart." — Ben Kenigsberg, RogerEbert.com
"The period-rich atmosphere [Reichardt] conjures...makes for an intoxicating, transportive experience." — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire
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