The Harvard Crimson

‘The Mastermind’ Review: Kelly Reichardt Thought This Through

Art thieves are so back. The opening cut of Kelly Reichardt’s newest film, “The Mastermind,” positions the viewer from the perspective of a painting that James “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor) stares at.
TheWrap

‘The Mastermind’ Director Kelly Reichardt on What It Takes to Be an Independent Director These Days

“The Mastermind,” Kelly Reichardt’s latest film, loosely based on an actual robbery of a Massachusetts art museum in the early 1970s, has only been out for a few hours. But already somebody has bought ...
NPR

Still thinking about the Louvre? 'The Mastermind' is about a museum heist gone awry

Ever since The Asphalt Jungle, John Huston's 1950 film about a jewel robbery, audiences and filmmakers have loved heist movies. You get the precise laying out of the plan, the robbery itself, the ...
MLive

Football mastermind Jim Eurick led Western to era of glory en route to Hall of Fame

AUBURN, MI-- Nobody approached football in a more logical, rational and analytical manner than Jim Eurick. Yet, somehow, he got his players to play out of their minds. During his 12-year coaching ...
Wall Street Journal

Why ‘Yellowstone’ Mastermind Taylor Sheridan Decided to Ditch Paramount

Taylor Sheridan doesn’t like to be told what to do or how to do it. At his longtime home studio Paramount, the “Yellowstone” creator was given a long leash to make his shows the way he wanted. He was ...
The Boston Globe

‘The Mastermind’ plans an art heist in Framingham

The New York Film Festival guide called “The Mastermind” “an anti-thriller.” I can’t think of a better description for writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s latest; it’s a heist movie that has neither ...
The Atlantic

The Worst Art Thief in America

The director Kelly Reichardt encourages stillness. Her style—long takes and low stakes, often punctuated by unhurried silences—forces viewers to slow down, to immerse themselves in the atmosphere ...
IndieWire

How ‘The Mastermind’ Found 1970s New England in Ohio

Director Kelly Reichardt tells IndieWire about sending Josh O'Connor's art thief through the haze of the 1970s. But Kelly Reichardt hasn’t made a heist film. As is the writer and director’s wont, ...
Artnet

Inside the Fictional Museum at the Heart of the New Art Heist Film ‘The Mastermind’

Of all things, Kelly Reichardt's bumbling art thief steals four paintings by American Modernist Arthur Dove, not exactly an art star. The film takes place in 1970, and the costumes, boxy cars, earth ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

'The Mastermind,' filmed in Cincinnati, stars Josh O'Connor as the world's worst criminal

"The Mastermind” opens in some U.S. markets Oct. 17 but will officially open in Cincinnati theaters Oct. 24. This story has been updated with that clarification. Spoiler alert! This article contains ...
GamesRadar+

The Mastermind is a brilliantly frustrating anti-heist movie that defies expectations, and it's one of my favorite movies of the year

The Mastermind may be billed as a heist movie, but that categorization does the movie a disservice. If anything, director Kelly Reichardt's latest is an anti-heist movie, with the heist being almost ...