A new one Kelly Reichardt Movie is always reason for celebration, and in the fall she will see her Return to the large screen with the “Mastermind. “The Josh O’Connor vehicle sees the famous intentional director who takes his talents to New England in the 1970s, with the actor in the lead role as a carpenter who makes a regrettable career pivot to art theft.
An official synopsis for film Reads: “In a soothing corner of Massachusetts around 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) turned, an unemployed carpenter, plans his first big heist. When things go heights, his life, his life,” unscivered.
“The Mastermind” premiered in the competition at the Film Festival 2025, where the critics praised Reichardt for branched from her typical Pacific Northwest sites and subjects while still keeping her distinct style intact.
“Shot on movie with the grainy warmth that evokes a sleepy 1970 new england municipality as much as it does actual movies from the ’70s,’ the mastermind ‘is reichardt’s version of a heist movie-meaning that the movie makers convention laids laids laids laid laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laids laid. Lumet for a spin that still retains her patient bent for long, luxuriating takes, ” IndieWires Ryan Lattanzio wrote In his Cannes review. “Here, Josh O’Connor JB Mooney (which name!), Plays an art thief that falls down a hole of his own digging, because a badly hatched job to tear off a series of Arthur Dove Abstract paintings from a fictional Massachusetts museum sends its private and family life that takes away a series of a series of Arthur Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Dove Doved Private and family life that removes a series of Arthur Dove Abstract paintings from a fictional Massachusetts museum sends its private and the family’s life that sets off his grip. ”
“Mastermind” is written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, who is reunited with his often cinemas Christopher Blauveelt. In addition to O’Connor stars Alana Haim, Gaby Hoffman, John Magaro, Hope Davis and Bill Camp. The movie is coming Next screen at the New York Film Festival Alongside other favorites, Venice and Toronto favorites and premieres like Bradley Cooper’s “Is this on?”
The film is part of a big case for O’Connor, who also plays with Paul Mescal in “The History of Sound” and in Rian Johnson’s new “Knives out” mystery “Wake up Dead man.” Next spring he plays with Emily Blunt in Steven Spielbergs Untitled UFO blockbuster.
A Mubi edition, “Mastermind” opens in selected theaters on Friday 17 October. See the trailer below.
