The Mastermind (12A) at Cleobury

Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in a film rich with textured detail. 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, often absurdly funny look at the folly of man, this sly depiction of an
era subverts long-held illusions – and the conventions of the fast-paced thriller genre – and confronts disillusionment.