AroView: A wryly humorous and laidback heist film from master independent film-maker Kelly Reichardt that is yet another fine addition to an impressive oeuvre that includes First Cow, Night Moves and Meek’s Cutoff.

Set in the early 1970’s, it’s a sublime throwback to the cinema and culture of that time – of phone booths, slack surveillance and cash currency – on all of which its shambling crime caper plot relies. But it is foremost a droll character piece, with British actor Josh O’Connor giving a career-best performance as a failed architect who “masterminds” a suburban art heist without, er, thinking things through.

“Like so much of Reichardt’s output, The Mastermind feels modest when you’re watching it and downright brilliant once it’s had some time to settle in your mind.” ~Alison Willmore, New York Magazine (Vulture)

“Josh O’Connor is marvelous as this sputtering soul with no aptitude for illegality — or, frankly, anything else — as he drifts through an unremarkable life that’s slowly slipping through his fingers.” ~Tim Grierson, Screen Daily

“Reichardt has made a genre picture that peels away all the usual tropes to focus on character…” ~David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter