Playback: Kelly Reichardt's Small Gestures, from RIVER OF GRASS to THE MASTERMIND

Kelly Reichardt has spent her life chronicling the unhurried, uncertain rhythms of American life. Reichardt's films linger on people who live just outside the margins -- drifters, workers, artists -- capturing the fragile connections that hold them together. From the lost runaways of River of Grass (1994) to the dreaming travelers of First Cow (2019), Reichardt challenges the myths of self-reliance that shape the American landscape, revealing a country sustained by small acts of care and endurance. Late last week, Reichardt's latest film, The Mastermind (2025), hit theaters across the United States. This heist movie follows James Blaine Mooney (Josh O'Connor), a seemingly ordinary suburban father leading a secret life as an art thief. Inspired by the famous 1972 robbery of Massachusset's Worcester Art Museum,...

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