Kelly Reichardt, Mastermind and Josh O'Connor
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Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind can be described as a heist-gone-wrong, but it is not as interested in the act of stealing itself, as it is in the robber.
O’Connor got his share of the attention, but when Reichardt came into frame, chants of “Kelly! Kelly!” rolled through the room. The film’s somber tone, and the clear analogy between the ’70s-era moral and political decline depicted and today’s America likely hampered a more boisterous response.
Josh O’Connor will star in director Joel Coen’s new film 'Jack of Spades', which will shoot this summer on location in Scotland, we can reveal.
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. Her films are so present and unguarded from moment to moment,
The agency partner also has talked about filmmaker Oliver Hermanus and his 'The History of Sound' at the fest, and is repping client Mikey Madison’s 'Anora' follow-up about a dental hygienist seduced by a mermaid.
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