Don’t Sleep on These Films *Not* Directed by Men in 2025 Let's take a look back at the films woman and nonbinary directors released in 2025, from Academy Award winners to debut filmmakers. The Mary Sue · Jan 1
Bones, brides and odysseys: The 20 most anticipated movies of 2026 Welcome to your moviegoing guide for 2026! Here are our picks for the unmissable movies coming to a cinema near you in the first half of the year. Euronews · Dec 29, 2025
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 The results are in: here are the GamesRadar+ picks for the very best movies of 2025 Total Film · Dec 12, 2025
The Guide #217: The Louvre heist seems straight out of a screenplay – no wonder on-screen capers have us gripped From the drama of the Paris break-in to Josh O’Connor’s mud-splattered turn in Kelly Reichardt’s latest, escapades – messy and cinematic – always seem to pull us in The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
The Mastermind review: art thief Josh O’Connor shimmers like an old master 5/5 O’Connor is at his best yet as a bungling 1970s criminal in Kelly Reichardt’s mood-soaked gem Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is a slippery thief in this jazzy, funny thriller 4/5 Kelly Reichardt’s cool Seventies-set drama plays like a lo-fi spin on the traditional heist movie The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
The Mastermind: this art theft heist offers a compassionate character study Most caper movies tend to focus on the elaborate logistics of a theft – typically of an outlandishly colossal haul or priceless artefact (think Ocean’s Eleven or The Italian Job). In contrast, their close cousin, the heist film, focuses less on the mechanics of the crime and more on its… The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025
A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever Just days after the Louvre theft comes this drolly unconventional gallery robbery drama. Director Kelly Reichardt talks about solving crimes as a kid – and casting Josh O’Connor as a crook in autumnal knitwear The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
The Most Unconventional Crime Thriller Of The Year Redefines the Heist Movie Kelly Reichardt channels the shaggy ‘70s heist thriller in her captivating latest, 'The Mastermind.' Inverse · Oct 19, 2025
The Mastermind is a brilliantly frustrating anti-heist movie that defies expectations, and it's one of my favorite movies of the year Big Screen Spotlight | The Mastermind may be the slowest paced heist movie you’ll see this year, but it's also the best Total Film · Oct 17, 2025
In 'The Mastermind' and more, Josh O'Connor is stealing the show Josh O'Connor stars in four films this fall, including the New England romance “The History of Sound,” with Paul Mescal; “Rebuilding,” in which he plays a Colorado rancher whose home is taken by wildfires; Rian Johnson’s whodunit “Wake Up Deadman: A Knives Out Mystery”; and Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” a… The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025
5 movies like 'One Battle After Another' to stream right now Wowed by Paul Thomas Anderson's epic political thriller? Here are the movies you should be watching next. Tom’s Guide · Oct 5, 2025
Criminally good: the return of the high-class crime flick A wave of smart, original mysteries, thrillers and heist dramas arrives this autumn from auteurs including Paul Thomas Anderson, Spike Lee, Kelly Reichardt and Darren Aronofsky The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2025
The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robbery The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025
Tom’s Guide · Apr 22, 2025 One of my favorite Michelle Williams movies is now on Paramount Plus — and it’s got 92% on Rotten Tomatoes The 2016 drama 'Certain Women' features an all-star cast including Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Laura Dern. Here's why you should add it to your watch list
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025 Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar-sweeping streak After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothers
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025 Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor set for Cannes 2025 as lineup announced Premieres of new movies by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier and Jafar Panahi to screen at film festival – as well debuts by actor-turned-directors Johansson and Harris Dickinson
Euronews · Apr 10, 2025 Cannes Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup with Julia Ducournau, Wes Anderson and Ari Aster The 2025 vintage is looking big, bold and star-studded.... Here's everything you need to know about the line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024 Western movies: a 21st century renaissance In modern cinema, directors are once again feeling the pull of the Westerns of yesteryear, proof that this mythical vision of the American epic still lives on.
Total Film · May 1, 2024 32 must-see low budget movies Some all-time classics have been made for way less than you might think
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 26, 2024 Sundance Film Festival 2024 Dispatch, Part One: June Squibb, Luther Vandross, Mavis Beacon Here is our first dispatch from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The Guardian - US · Dec 24, 2023 Pigeons! Superheroes! Farts! The best movie moments of 2023 From angry confrontations to romantic reunions, Guardian writers pick the big-screen moments that have stayed with them the most
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023 What to stream this week: Nicki Minaj's birthday album, Julia Roberts is in trouble and Monk returns This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a Nicki Minaj album dropping on her birthday and the return of Tony Shalhoub's OCD private investigator Adrian Monk with a final case
The Conversation · Aug 24, 2023 The five best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival I’ve been talking to my film students lately about the way that viewing contexts affect how we receive a film – whether this means different hardware, locations, moods and modes of engaging.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023 Melbourne international film festival 2023: 10 things to see and do, from BlackBerry to new Kelly Reichardt Plus Josh O’Connor as a grumpy archaeologist, Hugo Weaving as a scabby hermit, and a queer noir – all part of Miff’s 71st edition