When it's time to take down a major score, you need a plan, you need a team, and—whether it's The Italian Job, Heat or Ocean's Eleven—you need to have an impeccable sense of style.

The heist genre has produced some classic films, and in a new program, The Art of the Heist, the Cinémathèque at QAGOMA is inviting audiences along for the crime.

Curator Rosie Hays explores what makes the genre tick and how it's changed throughout the decades.