Benji and Luke start their conversation about The Mastermind by describing their familiarity with director Kelly Reichardt's films and her history as a hero of American slow cinema. They then provide background and details about Reichardt's creative collaborators and the logline for The Mastermind before diving deep into the moments from the movie including themes, ideas, and thoughts from the audience at their screening. Finally, they wrap up the episode with their overall thoughts on The Mastermind and Benji compares it to Reichardt's 2010 film, Meek's Cutoff.

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0:00 Intro

08:11 Kelly Reichardt's history of creative collaborators including production designer Anthony Gasparro and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt

11:34 The logline for the movie The Mastermind

13:23 The moments from the movie: recap of key plot points, themes, ideas, and thoughts from our audience

1:00:13 The social, political, and cultural moment of The Mastermind and how Kelly Reichardt's period piece about 1970 is a hilarious tragicomedy that dunks on privileged American white men

Hosts:

Benji Wade and Luke Baumgarten

The Mastermind (2025)

Director:

Kelly Reichardt

Starring:

Joshua O'Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffman, John Magaro

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