"The Mastermind" (2025, Dir: Kelly Reichardt)/Top Fives of 2025

About this episode

The hosts discuss Kelly Reichardt's film 'The Mastermind' and share their top fives of 2025.

A Great American Film Artist made a movie about a liar trying to power through his banal midcentruy existence by grifting. It's not Marty Supreme, though, it's "The Mastermind" by Kelly Reichardt! We talk about it! Listen to KR on the LARB Radio Hour here! Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing . Matt is also on there . We also got a Bluesky going. Our next episode will be about, uhh... how about Escape from New York? We've never done Carpenter before. Watch it here .

People in this episode

Hosts: Corbin Smith, Matt Ellis

Topics covered

• film review
• 2025 movies
• Kelly Reichardt
• grifting
• American cinema

Keywords

• The Mastermind
• Kelly Reichardt
• film review
• 2025
• grifting
• American film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LARB Radio Hour, Letterboxd

Books & works: The Mastermind, Escape from New York

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