The Mastermind | Kelly Reichardt

[BluBonnet]

Kelly Reichardt Set to Direct ‘The Mastermind'

A Production Weekly listing has Kelly Reichardt gearing up for her next film.

The filmmaker will helm “The Mastermind,” which is set to shoot in Ohio, between October 14 and November 22. Further details regarding the cast and plot are currently being kept under wraps.

Reichardt’s last film, 2022’s “Showing Up,” premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. If “The Mastermind” does indeed shoot this fall then I would imagine she’ll be back on the Croisette next summer with this latest film.

I don’t think I’ve disliked a single one of Reichardt’s seven films. Her minimalist-realist style might turn mainstream viewers off, but it goes along with how Reichardt describes her films as "just glimpses of people passing through.”

If you watch a Reichardt, you will notice plenty of long takes, stripped down dialogue and minimalist drama. The characters in her films live on the fringes of society. She’s also become one of the most influential filmmakers of the last decade; if you’ve seen this year’s acclaimed indie “Good One,” directed by India Donaldson, you just can’t escape the Reichardt influence.

Some of Reichardt’s most acclaimed films include “First Cow,” “Wendy & Lucy,” “Old Joy,” “Meek’s Cutoff,” “Certain Women” and the underrated “Night Moves.”