Join SVMoA and Merlin’s Magic Lantern for a screening of The Mastermind, a film loosely inspired by a real 1972 art heist at the Worchester Art Museum, in which several paintings were stolen by amateur thieves. Set against the political and cultural upheaval of 1970s America, The Mastermind is a slyly offbeat heist drama from acclaimed filmmaker Kelly Reichardt. Starring Josh O’Connor as a restless family man who impulsively plots the theft of several paintings from a small Massachusetts museum, the film transforms a seemingly simple art heist into a quietly riveting portrait of alienation, ambition, and unraveling identity.

Film Length: 1 hour 50 minutes.