NEW YORK, NY.- MUBI presents The Mastermind, the upcoming book release from MUBI Editions, publishing 20 January 2026 in North America and 17 February 2026 in the UK/ROW.

Kelly Reichardt, one of America’s most celebrated independent filmmakers, is renowned for her intimate portraits of ordinary lives. At the heart of her work are the close collaborations with cast and crew that shape her films.

The Mastermind is a beautifully designed box set of four booklets documenting the making of Reichardt’s 2025 film, which premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Josh O’Connor. The Mastermind is an in-depth record of the film’s creation and an evocative capsule of time and place. Through personal reflections, photographs, and fragments of memory and ephemera, Reichardt and the project’s collaborators reveal the skill, care, and camaraderie that defined their filmmaking process.

The book features a critical essay by Lucy Sante and an exploration of artist Arthur Dove by Alec MacKaye of the Phillips Collection. Together with exclusive production images and striking reproductions of Dove’s work, these texts crystallize the world of the film as well as the meticulous craft behind its period setting.

The Mastermind is the inaugural title in the MUBI Editions Lights! series, dedicated to MUBI’s own productions and releases. It follows Read Frame Type Film, the first book from MUBI Editions, published as part of their Proįections series in 2025.

Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, her latest Cannes triumph. In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks. A brilliant look at the folly of man, The Mastermind also features Alana Haim, Gaby Hoffmann, John Magaro, Hope Davis and Bill Camp. Rich in textured detail, this sly depiction of an era subverts long-held illusions and confronts disillusionment. In cinemas around the world from October 2025.

Kelly Reichardt is a writer and director whose feature films include River of Grass (1994), Old Joy (2006), Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Night Moves (2013), Certain Women (2016), First Cow (2019) and Showing Up (2022).

Lucy Sante is a writer whose books include Low Life, Kill All Your Darlings, The Other Paris, Maybe the People Would Be the Times, and I Heard Her Call My Name.

Alec MacKaye is a writer and musician who has worked as an art installer at the Phillips Collection Museum of Art for twenty-seven years.



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