Joonatan Itkonen

Joonatan is a queer, AuDHD writer from Helsinki, Finland. He specializes in writing about pop-culture from a neurodiverse viewpoint. His favorite films include Paterson, Cloud Atlas, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Jaws. He’s a member of the International Film Society Critics Association and The Finnish Critics Association.
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‘The Mastermind’ Review: A Brilliant Anti-Heist Film

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The Mastermind, Kelly Reichardt’s quietly hypnotic film about a worryingly inept thief, is almost about everything else except the heist our anti-hero spends the first half-hour planning. The loose structure unravels just as quickly as the plan itself, and the longer we spend adrift with James (Josh O’Connor), it becomes …

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