Book of the Day: The Mastermind
From the publisher: "The newest release from MUBI Editions, The Mastermind is a box set of four unique booklets documenting the making of Kelly Reichardt’s 2025 film. Through personal reflections, photographs, and fragments of memory and ephemera, Reichardt and the project’s collaborators reveal the skill, care, and camaraderie that define their filmmaking process. The book also 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. Housed in a beautifully designed slipcase, The Mastermind is an intimate record of the film’s creation and an evocative capsule of time and place." Book of the day.