Caught Stealing (2025) Written Review

Caught Stealing

Cast: Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith

Writer:Charlie Huston

Director: Darren Aronofsky

*** and a 1/2 *'s out of 5

For those familiar with Darren Aronofsky’s filmography.  Caught Stealing is going to be very different.  There are no rapid fast cuts or hip hop style montages as in Requiem for a Dream and Pi.  There are no camera techniques or use of music and sound effects  that brings attention to itself like in Black Swan and mother!  No docu like style as in The Wrestler and The Whale.  And, most certainly not as much religious allegory as there was in The Fountain, Noah (and yes mother! too).  Ok there is some but only a small smidge.  Nope, Mr. Aronofsky trades all of his usual bells and whistles for a basic crime caper and the results are quite good. Look after years of dark and somewhat depressing dramas.  It’s nice to see a filmmaker try something different and this may be his most experimental film so far. Just like when David Lynch made The Straight Story for Disney.  It's a very different style than he's done before 

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We are back with a newish episode of Cinema Recall.  Joined again by Jason Soto of Whatever with Jason Soto to talk about some of the most iconic moments of one of the most disturbing films ever made,  Requiem for a Dream.  Join our hosts as they talk about scenes Jason never wants to see again.  Next hear The Vern explain to our guest why he has seen this movie more than once and that it's one of his favorite films of all time.  The episode may have some trigger warnings on drug addiction but we promise you it wont be as nearly as dark as the actual film.