"Caught Stealing" is a good movie. Not some modern classic we need to be hyperbolic about; just a good movie. In another time, that might have felt slightly less special than it does right now. In 2025, we're still in this cycle where almost everything has to be a franchise, or it gets dumped to streaming where it will disappear into the abyss.
In that way, a movie aimed at adults with a fine cast from a great director, feels more special than it used to. This sort of thing didn't used to be rare, it was the norm. But now it is rare and, as a result, Darren Aronofsky's latest feels special, even if it's not some sort of enduring masterwork like "Requiem for a Dream" or any of the director's other heralded films. Rather, he's teamed with Austin Butler and writer Charlie Huston to deliv