Caught Stealing
I admire the diversity of Darren Aronofsky's filmography, which includes sci-fi, horror, a Biblical epic (arguably two), and relentless studies of men who have failed their children awesomely. His latest, 2025's CAUGHT STEALING, is his first action crime drama, with liberal doses of comedy. I wonder if he was deliberately paying homage to all those films in the 1990s which ripped off the works of Quentin Tarantino. Not so much QT's films themselves. He does succeed in this regard, and even makes it his own. It is the most enjoyable of Aronofsky's films. Now there's a sentence I never expected to type. 1998, NYC. Hank (Austin Butler) is another Aronofsky screw-up: alcoholic, apparent momma's boy, barely supporting himself as a bartender on the Lower East Side. He also loves baseball. Once he was good enough to be an MLB contender, his hopes dashed when his drunk driving killed his friend and ruined his knee. His punk rocker neighbor...
