Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair is a stylish, seductive caper that pairs Faye Dunaway’s razor-sharp insurance investigator with Steve McQueen’s enigmatic millionaire thief. Set against a backdrop of wealth and artifice, their cat-and-mouse game unfolds as a battle of wits and desire. Dunaway’s poised performance embodies a new kind of female autonomy, while the film’s formal experimentation and cool sophistication capture the evolving sensibility of late 1960s Hollywood.

Notes by David O’Mahony

Screening as part of the Faye Dunaway season.