Screening Dates: Friday, October 31, 2025, 8:00 p.m. / Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.  / Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

Director: Michael Mann
Screenplay: Frank Hohimer (book), Michael Mann
Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina

USA / 1981 / 123 min. / Color / English / Turkish Subtitles

Thief centers on a lonely safe-cracker, newly released from prison, alone with his principles, on the rainy streets of Chicago, illuminated by neon lights. The desire for a “clean slate” clashes with the pressures of the criminal world’s routines in James Caan’s tough yet fragile presence. Tangerine Dream’s pulsating music blends with the city’s metallic rhythm. Plan, discipline, and a growing unease tighten like an invisible vise in every scene, while the tension between freedom and belonging drives the story forward.

Michael Mann’s first feature film leaves its mark on cinema, clearly establishing the themes that would later become prominent in Heat, while laying bare the glassy-steel texture of the city at night. The reflections on wet asphalt, high-contrast frames, and the feeling of urban loneliness reach an almost palpable intensity on the silver screen. While the audience becomes intoxicated by the speed, they also feel the strange calm of an inescapable fate; in this crime story that questions destiny, they cling to brief moments of happiness amid the flowing lights.

*The film will be screened in a 4K restored copy.