Classic Movies Live Season 6, Episode 20 – Caught Stealing
September 3, 2025
This week on Classic Movies Live… Darren Aronofsky!
Our hosts re-encounter the renowned director with his latest film, Caught Stealing!
Featuring an all-star cast including Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, Regina King, and Liev Schreiber, Caught Stealing represents a bit of a departure for Aronofsky. Unlike the deeply metaphorical mother! (which our hosts tackled in an episode of Director Showdown), Caught Stealing is pretty straightforward… or at least, takes place straightforwardly in the modern world.
In 1998, former baseball virtuoso Hank (Butler) is caught in the middle of a gang war involving high grade ecstasy that puts him at odds with the Russian Mafia, corrupt cops, Puerto Rican gangsters, and a pair of terrifying Orthodox Jewish assassins. And all of it starts when his friend Russ (Smith) asks him to catsit for the weekend…
This week’s episode is shorter than usual, but no less impactful as we talk about all aspects of Caught Stealing! How is Austin Butler? How does it compare to other Aronofsky films? What does it all mean?
The answers to all these questions and more today on Classic Movies Live!
