{"id":315473,"date":"2026-08-06T20:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315473\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:24:16","slug":"the-only-living-pickpocket-in-new-york-trailer-john-turturro-steals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315473\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Trailer: John Turturro Steals"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 has been quite the year to be a New Yorker, and Sony Pictures Classics is likely hoping that the Knicks-fueled good vibes continue through the October release of \u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York<\/a>.\u201d Noah Segan\u2019s feature directorial debut is an unapologetic love letter to the city, starring John Turturro<\/a> as an aging thief whose old-school tactics become less effective in an age of two-factor authentication. The subtle crime drama is filled with locations and characters that evoke the city\u2019s rich history, documenting the passage of time while exploring what made its past eras so great. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday, you see a New York movie, it\u2019s New York with a couple of B-camera shots of the city,\u201d executive producer\u00a0Rian Johnson said during an interview with IndieWire<\/a> at Sundance, where the film<\/a> premiered this January. \u201cYou watch this movie, it\u2019s steeped in New York. It is just drenched in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Willem<\/a> \"South<\/a> <\/p>\n

In addition to Turturro, \u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d stars Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, Victoria Moroles, Steve Buscemi, and Jamie Lee Curtis.<\/p>\n

An official synopsis for the film reads: Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie. When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics<\/a> following its Sundance debut, where critics praised its gritty authenticity and ability to tell a crime story without relying on violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cPetty theft in Harry\u2019s world follows strict rules: analogue only,\u201d Beandrea July wrote in her IndieWire review<\/a>. \u201cNo credit cards. No fraud. Just cash and pawnable items destined for resale. When Harry brings his take to Ben, a pawnshop dealer played with steady warmth by Steve Buscemi, he explains that his Wall Street mark carried \u2018all platinum cards\u2019 but no cash. The problem is immediately clear: Harry\u2019s expertise hasn\u2019t vanished, but its value has shrunk in a consumer economy dominated by Apple Pay and swipe-lock security.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d opens in New York and Los Angeles theaters on Friday, October 23 before expanding nationwide on October 30. Watch the trailer below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 has been quite the year to be a New Yorker, and Sony Pictures Classics is likely hoping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[749,41552,9,11,10,50938,67371],"class_list":["post-315473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-film","tag-john-turturro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-the-only-living-pickpocket-in-new-york","tag-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}