Crime 101 opens in theaters on Feb. 13. A few minutes in to Crime 101, with the streets of Los Angeles whipping by, a tense, thudding soundtrack gnawing at you while carefully laid plans are set up ...

If there's anything I miss in pop culture, it's the presence of ordinary movies. I don't mean blockbusters like Avatar or cultural events like Barbenheimer or Oscar contenders like One Battle After ...

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is much more than your average heist thriller. Chris Hemsworth plays Davis, a jewel thief who specializes in meticulously targeted robberies. He commits those heists along ...

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In an academic context, the phrase ‘101’ denotes the basics – an introductory college course covering only the fundamentals. Crime 101, the second feature from Bart Layton (previously behind 2018 ...

Blatant Michael Mann imitations aside, Bart Layton's Los Angeles-set ensemble crime thriller is far from terrible — using the cinematic city setting and robust turns from Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo ...

Bart Layton's adaptation of a Don Winslow novel is an expansive look at one corner of the L.A. underworld. Yet I was held by how the film lets its actors make their mark. In the elaborate opening ...

At a critical juncture in director/screenwriter Bart Layton’s extraordinary noir-saturated heist thriller, two main characters are seated in a car discussing a pair of iconic Steve McQueen – 1968’s ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It takes a moment for writer-director Bart Layton – a documentarian working here for the first time in pure fiction by adapting a Don ...

Despite a solid cast and pedigree of its own, a Los Angeles crime saga borrows all its best moves from Michael Mann. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...