The Blu Spot

The Film: Last we saw of writer/director Kristoffer Borgli, he delivered the rather intriguing "Dream Scenario," a film with a fascinating premise in which everyone is inexplicably dreaming about the same ordinary person. Unfortunately, it ended up being another classic example of a filmmaker having a really neat idea, but not really knowing where to take it or how to use it effectively, ultimately leading to a film that basically meanders for its brief 90-minute runtime. Now

The Film: Hot on the heels of "Crime 101," here we have another crime caper of a completely different sort with "The Mastermind." Coming to us from writer/director Kelly Reichardt, whose name you may remember from such films as "First Cow," "Night Moves," and "Wendy and Lucy," it attempts to approach the sub-genre from a slightly different angle in order to give us a single-focus, character-driven outing, while toning the excitement factor down considerably. Having been aroun