The Blu Spot

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