The story of a Seattle-area bandit is rife with big questions, but the movie doesn’t explore them. Not every podcast needs to be a film. By Alissa Wilkinson There is a platitude, beloved of the ...

I just finished the Netflix original film How to Rob a Bank, and I can still feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins. It may be slightly unorthodox to refer to a documentary as ‘high-octane’.

When Mark Brown wrote to a prolific Twin Cities bank robber locked up in a federal prison in Minnesota, he wasn’t surprised to hear back. The documentary filmmaker thought: “If I were in prison and ...