In a new
Netflix docuseries, three unlikely heists are put under the spotlight along with the eccentric people behind them
The best true crime media splits the difference between reportage and entertainment, presenting the details of a case in such a way that the mounting suspense produces the same rush as an afternoon at the movies. In their new Netflix miniseries Heist, the directors Derek Doneen and Martin Desmond Roe set out to go one step further, and rendered a few law-breaking anecdotes so outlandish that they sound like multiplex thrillers in that exact style.
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