The movies had led me to believe that the City of Angels would be wall-to-wall crime sagas, tautly constructed tales of obsessive pursuits and last-ditch capers as far as the eye can see.
Things are considerably quieter than that, but we can still enjoy a rich tradition of on-screen schemes set in and around Hollywood.
In the weekly column Extra Credit, Charles Bramesco recommends supplemental viewing for moviegoers whose interests have been piqued by a given week’s big new release.
I recently visited Los Angeles for the first time in my life, and I was surprised to find that there weren’t finely attired criminals and haggard beat cops engaged in tense shootouts around every corner.
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