“Primetime” is now playing in theaters.

The 2000s sting show is finding millions of new viewers online, and its brand of public humiliation looks awfully modern.

A different take on the true crime conversation is happening with Lance Oppenheim's new film "Primetime." The movie follows Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) during his reign as host of "To Catch a ...

Chris Hansen made his name as the force and face behind “To Catch a Predator,” the controversial television show that specialized in having a video crew following law enforcement as they sprung on ...

To Catch a Predator became one of the most controversial television programs of the 2000s, turning journalist Chris Hansen into a household name with its televised sting operations. The Dateline NBC ...

Chris Hansen has spent months trashing Primetime, the A24 thriller that dramatizes his rise as the face of Dateline‘s To Catch a Predator. Now that he’s actually sat through it, he says the movie did ...

After weeks of sparring with A24 from the sidelines, Hansen graded Pattinson's performance a "D" and called the film a "fever dream." ...

'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen is played by Robert Pattinson in the new movie 'Primetime.' ...

The actor plays TV host Chris Hansen in director Lance Oppenheim’s nightmarish, none-too-deep vision of the production of a seedy reality show.

Primetime dramatizes the story behind the series To Catch a Predator. It's full of big swings from the director and the actors — but doesn't engage with the most complicated questions the series ...

“It was almost like watching a man become a meme,” Lance Oppenheim says of Chris Hansen’s videos on Cameo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Robert Pattinson's film "Primetime," inspired by Chris Hansen's true crime "To Catch a ...