One Last Score: Widows (2018) with filmmaker Caitlyn Johnson

Jeremy and Paco are joined by filmmaker Caitlyn Johnson to discuss Widows (2018), directed by Steve McQueen. Check out Caitlyn’s newest short film, Candy Girl. This is the eighth episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. The next and final episode in our miniseries will be about⁠⁠⁠ Heist 88.⁠ Art by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected]’s RecommendationsAdolescence of Utena (1999) dir. Kunihiko IkuharaPaco’s Recommendation⁠The Odyssey (1997) dir. Andrei KonchalovskySources and further reading:‘Widows’ and ‘The Chi’ Found the Secrets of Chicago, Hiding in Plain Sight | Ben Travers, IndieWire‘Widows’ director, cast offer a fresh slant on Chicago, its rich and poor parts | Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-TimesThe Blunt-Force Power of Widows, in One Scene | David Sims, The AtlanticChicago Transportation Infrastructure and Politics Got Their Close-up in “Widows” | John Greenfield, StreetsBlog Chicago“Widows,” shot at Parkway Gardens and Daley’s restaurant debuts this weekend | Chicago CrusaderViola Davis, Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen enter Chicago underworld with 'Widows' | Michael PhillipsSteve McQueen on Bringing a “Small Element of Chaos” to a Chicago Heist in ‘Widows’ | Caroline Giardina, Hollywood ReporterWidows Director Steve McQueen on Why He Wanted to Adapt a 35-Year-Old TV Series | Sam Adams, SlateSteve McQueen and Viola Davis on Hollywood, Race and Power | Reggie Ugwu, New York TimesDirector Steve McQueen Goes from Art House to Multiplex with Heist Thriller Widows | Nicole Sperling, Vanity FairMaking of ‘Widows’: How Steve McQueen Went Mainstream for a $40M Heist Movie | Kate Kilkenny, Hollywood ReporterSteve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” | Andrew O’Hehir, SalonAldermanic privilege steeped in power, politics — and prejudice, critics contend | Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-TimesAldermanic Prerogative Fuels Segregation and Violates Black, Latino Chicagoans’ Civil Rights: Federal Officials | Heather Cherone, WTTWFederal investigation into affordable housing, aldermanic prerogative in Chicago fizzles | Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times