Jeremy and Paco are joined by film critic Isaac Feldberg to discuss Michael Mann’s Public Enemies (2009). Check out Isaac’s writing at Letterboxd Journal and RogerEbert.com.

This is the fifth episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. The next episode in our miniseries will be about Ca$h (2010). 

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Paco’s recommendation:

Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami

Jeremy’s recommendations:

Decorado (2025) dir. Alberto Vázquez

Charade (1963) dir. Stanley Donen

Sources and further reading:

• Biograph Theater Preliminary Summary of Information submitted to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks
• Michael Mann: A Contemporary Retrospective⁠ | Jean-Baptiste Thoret
• Public Enemies | Bryan Burrough
• Michael Mann chats with Capone about crime, punishment and PUBLIC ENEMIES!!! | Capone, Ain’t It Cool News
• Dillinger Captured by Dogged Filmmaker! | Mark Harris, New York Times
• On the set of "Public Enemies" with Michael Mann and Johnny Depp in Oshkosh | Rod Mellotte, The Isthmus
• Public Enemies director Michael Mann shares his favorite Chicago memories | Time Out
• Films produce profits for illinois: Filming of movies, TV series yields $141 million in '08 | Bergen, K, Chicago Tribune
• Accent on experience for cotillard as dillinger's girl | Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
• Chicago the epicenter of another film credit | C. Mastony, Chicago Tribune
  Whose relatives got clouted into U. of I.?: Cases of questionable acceptances show pull of elected officials, Blagojevich contributors | Clair, S. S., & Cohen, J. S., Chicago Tribune

Jeremy and Paco get together a crew consisting of the Trivia Girls (Alex, Carmel, and Kimberly) and Ocean's expert Richa Parikh, to discuss Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). Then we head off on our own to talk about Scott Prestin's 8 of Diamonds (2006).

Music Box Movie Trivia⁠ is one Sunday a month from 4pm to 6pm in the Music Box Lounge. Reservations are strongly encouraged, but not required. The next trivia date is Sunday, May 17. The Trivia Girls also host trivia at the Davis Theater. The next date is May 10. Check out Alex's last episode with us, where we talked about Primal Fear (1996).

This is the fourth episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. On our next episode, we'll be returning to Chicago director Michael Mann to discuss 2009's Public Enemies.

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Jeremy and Paco interview Jared Isaac, director and writer of An Autumn Summer. An Autumn Summer is having its Chicago premiere on April 23rd at the Music Box, featuring a post-film Q&A with Jared moderated by Joe Swanberg. Buy your tickets here. It was also have a limited theatrical release starting May 1.

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Jeremy and Paco are joined by film writer Daniel Gorman to discuss Normal Life (1996), directed by John McNaughton. Check out Daniel’s writing at In Review Online.

This is the third episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. Our next episode will be about a series of films with at least a scene or two in Chicago – the Ocean’s Trilogy (2001-2007) – and the nearly unknown Eric Roberts vehicle, 8 of Diamonds (2006).  

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Paco’s recommendation:

• J’accuse (1919), dir. Abel Gance

Jeremy’s recommendations:

• ⁠⁠⁠The End of Baseball | Peter Schilling Jr. 

Sources and further reading:

• John McNaughton Interview | The Flashback Files
• From `normal' to notorious once they were an ordinary suburban couple; now she is dead, and he stands charged of eight bank robberies | Nina Burleigh, Chicago Tribune
• They Robbed Banks | Chicago Tribune
• Hoffman Estates, 60195 | Chicago Tribune 
• The ‘Normal Life’ of Maverick Filmmaker John McNaughton | Jim Hemphill, IndieWire
• Cap’n Crunch and the Serial Killer: John McNaughton on His Career | Erik Luers, Filmmaker Magazine
• DALEY LEFT IN THE DUST IN CITY SCOFFLAW DERBY MAYOR LOSING GAME OF CATCH-UP ON OWN FIELD | Jacquelyn Heard, Chicago Tribune
• City owed millions from its own employees, who aren’t being forced to pay up | Tim Novak, Sophie Sherry, Alden Loury, Chicago Sun-Times

Jeremy and Paco are joined by culture writer and Hand Me The Mike host Daniella Mazzio to discuss Michael Mann’s Thief (1981). Check out Daniella’s website for her latest writing, and please listen to her excellent Michael Shannon podcast, Hand Me the Mike. 

This is the second episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. Our next episode will be a film from another Chicago director – John McNaughton’s Normal Life (1996).

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Paco’s recommendation:

• ⁠Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine | Dominic A. Pacyga

Jeremy’s recommendations:

• ⁠The animated films of Wolfgang Reitherman, especially One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Sources and further reading:

• Wool Over Our Eyes: The Enduring Relevance of Michael Mann’s The Insider | Daniella Mazzio, In Review Online

• Who Will Remember You?: “The Secret Agent” and the Humanities as Resistance | Daniella Mazzio, RogerEbert.com

• My Money Is Still In Your Pocket: The Death of the American Dream in Michael Mann’s Thief | Sarah Welch-Larson, Bright Wall/Dark Room

• Michael Mann: A Contemporary Retrospective | Jean-Baptiste Thoret

• The Home Invaders Confessions Of A Cat Burglar | Frank Hohimer

• Michael Mann Looks Back on His Career, Talks Innovation, Dialogue, and Diversity | Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

• Michael Mann’s Thief: James Caan and James Belushi Return to Chicago 40 Years Later | Adam Carston, Andrew Buss, and Michael Roffman, Consequence of Sound

Jeremy and Paco talk about The Bride!, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

First Impressions is an episode format where we talk about recently released Chicago movies. Let us know if there are any that are coming up!

You can catch The Bride! in theaters now, but we recommend you watch James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (1935) instead.

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Jeremy and Paco are joined by film writer Peter Raleigh to discuss the conman classic The Sting (1973), directed by George Roy Hill. Check out Peter's great newsletter Long Library.

This is the first episode in our first miniseries, One Last Score, where we'll go through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. For those clamoring for more heists, you can get ahead on your homework by watching Michael Mann's Thief (1981) before the next episode in our series.

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Featuring several tracks by Scott Joplin, including Solace, the Ragtime Dance, Pineapple Rag, and The Entertainer.

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Paco’s recommendation:

• No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker

Jeremy’s recommendations:

• Les créatures (1966) dir. Agnès Varda

• Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan

Sources and further reading:

• The Sting review | Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com

• Paul Newman’s greatest trick: how The Sting took Hollywood for a ride | Martin Chilton, The Telegraph 

• Why Robert Redford Was “Chronically Late” to ‘The Sting’ Set | Seth Abramovitch, Hollywood Reporter

• The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man | David Maurer

• The Films of George Roy Hill | Andrew Horton

• Probers: Cain sought to lure gamblers away | T. Powers, Chicago Tribune

• Perspective: Cain was on move with big schemes | B. Wiedrich, Chicago Tribune

• The Nation: The Momo and Cain Connection | TIME Magazine

• Richard Cain | Spartacus Educational

Jeremy and Paco welcome back writer Cortlyn Kelly to discuss the 1997 romance drama Love Jones, directed by Theodore Witcher. Cortlyn previously joined us to discuss the City & State shorts during the Chicago International Film Festival. Check out Cortlyn's Substack ⁠The Art Idiot⁠, as well as her podcast ⁠Kaveh and CK's Screening Room⁠.

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Paco's recommendation:

• Camp de Thiaroye (1988) dir. Ousmane Sembène

Jeremy's recommendations:

• The Secret Agent (2025) dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Mouchette (1967) dir. Robert Bresson

Sources and further reading:

• love jones: Sweet Home Chicago| Danielle Amir Jackson, Criterion Current
• Creative Expression: Theodore Witcher on the Legacy of Love Jones | Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com 
• With ‘Love Jones,’ black love took center stage: An oral history | Tre’vell Anderson, LA Times
• From the Archives: ‘Love Jones’ director Theodore Witcher hopes his departure film of the black experience opens Hollywood’s eyes | Cheo Hodari Coker, LA TImes
• From Love to Melancholy: The Evolution of the Black Bohemian Identity in Black Indie Love Films From Gen-X to Gen-Y | Reniqua Allen, Journal of Black Studies
• From Gangsta Scripts to Poetry's Romance | Jamie Diamond, New York Times
• Steppin' out of Whiteness | Black Hawk Hancock, Ethnography
• Group rejects cop spying | Strausberg, C, Chicago Defender
• Dissolution of "Red Squad" Consent Decree does not negate need to protect First Amendment Rights in Chicago | ACLU Illinois
• How Chicago Red Squad Sabotaged 60's Dissidents; Details of Activities Emerge Abolition of Red Squad 'Very Little Basis in Fact' Injunction Against Police | Nathaniel Sheppard Jr., New York Times

Jeremy and Paco are joined by film critic Kyle Logan to discuss 2008's Wanted, directed by the great Timur Bekmambetov. You can read Kyle Logan's work at Screen Anarchy and the Chicago Reader.

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Sources and further reading:

• After a busy 2007, next year looks thin for moviemaking | T. Armour, Chicago Tribune

• Chicago to become a hollywood hotbed this summer | T. Armour, Chicago Tribune

• Chris Pratt Has a 'Very Different Confidence' Since Making Wanted 17 Years Ago, Says Director (Exclusive) | Jack Smart and Kimberlee Speakman, People

• Timur Bekmambetov on ‘Wanted’ | Jeff Sneider, Variety

• Exclusive Profile: DIRECTOR TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV COMES INTO THE LIGHT WITH NIGHT WATCH - PART 2 | Carl Cortez, iFMagazine

• Why Angelina Jolie, Common 'Wanted' To Work With Red-Hot Russian Director | Larry Carroll, MTV.com

• MARK MILLAR ON THE ‘WANTED’ MOVIE | Justin Aclin, Wizard Magazine

• Wanted: James McAvoy Interview | Patrick Kolan, IGN

• Secrets of Wanted‘s Insane Onscreen Action | Hugh Hart, Wired

• Daley vows to fight for chicago's gun ban: High court throws out D.C. law. | Oliphant, J., & Coen, J., Chicago Tribune 

• On Otis McDonald and his lawsuit challenging Chicago's 1982 handgun ban | Jennifer Tanaka, Chicago Magazine

Jeremy and Paco flip on their TVs to talk about the first season of medical drama ER. Featuring some thoughts from ER superfans Meara Brady and Caitlyn Johnson about what makes the show so special. We also have a cameo from Dr. David Marder, who did part of his residency at a Chicago emergency room.

Meara Brady (30:00 - 41:00)

Caitlyn Johnson (1:01:00 - 1:07:00)

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Sources and further reading:

• Behind the Scenes at ER | Janine Pourroy
• The ER Companion: An Unauthorized Guide | Stephen J. Spignesi
• Murder in Miniature | Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine
• HE'S MADE FRIENDS BY THE DOZENS MONEY IS CHICKEN FEED, BUT EGGS STILL HOME-DELIVERED | Darlene Gavron Stevens, Chicago Tribune
• 'The real world' now a real hit | Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune