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

• • The Art of the Steal | Alan Siegel, The Ringer
  • Move by Chicago Mayor Is Preceded by Evictions | New York Times
• • Cabrini Green | Ben Austen, Chicago Magazine

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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