Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast

One Last Score: Ca$h (2010) with Supporting Actresses host Dane McDonald

Jeremy and Paco are joined by Dane McDonald, host of Supporting Actresses (FKA Chasing Amy Adams), to discuss Stephen Milburn Anderson’s Ca$h (2010), a movie that’s definitely real. Check out Dane’s wonderful podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-amy-adams/id1819782629], including Jeremy’s episode on Trouble With The Curve [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trouble-with-the-curve-with-jeremy-marder/id1819782629?i=1000748006379] (2012).  This is the sixth episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. The next episode in our miniseries will be about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1106860/Dhoom 3 (2013) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833673/].  Art by⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lilybacon.com/] Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@newest_latest] Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to chicagopodfilmcast@gmail.com. We're recommending stuff at the end of the podcast now! Paco’s recommendation: Union Dues [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-sayles/union-dues/9781560257301/?lens=bold-type-books] | John Sayles Jeremy’s recommendation: Three Noirs by Jacques Tourneur on the Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com/three-noirs-by-jacques-tourneur] Sources and further reading: * Film, TV flourishing [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/film-tv-flourishing/docview/89121739/se-2] | Chicago Tribune  * Exclusive Interview With Ca$h Director Stephen Milburn Anderson | Paul Young, Screen Rant [https://screenrant.com/exclusive-interview-cash-director-stephen-milburn-anderson/] * Chicago ‘CA$H’es in on indie film scene [https://columbiachronicle.com/arts-culture/50b7a92c-9ebb-504c-8e32-c549d9435961/] | Luke Wilusz, Columbia Chronicle * Is a Cinematic New Wave Cresting? [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/movies/film-is-a-cinematic-new-wave-cresting.html?searchResultPosition=6] | Janet Maslin, New York Times * $20 million in loans to felons [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/20-million-loans-felons/docview/417995903/se-2] | Jackson, D., Chase, J., & Gibson, R., Chicago Tribune  * Giannoulias bank seized [https://www.politico.com/story/2010/04/giannoulias-bank-seized-036288] | Harry Siegel, Politico

Interview with Michael Glover Smith, director of Hekla (2026)

Jeremy and Paco interview local director Michael Glover Smith about his new film, Hekla. You can catch Hekla, featuring a Q&A with Michael and star/co-writer Elizabeth Stam, at FACETS on June 4 at 7:00PM. Get your tickets here: https://facets.org/programs/hekla/ The NYC premiere will be on June 8 at Spectacle Theater [https://www.spectacletheater.com/hekla/]. The West Coast premiere is on June 23 at the TCL Chinese Theatre [https://danceswithfilms.com/2026-hekla/]in Los Angeles during the Dances With Films festival. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lilybacon.com/] Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@newest_latest] Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to chicagopodfilmcast@gmail.com.

Go Fish (1994) with Sapphopalooza programmer Elizabeth Arnott

Jeremy and Paco are joined by Elizabeth Arnott, programmer of Sapphopalooza [https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/sapphopalooza], to discuss the seminal Go Fish (1994), directed by Rose Troche. You can catch the 4k restoration [https://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/go-fish] of Go Fish at the Music Box on May 30, featuring a post-film Q&A with writer/actor Guinevere Turner. And buy tickets to all the other Sapphopalooza [https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/sapphopalooza] films! Art by⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lilybacon.com/] Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@newest_latest] Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to chicagopodfilmcast@gmail.com. We're recommending stuff at the end of the podcast now! Paco’s recommendation: Madame de Mauves [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7813] and Daisy Miller [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/208/208-h/208-h.htm] | Henry James Jeremy’s recommendation: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle [https://letterboxd.com/film/harold-kumar-go-to-white-castle/] (2004) dir. Danny Leiner Sources and further reading: * Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour across a Decade of American Independent Cinema [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/757684] | John Pierson * The Art of Angling: The Making of Rose Troche’s Classic Microbudget Lesbian Love Story, Go Fish [https://filmmakermagazine.com/123931-making-of-go-fish-rose-troche-1994/] | Holly Willis, Filmmaker Magazine * Go Fish at 30 [https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/go-fish-1994-film-retrospective/] | Kyle Logan, Chicago Reader * More Sex, Less Tragedy: Rose Troche on ‘Go Fish’ at 30 [https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/go-fish-director-rose-troche-lesbian-classc-30th-anniversary-1235017369/] | Jim Hemphill, IndieWire * CHICAGO DIRECTOR AMONG FIRST TO FEEL GLOW OF SUNDANCE [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/chicago-director-among-first-feel-glow-sundance/docview/283679975/se-2] | J. Seigel, Chicago Tribune * `GO FISH' CELEBRATES ITS TARGET MARKET [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/go-fish-celebrates-target-market/docview/283756829/se-2] | Achy Obejas, Chicago Tribune * NEW QUEER CINEMA AND LESBIAN FILMS | Anat Pick in New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvxcrw2f] * New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut [https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1915/New-Queer-CinemaThe-Director-s-Cut] | B. Ruby Rich * $750,000 Raised For Rosty Defense [https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0EB421C153167A23.] | Chuck Neubauer M Brown, Chicago Sun-Times  * Congressman Dan Rostenkowski Is Indicted in House Post Office Scandal [https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/congressman-dan-rostenkowski-indicted-house-post-office-scandal] | Paul M Klenowski, EBSCO

One Last Score: Public Enemies (2009) with film critic Isaac Feldberg

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 [https://letterboxd.com/journal/archive/author/isaac-feldberg/] and RogerEbert.com [https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/isaac-feldberg]. 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 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1106860/] (2010).  Art by⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lilybacon.com/] Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@newest_latest] Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to chicagopodfilmcast@gmail.com. We're recommending stuff at the end of the podcast now! Paco’s recommendation: Coin Locker Babies [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/coin-locker-babies-ryu-murakami/2024232] | Ryu Murakami Jeremy’s recommendations: Decorado (2025) dir. Alberto Vázquez [https://letterboxd.com/film/decorado/] Charade (1963) dir. Stanley Donen [https://letterboxd.com/film/charade/] Sources and further reading: * Biograph Theater Preliminary Summary of Information submitted to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks [http://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Biograph_Theater.pdf] * Michael Mann: A Contemporary Retrospective⁠ [https://www.quarto.com/books/9780711294127/michael-mann] | Jean-Baptiste Thoret * Public Enemies [https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780143035374] | Bryan Burrough * Michael Mann chats with Capone about crime, punishment and PUBLIC ENEMIES!!! [https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/41556] | Capone, Ain’t It Cool News * Dillinger Captured by Dogged Filmmaker! [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/movies/28harr.html] | Mark Harris, New York Times * On the set of "Public Enemies" with Michael Mann and Johnny Depp in Oshkosh [https://isthmus.com/arts/movies/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 [https://www.timeout.com/film/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 [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/films-produce-profits-illinois/docview/420799898/se-2] | Bergen, K, Chicago Tribune * Accent on experience for cotillard as dillinger's girl [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/accent-on-experience-cotillard-as-dillingers-girl/docview/420812929/se-2] | Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune * Chicago the epicenter of another film credit [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/chicago-epicenter-another-film-credit/docview/420775439/se-2] | C. Mastony, Chicago Tribune Whose relatives got clouted into U. of I.?: Cases of questionable acceptances show pull of elected officials, Blagojevich contributors [https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/whose-relatives-got-clouted-into-u-i/docview/420757983/se-2] | Clair, S. S., & Cohen, J. S., Chicago Tribune

One Last Score: Ocean's Trilogy (2001-2007) and 8 of Diamonds (2006) with the hosts of Music Box and Davis Theater Trivia

Jeremy and Paco get together a crew consisting of the Trivia Girls [https://www.instagram.com/musicboxtrivia/] (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 [https://www.musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/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 [https://davistheater.com/special_events/davis-theater-trivia/] at the Davis Theater. The next date is May 10. Check out Alex's last episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nymuImE0i35Zx8ppjNOrL?si=ZXSV90S4TnKTCp83shlTyA] 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. Art by⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lilybacon.com/] Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@newest_latest] Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to chicagopodfilmcast@gmail.com.