WIDOWS Galas

Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen returns with a crime thriller where women take charge. Veronica’s (Viola Davis) decadent lifestyle is abruptly interrupted when her husband is killed, along with his criminal gang, in a heist gone wrong. She soon discovers the debt with which she, and other widows from his gang, are suddenly burdened. Under Veronica’s leadership, the women band together and form a plan to take their future into their own hands. WIDOWS goes beyond the trappings of the crime genre to explore political power-plays and urban corruption. Striking performances from a top-flight cast, along with McQueen and GONE GIRL scribe Gillian Flynn’s sharp, twisty script, make this gritty crime caper a new classic. – Sarah Harris