Five years after directing the Oscar-winning historical drama 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen has returned… with a heist movie. But before you start wondering if he’s sold out, rest assured: Widows is the most artsy, thoughtful, and impressively cast heist movie in a long, long while. For better and for worse. In a nutshell, Widows tells the story of three women who were recently widowed when their husbands were killed in the middle of a heist.