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JANUARY 2025
Wednesday 1/1
12:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Thursday 1/2
12:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
Rio Bravo – Howard Hawks – 1959 – 141 min
35mm from Park Circus
3:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Friday 1/3
2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003 — 99 min
35mm from Wiseau-Films
Saturday 1/4
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
Rio Bravo – Howard Hawks – 1959 – 141 min
35mm from Park Circus
5:30 PM, 8:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness
Sunday 1/5
11:30 AM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
A Girl in Every Port – Howard Hawks – 1928 – 78 min
35mm from the George Eastman Museum
Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin
2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Monday 1/6
4:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Tuesday 1/7
4:00 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Wednesday 1/8
4:00 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers – 2024 – 132 min
New 35mm print from Focus Features
Thursday 1/9
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The “Martial” Arts
Enter the Dragon – Robert Clouse – 1973 – 102 min
35mm
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Special Screenings
The Gift – Sam Raimi – 2000 – 112 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society
Friday 1/10
10:45 AM, 3:15 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Saturday 1/11
10:45 AM, 3:15 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
6:00 PM
Doc Films: New Releases
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon
Sunday 1/12
10:45 AM, 3:15 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
3:00 PM
Doc Films: New Releases
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Corpus Callosum – Michael Snow – 2002 – 90 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 1/13
3:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PMDoc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
The Big Trail – Raoul Walsh – 1930 – 125 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive
Due to the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, Doc is unable to present the Academy Film Archive’s print of The Big Trail. This will be rescheduled for a later date.
Tuesday 1/14
3:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Now screening in DCP
Wednesday 1/15
3:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Now screening in DCP
Thursday 1/16
3:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Now screening in DCP
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The “Martial” Arts
Once Upon a Time in China – Tsui Hark – 1991 – 134 min
35mm
9:45 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
Crash – David Cronenberg – 1996 – 100 min
35mm
Friday 1/17
3:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Saturday 1/18
11:00 AM, 3:30 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
6:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: Her Expansive Self
On the Threshold of Liberty – Heidi Tikka – 1992 – 11 min
Bust-Up – Cathy Cook – 1988 – 7 min
Another Great Day – Jo Bonney & Ruth Peyser – 1980 – 7 min
Ruins Within – Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa – 1992 – 10 min
Meshes of the Afternoon (sound version) – Maya Deren – 1959 – 14 min
16mm from Chicago Filmmakers
Part of the “Picture Restart” series
8:00 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
Crash – David Cronenberg – 1996 – 100 min
35mm
Sunday 1/19
11:00 AM, 3:30 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
6:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
La Region Centrale – Michael Snow – 1971 – 180 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 1/20
11:00 AM, 3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Tuesday 1/21
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Wednesday 1/22
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Grapes of Wrath – John Ford – 1940 – 128 min
35mm from Criterion Pictures, USA
Preceded by: Henry Fonda trailer reel – 10 min – 35mm
Thursday 1/23
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
In the Cut – Jane Campion – 2003 – 119 min
35mm
Friday 1/24
2:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
Seed – John M. Stahl – 1931 – 96 min
35mm from UCLA Film and Television Archive
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Inner Voyages
Andrei Rublev – Andrei Tarkovsky – 1973 – 183 min
35mm
Saturday 1/25
11:00 AM, 3:30 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
In the Cut – Jane Campion – 2003 – 119 min
35mm
Sunday 1/26
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
Red Line 7000 – Howard Hawks – 1965 – 110 min
16mm from the Chicago Film Society
2:15 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
3:00 PM
Doc Films: Inner Voyages
Andrei Rublev – Andrei Tarkovsky – 1973 – 183 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
So Is This – Michael Snow – 1982 – 45 min
Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film – Michael Snow – 1970 – 20 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 1/27
3:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Off Center
Christmas on Earth – Barbara Rubin – 1963 – 60 min
Dual 16mm projection
16mm prints from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Tuesday 1/28
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
Wednesday 1/29
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The Illusory Odysseys of Raúl Ruiz
City of Pirates – Raul Ruiz – 1983 – 111 min
35mm from Institut national de l’audiovisuel
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at Northeastern Illinois University
My Winnipeg – Guy Maddin – 2007 – 80 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society
Preceded by: Guy Maddin trailer reel – 8 min – 35mm
Thursday 1/30
2:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Amateur – Hal Hartley – 1994 – 105 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
Boarding Gate – Olivier Assayas – 2007 – 106 min
35mm
Friday 1/31
2:00 PM, 6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
Boarding Gate – Olivier Assayas – 2007 – 106 min
35mm
February 2025
Saturday 2/1
1:45 PM, 6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Special Screenings
Pastoral: To Die in the Country – Shuji Terayama – 1974 – 101 min
35mm from the Japan Foundation
Sunday 2/2
1:45 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – 2024 – 215 min (intermission included)
new 70mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Back and Forth <—> – Michael Snow – 1969 – 53 min
One Second in Montreal – Michael Snow – 1969 – 26 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 2/3
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
Desperate Journey – Raoul Walsh – 1942 – 107 min
35mm from the Library of Congress
Tuesday 2/4
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Shadows of War Lecture Series
Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman – 2008 – 90 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Classics
Wednesday 2/5
4:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Bonnie and Clyde – Arthur Penn – 1967 – 111 min
35mm from Park Circus
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
House of 1000 Corpses – Rob Zombie – 2003 – 88 min
35mm from Lionsgate
Actor Bill Moseley in person
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Love Torn in a Dream – The Illusory Odysseys of Raúl Ruiz
Love Torn in a Dream – Raul Ruiz – 2000 – 123 min
35mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Choose Me – Alan Rudolph – 1984 – 114 min
35mm from Park Circus
Preceded by: Alan Rudolph trailer reel – 10 min – 35mm
Friday 2/7
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Festival of Films From Iran
Close Up – Abbas Kiarostami – 1990 – 98 min
35mm from Janus Films
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Music Box of Horrors
House – Nobuhiko Obayashi – 1977 – 88 min
35mm from Janus Films
Saturday 2/8
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
Bringing Up Baby – Howard Hawks – 1938 – 102 min
35mm from Criterion Pictures, USA
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Love Torn in a Dream – The Illusory Odysseys of Raúl Ruiz
Love Torn in a Dream – Raul Ruiz – 2000 – 123 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness
Sunday 2/9
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
Bringing Up Baby – Howard Hawks – 1938 – 102 min
35mm from Criterion Pictures, USA
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
Desperate Journey – Raoul Walsh – 1942 – 107 min
35mm from Library of Congress
5:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Festival of Films From Iran
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – 2007 – 96 min
35mm
Monday 2/10
4:30 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Pinocchio – Norman Ferguson, T. Hee – 1940 – 88 min
35mm from Disney
Music Box Members only, free screening
5:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Festival of Films From Iran
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi – 2011 – 123 min
35mm
Tuesday 2/11
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Shadows of War Lecture Series
No Man’s Land – Danis Tanovic – 2001 – 98 min
35mm
Thursday 2/13
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
The Adjuster – Atom Egoyan – 1991 – 102 min
35mm from Academy Film Archive
Friday 2/14
6:15 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa – 1950 – 88 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Inner Voyages
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson – 2012 – 94 min
35mm from Universal
8:15 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry – 2004 – 108 min
35mm from Universal Pictures
Saturday 2/15
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
The Thing from Another World – Christian Nyby – 1951 – 87 min
35mm from Park Circus
Featuring an introduction and post-screening discussion with author Alec Nevala-Lee
6:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: Picture Restart – Surface Tensions
Frame – Lewis Alquist – 1991
Orange – Karen Johnson – 1970
Hand-Held Day – Gary Beydler – 1975
Interior Scemes – Sheri Wills – 1992
Fetishism of Commodities – Ines Sommer – 1990
Life with Video – Willie Boy Walker – 1971
all 16mm from Chicago Filmmakers
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
The Big Trail – Raoul Walsh – 1930 – 125 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive
8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Memento – Christopher Nolan – 2000 – 118 min
35mm
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Inner Voyages
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson 2012 94
35mm from Universal Pictures
Sunday 2/16
Noon
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman – 1957 – 92 min
35mm from Janus Films
5:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Breakfast/Table-top Dolly – Michael Snow – 1976 – 15 min
Wavelength – Michael Snow – 1967 – 45 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Sshtoorrty – Michael Snow – 2005 – 30 min
New York Eye and Ear Control – Michael Snow – 1964 – 34 min
7:15 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Unknown – Tod Browning – 1927 – 66 min
35mm from the George Eastman Museum
Preceded by: “Comes to a Point Like an Ice-Cream Cone” (Heather McAdams & Chris Ligon, 1997) – 18 min – 16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Live accompaniment by Whine Cave
Monday 2/17
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
The Man I Love – Raoul Walsh – 1946 – 96 min
16mm
8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry – 2004 – 108 min
35mm from Universal Pictures
Tuesday 2/18
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Shadows of War Lecture Series
American Sniper – Clint Eastwood – 2014 – 133 min
35mm
9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Wednesday 2/19
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Memento – Christopher Nolan – 2000 – 118 min
35mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at Northeastern Illinois University
The Love Parade – Ernst Lubitsch – 1929 – 109 min
35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Preceded by: “Little Miss Everybody” (Murray Roth, 1929) – 8 min – 35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Thursday 2/20
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The “Martial” Arts
Shanghai Noon – Tom Dey – 2000 – 110 min
35mm
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman – 1957 – 92 min
35mm from Janus Films
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue – Erotic Thrillers
Exotica – Atom Egoyan – 1994 – 104 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive
Friday 2/21
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:40 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Block Cinema
VERGE for my sisters – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 5 min
Falling Lessons – Amy Halpern – 1993 – 64 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Followed by discussion with author Lena Paul
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Scary Movie – Keenen Ivory Wayans – 2000 – 88 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
Saturday 2/22
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
To Have and Have Not – Howard Hawks – 1944 – 100 min
35mm from Park Circus
6:00 PM
Inga Books: The Films of Amy Halpern
Elixir – 2012 – 7 min
Invocation – 1982 – 2 min
Peach Landscape – 1973 – 4.5 min
Fire Belly – 2021 – 3 min
Chabrot – 2022 – 3.5 min
3-Minute Hells – 2012 – 14 min
Ma Sewing – 2021 – 1.5 min
Jane Looking – 2020 – 2 min
Palm Down – 2012 – 6 min
all 16mm from Canyon Cinema
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Scary Movie – Keenen Ivory Wayans – 2000 – 88 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
Sunday 2/23
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: The Silver Fox – Howard Hawks Matinees
To Have and Have Not – Howard Hawks – 1944 – 100 min
35mm from Park Circus
1:30 PM
Elastic Arts: Tone Glow Presents: Simple Fascinations
Newt Leaders – Amy Halpern – 2020 – 4.5 min
Newt Pauses – Amy Halpern – 2016 – 7.5 min
4 Fingers, 5 Toes – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 11 min
My Dear Evaporant – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 5.5 min
Gingko Yellow – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 5 min
Pouring Grain – Amy Halpern – 2008 – 5.5 min
Slow Fireworks – Amy Halpern – 2019 – 2 min
all 16mm from Canyon Cinema
2:15 PM, 4:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
3:00 PM
Elastic Arts: Tone Glow Presents: Simple Fascinations
Filament (The Hands) – Amy Halpern – 1975 – 7 min
Unowned Luxuries #3 – Amy Halpern – 2020 – 2 min
Pythoness – Amy Halpern – 1979 – 2 min
27 – Amy Halpern – 2019 – 3 min
Study for Cigarette Burn – Amy Halpern – 1976 – 2 min
Cigarette Burn – Amy Halpern – 1978 – 7.5 min
My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) – Amy Halpern – 2020 – 5 min
Emit a Beam, See a Light – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 3.5 min
Access to the View – Amy Halpern – 2000 – 2 min
Hula – Amy Halpern – 2022 – 6 min
Cheshire Smile – Amy Halpern – 2012 – 5 min
Injury on a Theme – Amy Halpern – 2012 – 7 min
all 16mm from Canyon Cinema
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around: Michael Snow
To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror – Michael Snow – 1991 – 53 min
See You Later/Au Revoir – Michael Snow – 1990 – 18 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 2/24
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Tuesday 2/25
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Wednesday 2/26
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Persistence of Memory
Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa – 1950 – 88 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Light of Day – Paul Schrader – 1987 – 107 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
Preceded by: Tom Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open” (Julien Temple, 1991) – 7 min – 35mm
9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Thursday 2/27
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Lust & Intrigue: Erotic Thrillers
After Dark, My Sweet – James Foley – 1990 – 114 min
35mm
Friday 2/28
1:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 11:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Filmspotting 20th Anniversary
Brick – Rian Johnson – 2005 – 110 min
35mm from Universal
Post-screening discussion with writer/director Rian Johnson
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Inner Voyages
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Peter Weir – 2003 – 138 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
March 2025
Saturday 3/1
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings – John Badham – 1976 – 110 min
35mm from Universal
Author William Brashler in person
2:30 PM, 4:45 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
The Fan – Tony Scott – 1996 – 116 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Author William Brashler in person
Sunday 3/2
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Filmspotting 20th Anniversary
Before Sunrise – Richard Linklater – 1995 – 105 min
35mm from Park Circus
Post-screening discussion with film critic Scott Tobias
5:00 PM, 7:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PMDoc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Presents – Michael Snow – 1981 – 90 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Will be rescheduled for a later date
Monday 3/3
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Raoul Walsh – Adventures in Filmmaking
Sadie Thompson – Raoul Walsh – 1928 – 97 min
35mm
Tuesday 3/4
4:30 PM, 9:50 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Shadows of War Lecture Series
Good Bye, Lenin – Wolfgang Becker – 2004 – 121 min
35mm
Wednesday 3/5
4:15 PM, 7:00 PM, 10:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
International House – A. Edward Sutherland – 1933 – 68 min
35mm from Universal
Preceded by: “Minnie the Moocher” (Fleischer Studios, 1932) – 7 min – 35mm
Thursday 3/6
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Block Cinema
I Am My Own Woman – Rosa von Praunheim – 1992 – 91 min
16mm from the collections of Elizabeth Purchell
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The “Martial” Arts
New York Ninja – John Liu & Kurtis Spieler – 2021 – 92 min
35mm from Vinegar Syndrome
Friday 3/7
1:15 PM, 4:15 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art
…(Preludes) 1-6 – Stan Brakhage – 1995
…(Preludes) 7-12 – Stan Brakhage – 1996
…(Preludes) 13-18 – Stan Brakhage – 1996
…(Preludes) 19-24 – Stan Brakhage – 1996
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Accompanied by a live performance by the Natural Information Society,
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the University of Chicago
All That Rises – Daïchi Saïto – 2007 – 7 min – 16mm
Chiasmus – Daïchi Saïto – 2003 – 8 min – 16mm
Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis – Daïchi Saïto – 2009 – 10 min – 35mm
Engram of Returning – Daïchi Saïto – 2015 – 19 min – 35mm
earthearthearth – Daïchi Saïto – 2021 – 30 min – 35mm
Daïchi Saïto in person
9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Dead Thing – Elric Kane – 2024 – 95 min
35mm from IFC
Director Elric Kane in person
Saturday 3/8
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
Bull Durham – Ron Shelton – 1988 – 108 min
35mm from Park Circus
4:45 PM, 7:15 PM, 11:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
8:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson – 2001 – 179 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Dead Thing – Elric Kane – 2024 – 95 min
35mm from IFC
Director Elric Kane in person
Sunday 3/9
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
Bull Durham – Ron Shelton – 1988 – 108 min
35mm from Park Circus
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
6:30PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
See You Later/Au Revoir – Michael Snow – 1990 – 18 min
Seated Figures – Michael Snow – 1988 – 50 min
The Living Room – Michael Snow – 2001 – 20 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
8:15 PM
Doc Films: Back and Forth, Around and Around – Michael Snow
Presents – Michael Snow – 1981 – 90 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 3/10
4:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Chicago European Union Film Festival
Ashes and Diamonds – Andrzej Wajda – 1958 – 103 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Symbol of the Unconquered – Oscar Micheaux – 1920 – 65 min
35mm from MoMA
Preceded by: “Two Knights of Vaudeville” (Ebony Motion Picture Company, 1915) – 11 min – 35mm from Library of Congress
Tuesday 3/11
4:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Wednesday 3/12
4:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Amateur Movie Day 2025
The Fairy Princess – Margaret Conneely – 1956 – 7.5 min
Ratamala – Jeff Kreines – 1970 – 8.5 min
Mr E – Margaret Conneely – 1960 – 11.5 min
16mm from Chicago Film Archives
Thursday 3/13
4:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Monkey – Osgood Perkins – 2025 – 95 min
35mm from NEON
Saturday 3/15
6:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: The Picture Restart Series
Animated Breakdowns
Solitaire’s Sanctuary – Karen Kiser – 1987 – 4 min
Mirror People – Kathy Rose – 1974 – 6 min
Help I’m Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle! – Carter Burwell – 1977 – 4 min
Broken Down Film – Osamu Tezuka – 1985 – 5 min
Animation – Vince Collins – 1979 – 12 min
Celestial Navigation – Al Jarnow – 1985 – 15 min
16mm from Chicago Filmmakers
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness
Monday 3/17
7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift – Justin Lin – 2006 – 104 min
35mm from Universal
Preceded by: “Routemaster – Theater of the Motor” (Ilppo Pohjola, 1999) – 17 min – 35mm from The Film-Makers’ Coop
Tuesday 3/18
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
Moneyball – Bennett Miller – 2011 – 133 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Thursday 3/20
9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Edgar Wright – 2010 – 112 min
35mm from Universal
Presented by Rated Q and Ramona Slick
Friday 3/21
8:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Paul Schrader
Blue Collar – Paul Schrader – 1978 – 114 min
35mm from Universal
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Starship Troopers – Paul Verhoeven – 1997 – 129 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Saturday 3/22
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
American Dreams: Lost and Found – James Benning – 1984 – 58 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Introduced by director Carson Lund
2:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Science on Screen
The Fountain – Darren Aronofsky – 2006 – 97 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Starship Troopers – Paul Verhoeven – 1997 – 129 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Sunday 3/23
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Play Ball!
Eight Men Out – John Sayles – 1988 – 119 min
35mm from Park Circus
Tuesday 3/25
7:00 PM
Doc Films: State and Revolution: Films Under the Boot
October: 10 Days That Shook the World – Sergei Eisenstein – 1928 – 95 min
16mm from Yale Film Archive
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Return of the Living Dead II – Ken Wiederhorn – 1988 – 89 min
35mm from Park Circus
Presented by The Brewed
Wednesday 3/26
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
Machorka-Muff – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1963 – 18 min
Not Reconciled – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1965 – 55 min
The Bridegroom, The Actress, and The Pimp – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1968 – 23 min
35mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
History is Made at Night – Frank Borzage – 1937 – 97 min
35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Preceded by: The Three Stooges in “Playing the Ponies” (Charles Lamont, 1937) – 15 min – 35mm
Friday 3/28
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Paul Schrader
Cat People – Paul Schrader – 1982 – 118 min
35mm from Universal
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Female Trouble – John Waters – 1974 – 89 min
35mm from Park Circus
Saturday 3/29
11:00 AM
Music Box Theatre
Bright Star – Jane Campion – 2007 – 119 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Post-screening discussion and book signing with film critic and Cinema Her Way author Marya E. Gates moderated by film critic Kat Sachs
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont – 1994 – 142 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003 — 99 min
35mm from Wiseau-Films
Sunday 3/30
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Animation Adventures
The Iron Giant – Brad Bird – 1999 – 90 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Couleurs mécaniques – Rose Lowder – 1979 – 16 min
foryannfromrose – hair removed – Rose Lowder – 2014 – 1 min
Retour d’un repère – Rose Lowder – 1979 – 19 min
Roulement, Rouerie, Aubage – Rose Lowder – 1978 – 14 min
16mm from Light Cone
Monday 3/31
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Paul Schrader
Light Sleeper – Paul Schrader – 1992 – 103 min
35mm
April 2025
Tuesday 4/1
7:00 PM
Doc Films: State and Revolution: Films Under the Boot
Mirror – Andrei Tarkovsky – 1975 – 106 min
35mm
Thursday 4/3
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Something in Your Eye: Early Meet Cutes
Brief Encounter – David Lean – 1945 – 86 min
35mm
Friday 4/4
7:00 PM
Onion City Experimental Film Festival at Public Works
Untime – Cameron Worden, Brook Neilson – 2025 – aprox. 15 min
35mm slide projection
Part of a longer program of expanded cinema performances
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Blazing Saddles – Mel Brooks – 1974 – 93 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Belly – Hype Williams – 1998 – 96 min
35mm from Lionsgate
Saturday 4/5
6:00 PM
Onion City Experimental Film Festival at Chicago Filmmakers
The Guna Reels – Ronald Nameth – 1968 – 100 min
Part of the Picture Restart Series
7:00 PM
Doc Films
The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola – 1974 – 202 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Belly – Hype Williams – 1998 – 96 min
35mm from Lionsgate
Sunday 4/6
3:00 PM
Doc Films: Something in Your Eye: Early Meet Cutes
Brief Encounter – David Lean – 1945 – 86 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Onion City Experimental Film Festival (Closing Night) at Chicago Filmmakers
Selections from the Film Study Collection
Swish (Jean Sousa, 1982) – 3 min
Devotio Moderna (Shellie Fleming, 1993) – 9 min
Blink (Zack Stiglicz, 1998) – 11 min
Sound in Sync (Tatsu Aoki, 1984) – 20 min
Edward Owens 8mm films – approx 30 min
Aprox. 70 min – 16mm from John M. Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Co-presented by Chicago Film Society
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Sakura, Sakura – Ute Aurand – 2019 – 3 min
16mm from Light Cone
Part of a Longer shorts program
Monday 4/7
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Off Center
Drumming and Dubbing with Alee Peoples
Aprox. 70 min
Mix of 16mm and digital
Filmmaker in person
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Out of Sight – Steven Soderbergh – 1998 – 123 min
35mm from Universal
Wednesday 4/9
7:00 PM
Elastic Arts: Tone Glow Presents
Under Some Kind of Hex: Love & Sex in the Films of Stan Brakhage
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular – 1961 – 6 min
Lovesong – 2001 – 11 min
Lovesong 2 – 2001 – 3 min
Lovesong 3 – 2001 – 9 min
Lovesong 4 – 2001 – 1 min
Lovesong 5 – 2001 – 3 min
Sexual Saga – 1996 – 3 min
Untitled (For Marilyn) – 1992 – 11 min
16mm
8:00 PM
Elastic Arts: Tone Glow Presents
Under Some Kind of Hex: Love & Sex in the Films of Stan Brakhage
Sexual Meditation #1: Motel – 1970 – 7 min
Sexual Meditation: Room with View – 1971 – 4 min
Sexual Meditation: Faun’s Room, Yale – 1972 – 3 min
Sexual Meditation: Office Suite – 1972 – 4 min
Sexual Meditation: Hotel – 1972 – 7 min
Sexual Meditation: Open Field – 1972 – 6 min
Loving Stan – 1957 – 5 min
Window Water Baby Moving – 1959 – 12 min
16mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Spring Night, Summer Night – Joseph L. Anderson – 1967 – 82 min
35mm from Academy Film Archive
Thursday 4/10
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Something in Your Eye – Early Meet Cutes
Bells are Ringing – Vincente Minnelli – 1960 – 126 min
35mm
Friday 4/11
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Eraserhead – David Lynch – 1977 – 89 min
35mm from Janus Films
Cinematographer Frederick Elmes in attendance for a Q&A
Saturday 4/12
1:40 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
The Straight Story – David Lynch – 1999 – 112 min
35mm from Disney
6:40 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
The Wizard of Oz – Victor Fleming, King Vidor – 1939 – 102 min
35mm dye transfer print from Park Circus
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
The Hidden – Jack Sholder – 1987 – 97 min
35mm from Park Circus
Sunday 4/13
11:30 AM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Dragon Painter – William Worthington – 1919 – 61 min
35mm from SF Film Preserve
Preceded by: “The Death Mask” (Thomas Ince, 1914) – 21 min – 35mm from Library of Congress
Live musical accompaniment by MIYUMI Project Japanese Experimental Ensemble
2:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Blue Velvet – David Lynch – 1986 – 120 min
35mm from UNCSA Moving Image Archive
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Hall of Mirrors – Warren Sonbert – 1966 – 7 min
The Cup and the Lip – Warren Sonbert – 1986 – 20 min
Friendly Witness – Warren Sonbert – 1989 – 22 min
16mm
Monday 4/14
3:40 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Muholland Drive – David Lynch – 2001 – 147 min
35mm from Janus Films
Tuesday 4/15
6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Eraserhead – David Lynch – 1977 – 89 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:00 PM
Doc Films: State and Revolution
The Life and Death of Rasputin – Elem Klimov – 1981 – 152 min
35mm
9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Dune – David Lynch – 1984 – 137 min
35mm from Universal
Wednesday 4/16
6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Blue Velvet – David Lynch – 1986 – 120 min
35mm from UNCSA Moving Image Archive
8:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
From the Head – George Griffith – 2011 – 95 min
35mm from the filmmaker
Director George Griffith in person
Thursday 4/17
2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Red Rock West – John Dahl – 1993 – 98 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Doc and Roll
Velvet Goldmine – Todd Haynes – 1998 – 118 min
35mm
Friday 4/18
3:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Sunset Boulevard – Billy Wilder – 1950 – 110 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
5:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Muholland Drive – David Lynch – 2001 – 147 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:00 PM
Logan Center for the Arts
Attractions of the Moving Image w/ Tom Gunning
How It Feels to Be Run Over – Cecil Hepworth – 1900 – 1 min – 35mm
Conway Castle – Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway – 1898 – 2 min – 35mm
The Lonedale Operator – D.W. Griffith – 1911 – 17 min – 16mm
Untitled 1977 – Ernie Gehr – 1977 – 5 min – 16mm
The Doctor’s Dream – Ken Jacobs – 1978 – 23 min – 16mm
Fireworks – Kenneth Anger – 1947 – 15 min – 16mm
Mothlight – Stan Brakhage – 1963 – 3 min – 16mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
Blue Velvet – David Lynch – 1986 – 120 min
35mm from UNCSA Moving Image Archive
Saturday 4/19
4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
River’s Edge – Tim Hunter – 1986 – 99 min
35mm from UNCSA Moving Image Archive
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Doc and Roll
Velvet Goldmine – Todd Haynes – 1998 – 118 min
35mm
Sunday 4/20
11:15 AM
Music Box Theatre: David Lynch – Moving Through Time
The Straight Story – David Lynch – 1999 – 112 min
35mm from Disney
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Nipkow TV – Christian Hossner – 1998 – 7 min – 16mm
Stained Glass – Peter Miller – 2014 – 10 min – 35mm
Parcelle – Rose Lowder – 1979 – 3 min – 16mm
Film sans caméra STST – Giovanni Martedi – 1975 – 5 min – 16mm
Apparent Motion – Paul Sharits – 1975 – 28 – 16mm
Monday 4/21
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at Music Box Theatre
Harakiri – Masaki Kobayashi – 1962 – 133 min
35mm from Janus Films
Tuesday 4/22
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Shadows of War Lecture Series
Bowling for Columbine – Michael Moore – 2002 – 120 min
35mm
Wednesday 4/23
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
Every Revolution is a Throw of the Dice – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1977 – 11 min
35mm
Precedes the feature “From the Cloud to the Resistance” (DCP digital)
Thursday 4/24
7:00 PM
Block Cinema
11×14 – James Benning – 1977 – 82 min
35mm from Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art
Filmmaker James Benning in person
Friday 4/25
7:00 PM
Logan Center for the Arts
The Changeover System
Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder
35mm projector performance
Aprox 70 min
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Driving Towards the End – An East Asian Perspective
Hana-Bi – Takeshi Kitano – 1997 – 103 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
9:30 PM
Doc Films
Frances Ha – Noah Baumback – 2012 – 86 min
35mm
Saturday 4/26
4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: MUBI Fest
Ishtar – Elaine May – 1987 – 107
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: MUBI Fest
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson – 2014 – 149 min
70mm from Park Circus
9:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
The Gospel According to St. Matthew – Pier Paolo Pasolini – 1958 – 137 min
35mm
Sunday 4/27
11:45 AM
Music Box Theatre: MUBI Fest
Cooley High – Michael Schultz – 1975 – 107 min
35mm from Park Circus
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Bagatelle – Jerome Hiler – 2018 – 13 min
Ember Days – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2021 – 10 min
Calyx – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2018 – 13 min
Spring – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2013 – 23 min
February – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2014 – 17 min
Temple Sleep – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2020 – 19 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Wednesday 4/30
7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Daisies – Vera Chytiova – 1966 – 75 min
35mm from Janus Films
Preceded by: “Pests for Guests” (Friz Freleng, 1955) – 7 min – 35mm
May 2025
Thursday 5/1
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Early Meet Cutes
Pillow Talk – Michael Gordon – 1959 – 102 min
35mm
Friday 5/2
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
Cabaret – Bob Fosse – 1972 – 124 min
35mm from the University of Chicago Film Studies Center
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Driving Towards the End – An East Asian Perspective
The Terrorizers – Edward Yang – 1986 – 109 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: So Lucky to Be – The Everyday Poetics of Sandra Davis
Au Sud – Sandra Davis – 1991 – 6.5 min
À la campagne, à Khan Tan Su – Sandra Davis – 1992 – 2.5 min
Une fois habiteé – Sandra Davis – 1992 – 2.5 min
Matter of Clarity – Sandra Davis – 1985 – 28 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Presented by Tone Glow
Sandra Davis in Person
8:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: So Lucky to Be – The Everyday Poetics of Sandra Davis
Soma – Sandra Davis – 1978 – 17 min
An Architecture of Desire – Sandra Davis – 1988 – 17 min
Maternal Filigree – Sandra Davis – 1980 – 18 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Presented by Tone Glow
Sandra Davis in Person
Saturday 5/3
12:20 PM
Block Cinema
All I Wanna Do (Strike!) – Sarah Kernochan – 1998 – 97 min
35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Producer Ira Deutchman in person for post-film discussion
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Entering the Image – Jean-Claude Rousseau’s Super 8 Films
Keep in Touch – Jean-Claude Rousseau – 1987 – 25 min
Venise n’existe pas – Jean-Claude Rousseau – 1984 – 11 min
Super 8
9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Chicago Critics Film Festival
Strange Days – Kathryn Bigelow – 1995 – 145 min
35mm from Disney
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Driving Towards the End – An East Asian Perspective
The Terrorizers – Edward Yang – 1986 – 109 min
35mm from Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Sunday 5/4
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Great Dictator – Charlie Chaplin – 1940 – 125 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Horizons – Larry Gottheim – 1973 – 77 min
16mm
Wednesday 5/7
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
Antigone – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1992 – 100 min
35mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at Northeastern Illinois University
Corn’s-a-Poppin’ – Robert Woodburn – 1955 – 58 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: “CFS Fun Pack” – 16 min – 35mm
Saturday 5/10
3:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Le Pont du Nord – Jacques Rivette – 1981 – 129 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik – 2022 – 108 min
New 35mm print from Kurt Ravenswood
Sunday 5/11
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Johnny Guitar – Nicholas Ray – 1954 – 110 min
35mm from Paramount
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Le Pont du Nord – Jacques Rivette – 1981 – 129 min
35mm
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Entering the Image – Jean-Claude Rousseau’s Super 8 Films
Les Antiquités de Rome – Jean-Claude Rousseau – 1989 – 105 min
16mm
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik – 2022 – 108 min
New 35mm print from Kurt Ravenswood
Monday 5/12
4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Johnny Guitar – Nicholas Ray – 1954 – 110 min
35mm from Paramount
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
But I’m a Cheerleader – Jamie Babbit – 1999 – 85 min
35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Preceded by: Double Strength – Barbara Hammer – 1978 – 15 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Wednesday 5/14
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
Sicilia! – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1999 – 66 min
35mm
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
The Band Wagon – Vincente Minnelli – 1953 – 111 min
35mm from Park Circus
Preceded by: “Field and Scream” (Tex Avery, 1955) – 7 min – 35mm
CFS’s last show at NEIU after 10 years!
Thursday 5/15
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Early Meet Cutes
The Sandpiper – Vincente Minnelli – 1965 – 117 min
35mm
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Doc and Roll
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Edgar Wright – 2010 – 112 min
35mm
Friday 5/16
2:15 PM, 4:45 PM, 7:15 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Elastic Arts: Grin and Bear It – Cinema of the Dark Clown
Mr. Wonderful – Luther Price – 1988 – 10 min
Song for Rent – Jack Smith – 1969 – 4 min
Hot Air Specialists – Jack Smith – 1980 – 7 min
Clown – Luther Price – 1990-2002 – 13 min
The Circus – Jean Sousa – 1977 – 6 min
The Clown – Donna Cameron – 1998 – 13 min
Throbs – Fred Worden – 1972 – 7 min
16mm
Programmed by Tone Glow
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Desperate Living – John Waters – 1977 – 90 min
35mm from Park Circus
Saturday 5/17
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Pictures 4 Barbara – Barbara Hammer – 1981 – 8 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Screens before “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” – DCP
2:15 PM, 4:45 PM, 7:15 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
3:00 PM
Doc Films: Entering the Image – Jean-Claude Rousseau’s Super 8 Films
La Vallée Close – Jean-Claude Rousseau – 1995 – 144 min
16mm
6:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers: Rapid Eye Movements – Picture Restart 16mm Series
Filmmaker – Barry J Hershey – 1986 – 2 min
Shorelines – Al Jarnow – 1977 – 3 min
Accidents Will Happen – Cucumber Studios – 1979 – 3 min
Object Conversation – Paul Glabicki – 1985 – 10 min
Rapid Eye Movements – Mary Lambert & Jeff Carpenter – 1977 – 12 min
Xfilm – John Luther Schofill – 1968 – 14 min
16mm from Chicago Filmmakers
6:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
Sicilia! – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 1999 – 66 min
35mm
7:30
Doc Films
The Tango Lesson – Sally Potter – 1997 – 100 min
35mm
Followed by Q&A with Marya E. Gates, author of “Cinema Her Way“
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003 — 99 min
35mm from Wiseau-Films
Sunday 5/18
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Saving Face – Alice Wu – 2004 – 97 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Classics
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
D’est – Chantal Akerman – 1993 – 107 min
16mm
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
Monday 5/19
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: State and Revolution – Film Under the Boot
The Turin Horse – Bela Tarr – 2011 – 155 min
35mm
Tuesday 5/20
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
Wednesday 5/21
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
These Encounters of Theirs – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 2006 – 68 min
35mm
Thursday 4/22
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Block Cinema: Endless Reveries – Water in Experimental Film with Greta Snider
MOODS OF THE SEA – Slavko Vorkapich & John Hoffman – 1940-42 – 10 min
LA PLAGE – Patrick Bokanowski – 1991 – 13 min
POND AND WATERFALL – Barbara Hammer – 1982 – 15 min
SALT OF THE SEA – Saul Levine – 1965 – 4 min
QUARRY MOVIE – Greta Snider – 1999 – 10 min
CASTAIC LAKE – Brigid McCaffrey – 2010 – 29 min
SKY BLUE WATER LIGHT SIGN – J.J. Murphy – 1972 – 8 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Early Meet Cutes
Gone with the Wind – Victor Fleming – 1939 – 233 min
35mm
9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
D.E.B.S – Angela Robinson – 2004 – 91 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Preshow drag performances
Friday 5/23
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Public Works Gallery (2141 W North Ave)
Little Histories: The Films of Greta Snider
Hard Core Home Movie – 1989 – 5 min
Portland – 1996 – 12 min
Our Gay Brothers – 1993 – 9 min
Blood Story – 1990 – 3 min
Futility – 1989 – 9 min
Mute – 1991 – 13 min
Flight – 1996 – 5 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema and the filmmaker
Presented by Tone Glow
8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society
Skin, Inscribed – Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed Film
Aprox. 60 mins
16mm from filmmakers
RSVP required
8:30 PM
Public Works Gallery (2141 W North Ave)
Little Histories: The Films of Greta Snider
No-Zone – 1993 – 19 min
In the Maritime Frequencies – 2025 – 15 min
Cult of Compliance – 2019 – 10 min – Dual Projector Stereoscopic 3D
Instructions from Ancestors – 2022 – 15 min – Dual Projector Stereoscopic 3D
16mm from Canyon Cinema and the filmmaker
Presented by Tone Glow
9:30 PM
Doc Films: The History Lessons of Straub and Huillet
These Encounters of Theirs – Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub – 2006 – 68 min
35mm
Saturday 5/24
Sunset
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025)
Three projector installation by Jiayi Chen
16mm from Jiayi Chen
6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Short Cuts – Robert Altman – 1993 – 189 min
35mm
Now Screening in DCP
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness
Sunday 5/25
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
Born in Flames – Lizzie Borden – 1983 – 80 min
35mm from Anthology Film Archives
Preceded by: Superdyke – Barbara Hammer – 1975 – 20 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
2:00 PM, 4:15 PM, 6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Encounters in the Cinema
Six Films by Robert Beavers
Pitcher of Colored Light – 2000-2007 – 23 min
The Suppliant – 2010 – 5 min
Listening to the Space in My Room – 2013 – 19 min
Among the Eucalyptuses – 2017 – 4 min
“Der Klang, die Welt…” – 2018 – 4.5 min
The Sparrow Dream – 2022 – 29 min
16mm from Robert Beavers
9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Metal Movie Night
Big Trouble in Little China – John Carpenter – 1986 – 99 min
35mm from private collections
Monday 5/26
3:45 PM, 6:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Jaws – Steven Spielberg – 1975 – 124 min
35mm from Universal
Tuesday
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
Wednesday 5/28
4:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Sapphopalooza
The Runaways – Floria Sigismondi – 2010 – 106 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Thursday 5/29
4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Friendship – Andrew DeYoung – 2025 – 100 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Block Cinema: Temporal Territories: Indigenous Experimental Cinema
where she stood in the first placers – Lindsay McIntyre – 2012 – 10 min
Tuktuit (caribou) – Lindsay McIntyre – 2025 – 17 min
16mm
Followed by a post-screening conversation with the filmmakers
Friday 6/6
8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Summer Camp
Female Trouble – John Waters – 1974 – 89 min
35mm from Park Circus
11:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Bleak Week
In A Glass Cage – Agusti Villaronga – 1986 – 112 min
35mm from AGFA
Saturday 6/7
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Bleak Week
Scarecrow – Jerry Schatzberg – 1973 – 112 min
35mm from Park Circus (IB Technicolor print!)
Introduced by Jonathan Rosenbaum
2:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Robert Altman Centennial
M*A*S*H – Robert Altman – 1970 – 116 min
35mm
8:30 PM
Church of the Three Xs (333 W. Wisconsin St.)
“Two Projectors & a Barrel Full of Monkeys” – Bruce McClure projector performance
“Untime (Techno)” – Cameron Worden + Omnia Sol performance
16mm / 35mm
Sunday 6/8
11:30 AM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Alias Jimmy Valentine – Maurice Tourneur – 1915 – 50 min
35mm from the Library of Congress
Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin
Preceded by: “The Narrow Road” (D.W. Griffith, 1912) – 17 min – 35mm from Library of Congress
Wednesday 6/11
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Robert Altman Centennial
Brewster McCloud – Robert Altman – 1970 – 105 min
35mm