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APRIL 2021


Saturday 4/17

1:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Aaron Sorkin — 2021 — 129 min
35mm from Netflix
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Sunday 4/18

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Aaron Sorkin — 2021 — 129 min
35mm from Netflix
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Monday 4/19

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Aaron Sorkin — 2021 — 129 min
35mm from Netflix
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


MAY 2021


Friday 5/7

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Big One – Heist Films at the Music Box
Ocean’s Eleven — Steven Soderbergh — 2001 — 116 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Saturday 5/8

9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Big One – Heist Films at the Music Box
Ocean’s Eleven — Steven Soderbergh — 2001 — 116 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Sunday 5/9

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Big One – Heist Films at the Music Box
Ocean’s Eleven — Steven Soderbergh — 2001 — 116 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Wednesday 5/12

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Big One – Heist Films at the Music Box
Ocean’s Eleven — Steven Soderbergh — 2001 — 116 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
The theater’s COVID-19 guidelines can be found here


Sunday 5/16

2:00 PM
The Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb): Classic Film Series in 35mm
The Sound of Music — Robert Wise — 1965— 174 min
35mm


Friday 5/28

3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Ran — Akira Kurosawa — 1985 — 162 min
35mm from Rialto

7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick — 1978 — 94 min
35mm from Paramount


Saturday 5/29

6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Ran — Akira Kurosawa — 1985 — 162 min
35mm from Rialto

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Touch of Evil — Orson Welles — 1958 — 111 min
35mm from Universal


Sunday 5/30

2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Ran — Akira Kurosawa — 1985 — 162 min
35mm from Rialto

6:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Touch of Evil — Orson Welles — 1958 — 111 min
35mm from Universal


Monday 5/31

8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick — 1978 — 94 min
35mm from Paramount


JUNE 2021


Wednesday 6/2

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Touch of Evil — Orson Welles — 1958 — 111 min
35mm from Universal


Thursday 6/3

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick — 1978 — 94 min
35mm from Paramount

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Playtime — Jacques Tati — 1967 — 124 min
35mm from Janus Films


Friday 6/4

3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Ran — Akira Kurosawa — 1985 — 162 min
35mm from Rialto

7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Matinee — Joe Dante — 1993 — 99 min
35mm from Universal

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
The Tingler — William Castle — 1959 — 82 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory


Saturday 6/5

1:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick — 1978 — 94 min
35mm from Paramount

3:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days Goodbye, Dragon Inn Heaven — Tsai Ming-liang — 2003 — 82 min
35mm from private collection

6:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Cinema Paradiso — Giuseppe Tornatore — 1988 — 123 min
35mm from private collection

9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore — Sarah Jacobson — 1996 — 98 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema


Sunday 6/6

12:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Touch of Evil — Orson Welles — 1958 — 111 min
35mm from Universal

3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Matinee — Joe Dante — 1993 — 99 min
35mm from Universal

6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
The Tingler — William Castle — 1959 — 82 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory

8:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Cinema Paradiso — Giuseppe Tornatore — 1988 — 123 min
35mm from private collection


Monday 6/7

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days Goodbye, Dragon Inn Heaven — Tsai Ming-liang — 2003 — 82 min
35mm from private collection

9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Matinee — Joe Dante — 1993 — 99 min
35mm from Universal


Tuesday 6/8

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
The Tingler — William Castle — 1959 — 82 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore — Sarah Jacobson — 1996 — 98 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema

9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Cinema Paradiso — Giuseppe Tornatore — 1988 — 123 min
35mm from private collection


Wednesday 6/9

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Cinema Paradiso — Giuseppe Tornatore — 1988 — 123 min
35mm from private collection

7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Days Goodbye, Dragon Inn Heaven — Tsai Ming-liang — 2003 — 82 min
35mm from private collection

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Matinee — Joe Dante — 1993 — 99 min
35mm from Universal


Thursday 6/10

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Matinee — Joe Dante — 1993 — 99 min
35mm from Universal

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
Cinema Paradiso — Giuseppe Tornatore — 1988 — 123 min
35mm from private collection

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Mubi presents “Back on the Big Screen”
The Tingler — William Castle — 1959 — 82 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory


Field Trip!

UW CINEMATHEQUE in Madison RETURNS! They kick off an all-35mm summer starting Wednesday, June 30th.


Wednesday 6/16

8:00 PM
Comfort Station: Comfort Film Presents – Church Basement Cinema with Jason Coffman
The Girl Who Ran Out of Night — Douglas Lloyd McIntosh — 1974 — 53 min
16mm print from private collections
Screens with: Run Jimmy Run (Jim Laughlin, 1978) – 30 min – 16mm


Friday 6/25

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Saturday 6/26

1:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Sunday 6/27

12:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

2:00 PM
The Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb): Classic Film Series in 35mm
The Goonies — Richard Donner — 1985 — 111 min
35mm

2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

5:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Front Row Double Feature
Trancers — Charles Band — 1984 — 76 min
35mm from private collections

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: The Front Row Double Feature
Deathcheaters — Brian Trenchard Smith — 1976 — 93 min
16mm from private collections


Monday 6/28

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Tuesday 6/29

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Wednesday 6/29

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020 — 100 min
35mm from Music Box Films


JULY 2021


Friday 7/9

1:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson — 2001 — 178 min
35mm from private collections

5:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson — 2002 — 179 min
35mm private collections


Saturday 7/10

12:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson — 2001 — 178 min
35mm private collections

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson — 2002 — 179 min
35mm private collections

7:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson — 2003 — 201 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


Sunday 7/11

3:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson — 2003 — 201 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson — 2002 — 179 min
35mm private collections


Monday 7/12

2:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson — 2003 — 201 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson — 2001 — 178 min
35mm private collections


Tuesday 7/13

3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson — 2001 — 178 min
35mm private collections


Wednesday 7/14

3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson — 2002 — 179 min
35mm private collections

Thursday 7/14

2:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson — 2003 — 201 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


Friday 7/30

9:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Video Rooftop Cinema
Jit
Michael Raeburn — 1990 — 138 min
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections


Saturday 7/31

9:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Video Rooftop Cinema
Jit
Michael Raeburn — 1990 — 138 min
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections


AUGUST 2021


Wednesday 8/11

8:00 PM – 5:00 AM
Comfort Film at the Comfort Station: Goats and GOATS: A Jumble of Experimental Film (and other Surprises!)
Notebook – Marie Menken – 1962 – 10 mins
Water Sark -Joyce Wieland
1965 – 14 min
River Ghost. Hudson River Diary Book: IV – Storm De Hirsch – 1973 – 9 min
Trageodia – Stan Brakhage – 1976 – 35 min

All 16mm prints from the Film-Makers’ Coop
RSVPs required, seating limited to 20


Friday 8/27

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Elevator to the Gallows — Louis Malle — 1958 — 92 mins
35mm from Rialto

9:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Rooftop Cinema (2124 W. Lawrence)
Glen or Glenda — Ed Wood — 1953
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by:  Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly in “Opened by Mistake” (James Parrott, 1934) 16mm, 19 min


Saturday 8/28

1:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi — Jacques Becker — 1954 — 94 mins
35mm from Rialto

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Elevator to the Gallows — Louis Malle — 1958 — 92 mins
35mm from Rialto

9:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Rooftop Cinema (2124 W. Lawrence)
Glen or Glenda — Ed Wood — 1953
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by:  Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly in “Opened by Mistake” (James Parrott, 1934) 16mm, 19 min

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness


Sunday 8/29

5:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Elevator to the Gallows — Louis Malle — 1958 — 92 mins
35mm from Rialto

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi — Jacques Becker — 1954 — 94 mins
35mm from Rialto


Tuesday 8/31

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi — Jacques Becker — 1954 — 94 mins
35mm from Rialto


SEPTEMBER 2021


Wednesday 9/1

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Chicago Favorites
Jupiter Ascending — Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski — 2015 — 127 mins
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noir Across the Atlantic
Elevator to the Gallows — Louis Malle — 1958 — 92 mins
35mm from Rialto


Friday 9/10

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
The Thing — John Carpenter — 1982 — 109 min
35mm from Universal


Saturday 9/11

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Shanghai Express — Josef von Sternberg — 1932 — 82 min
35mm from Universal

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
The Thing — John Carpenter — 1982 — 109 min
35mm from Universal


Sunday 9/12

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Shanghai Express — Josef von Sternberg — 1932 — 82 min
35mm from Universal


NOTE: All 35mm screenings at the Music Box Theatre this week except Mulholland Drive will be preceded by a 35mm trailer for Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)


Friday 9/24

2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
The Bad and the Beautiful — Vincente Minnelli — 1952 — 118 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

4:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Bowfinger — Frank Oz — 1999 — 97 min
35mm from Universal

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Hollywood Shuffle — Robert Townsend — 1987 — 78 min
35mm from Park Circus

8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Rooftop Cinema (2124 W. Lawrence)
Ah Ying — Allen Fong — 1983
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
*outdoor screening*


Saturday 9/25

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Morocco — Josef von Sternberg — 1930 — 92 min
35mm from Universal

2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Hollywood Shuffle — Robert Townsend — 1987 — 78 min
35mm from Park Circus

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Bowfinger — Frank Oz — 1999 — 97 min
35mm from Universal

8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Analog Rooftop Cinema (2124 W. Lawrence)
Ah Ying — Allen Fong — 1983
16mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
*outdoor screening*

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Shadow of the Vampire — E. Elias Merhige — 2000 — 92 min
35mm from Lionsgate

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003 — 99 min
35mm from Wiseau-Films


Sunday 9/26

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Morocco — Josef von Sternberg — 1930 — 92 min
35mm from Universal

1:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
The Bad and the Beautiful — Vincente Minnelli — 1952 — 118 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Shadow of the Vampire — E. Elias Merhige — 2000 — 92 min
35mm from Lionsgate

9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Bowfinger — Frank Oz — 1999 — 97 min
35mm from Universal


Monday 9/27

1:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Bowfinger — Frank Oz — 1999 — 97 min
35mm from Universal

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
The Bad and the Beautiful — Vincente Minnelli — 1952 — 118 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Last of the Mohicans — Michael Mann — 1992 — 112 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by a 35mm trailer reel


Tuesday 9/28

5:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Hollywood Shuffle — Robert Townsend — 1987 — 78 min
35mm from Park Circus

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Shadow of the Vampire — E. Elias Merhige — 2000 — 92 min
35mm from Lionsgate

9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Bowfinger — Frank Oz — 1999 — 97 min
35mm from Universal


Wednesday 9/29

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Shadow of the Vampire — E. Elias Merhige — 2000 — 92 min
35mm from Lionsgate

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Mulholland Drive — David Lynch — 2001 — 147 min
35mm from Janus Films
Preceded by a live performance by musician Rebekah Del Rio


Thursday 9/30

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Hollywood on Hollywood
Mulholland Drive — David Lynch — 2001 — 147 min
35mm from Janus Films
Preceded by a live performance by musician Rebekah Del Rio

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Cops and Robbers
Ocean’s Eleven — Steven Soderbergh — 2001 — 116 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


OCTOBER 2021


Friday 10/1

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
In the Mouth of Madness — John Carpenter — 1994 — 95 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


Saturday 10/2

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Rancho Notorious — Fritz Lang — 1952 — 89 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:00 PM
Doc Films
The Princess Bride — Rob Reiner — 1987 — 98 min
35mm

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
In the Mouth of Madness — John Carpenter — 1994 — 95 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


Sunday 10/3

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Mornings with Marlene
Rancho Notorious — Fritz Lang — 1952 — 89 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

3:15 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Gentle Giants
An Autumn Afternoon — Yasujiro Ozu — 1962 — 113 min
35mm from Janus Films

**Postponed due to Fedex shipping delays! Check back soon for updates.

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the CFS Office (2950 W. Chicago Ave)
RR — James Benning — 2007 — 111 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
*outdoor screening*


Friday 10/8

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
Slither — James Gunn — 2006 — 95 min
35mm from Universal


Saturday 10/9

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
Slither — James Gunn — 2006 — 95 min
35mm from Universal


Sunday 10/10

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Silent Cinema (presented by Chicago Film Society)
The Shakedown — William Wyler — 1929 — 65 min
35mm from Universal
**Live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott**

1:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Gentle Giants
An Autumn Afternoon — Yasujiro Ozu — 1962 — 113 min
35mm from Janus Films


Wednesday 10/13

7:00 PM
Block Cinema
Ceddo — Ousmane Sembène — 1977 — 120 min
35mm from private collections, permission Janus Films

7:00 PM
Comfort Station: IATSE solidarity fundraiser
Norma Rae — Martin Ritt — 1975 — 110 min
16mm from private collections
Preceded by shorts from the Chicago Film Society


Thursday 10/14

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Paprika — Satoshi Kon — 2006 — 90 min
35mm


Friday 10/15

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Midnights
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003
— 99 min
35mm


Saturday 10/16

1:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
The Point — Fred Wolf — 1971 — 74 min
16mm


Thursday 10/21

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Programmer’s Picks
In a Lonely Place — Nicholas Ray — 1950
— 94 min
35mm


Friday 10/22

7:00 PM
Doc Films: The Green Doc
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020
— 101 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Saturday 10/23

Saturday 10/23 at 12pm – Sunday 10/24 at 12pm
Music Box Theatre: Music Box of Horrors
Straight-Jacket – William Castle – 1964 – 94 mins – 35mm from Sony
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde – William Crain – 1976 – 87 min – 35mm from UNCSA
The Scary of 61st – Dasha Nakrasova – 2021 – 81 min – 35mm from Vinegar Syndrome
The Faculty – Robert Rodrigues – 1998 – 104 min – 35mm from Private Collections
Tenebrae – Dario Argento – 1982 – 110 min from Academy Film Archive
Calvaire – Fabrice du Welz – 2004 – 88 min – 35mm from Funny Balloons
Night of the Living Dead – Tom Savini – 1990 – 92 min – 35mm from Sony
Phantasm II – Don Coscarelli – 1988 – 97 min – 35mm from Universal

Arachnophobia – Frank Marshall – 1990 – 109 min – 35mm from Swank

1:00 PM
Block Cinema
Thunder Bay — Anthony Mann — 1953 — 103 min
35mm from Universal

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
The Wizard of Oz — Victor Fleming — 1939
— 102 min
35mm from Warner Brothers


Sunday 10/24

4:00 PM
Doc Films: The Green Doc
Summer of 85 — François Ozon — 2020
— 101 min
35mm from Music Box Films


Monday 10/25

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Shy People — Andrei Konchalovsky — 1987 — 118 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: “Kudzu” (Marjorie Anne Short, 1977) – 16 min – 16mm


Thursday 10/28

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Programmer’s Picks
The Shining — Stanley Kubrick — 1980
— 146 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features

9:30 PM
Doc Films: Programmer’s Picks
Little Shop of Horrors — Frank Oz — 1986
— 94 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Friday 10/29

1:15 PM, 3:45 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features

7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
Fantastic Planet — René Laloux — 1973 — 72 min
35mm from Janus Films

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness


Saturday 10/30

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Matinees
Cat People — Jacques Tournuer — 1942 — 74 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

1:15 PM, 3:45 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features

9:30 PM
Doc Films
The Birds — Alfred Hitchcock — 1963 — 119 min
35mm from Universal

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness


Sunday 10/31

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Matinees
Cat People — Jacques Tournuer — 1942 — 74 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

1:15 PM, 3:45 PM, 6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features

1:30 PM
Doc Films
The Iron Giant — Brad Bird — 1999 — 86 min
35mm from Universal

10:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness


NOVEMBER 2021


Monday 11/1

1:30 PM, 4:15 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Tuesday 11/2

4:15 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Wednesday 11/3

4:15 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Thursday 11/4

4:15 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Friday 11/5

2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM, Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Saturday 11/6

Music Box Theatre: Silent Cinema (presented by Chicago Film Society)
Traffic in Souls — George Loan Tucker — 1913 — 75 min
35mm from the Library of Congress
Preceded by: “Love, Speed and Thrills” (Walter Wright, 1915) – 13 min – 16mm
**Live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott**

2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM, Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
The Neverending Story — Wolfgang Petersen — 1984
— 35mm from Warner Brothers

11:45 PM
Chicago Underground Film Festival at Elastic Arts
SOUNDFILMRoger Beebe — 2015
Last Light of a Dying StarRoger Beebe — 2008/rev. 2011
— 16mm & Super 8 film performances


Sunday 11/7

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Matinees
Cat People — Paul Schrader — 1982 — 118 min
35mm from Universal

2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Tuesday 11/9

4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Wednesday 11/10

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Gravity — Alfonso Cuaron — 2012
— 91 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
Post film Q&A with Dr. Geza Gyuk, Director of Astronomy at the Adler Planetarium


Thursday 11/11

4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Last Night in Soho — Edgar Wright — 2021
— 116 min
35mm from Focus Features


Friday 11/12

5:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Eyimofe — Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri — 2020 — 116 min
35mm from Janus Films


Saturday 11/13

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
What Dreams May Come — Vincent Ward — 1998 — 117 min
35mm

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Chicago Critics Film Festival
Thief — Michael Mann — 1981 — 126 min
35mm from Park Circus


Monday 11/15

7:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Leadbelly — Gordon Parks — 1976 — 125 min
35mm from Paramount


Friday 11/19

9:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song — Melvin Van Peebles — 1971 — 97 min
35mm from MoMA


Saturday 11/20

7:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Eyimofe — Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri — 2020 — 116 min
35mm from Janus Films

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
What Dreams May Come — Vincent Ward — 1998 — 117 min
35mm

9:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song — Melvin Van Peebles — 1971 — 97 min
35mm from MoMA


Friday 11/26

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Music Box of Horrors Presents
Suicide Club — Sion Sono — 2001 — 99 min
35mm from Kadokawa-Daiei


Saturday 11/27

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Music Box of Horrors Presents
Suicide Club — Sion Sono — 2001 — 99 min
35mm from Kadokawa-Daiei


Sunday 11/28

2:00 PM
Egyptian Theatre (Dekalb)
It’s a Wonderful Life — Frank Capra — 1946 — 131 min
35mm


Monday 11/29

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Om Shanti Om — Farah Khan — 2007 — 162 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: 35mm Bollywood trailer reel

8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Shaft — Gordon Parks — 1971 — 100 min
35mm


Tuesday 11/30

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Noirvember
White Heat — Raoul Walsh — 1949 — 114 min
35mm from Warner Brothers
Screens as part of a double feature with “Too Late for Tears” (DCP)
Presented by Windy City Double Feature Picture Show


DECEMBER 2021


Wednesday 12/1

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Arrebato — Ivan Zulueta — 1979 — 115 min
New 35mm print from Altered Innocence

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Arrebato — Ivan Zulueta — 1979 — 115 min
New 35mm print from Altered Innocence


Thursday 12/2

7:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Black Harvest Film Festival
Jungle Fever — Spike Lee — 1991 — 132 min
35mm

9:30 PM
Doc Films: Cops and Robbers
The Inside Man — Spike Lee — 2006 — 129 min
35mm

9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Arrebato — Ivan Zulueta — 1979 — 115 min
New 35mm print from Altered Innocence


Saturday 12/4

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Psychedelic Children’s Films
Kirikou and the Sorceress — Michel Ocelot — 1998 — 71 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists

8:00 PM
Fitzgerald’s Nightclub: Chris and Heather’s Country Calendar Show

Celebrating the release of Heather’s Lil’ Country Calendar, Chris Ligon and Heather McAdams present 12 live acts plus 16mm film projected on the big screen!


Sunday 12/5

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Silent Cinema (presented by Chicago Film Society)
Pavement Butterfly — Richard Eichberg — 1929 — 90 min
35mm from the BFI
Preceded by Koko the Clown in “Vaudeville” (Dave Fleischer, 1924) – 8 min – 16mm
Live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott


Thursday 12/9

10:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Heathers — Michael Lehmann — 1988 — 100 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive
Presented by Ramona Slick and Rated Q – A Celebration of Queer, Camp, & Cult Cinema


Saturday 12/11

5:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
The Gold Rush — Charlie Chaplin — 1942 version — 72 min
35mm from Janus Films

7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists


Sunday 12/12

12:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs

4:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Doctor Zhivago — David Lean — 1965 — 197 min
35mm


Monday 12/13

4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Alternative Christmas
Gremlins — Joe Dante — 1984 — 106 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Marketa Lazarova — František Vláčil — 1967 — 165 min
35mm from Janus Films

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Meet Me in St.Louis — Vincente Minnelli — 1944 — 113 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: “Movie Pests” (Will Jason, 1944) – 11 min – 16mm


Tuesday 12/14

4:30 PM, 9:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Alternative Christmas
Gremlins — Joe Dante — 1984 — 106 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Murder on the Orient Express — Sidney Lumet — 1974 — 128 min
35mm


Wednesday 12/15

4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Alternative Christmas
Gremlins — Joe Dante — 1984 — 106 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

9:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
All that Heaven Allows — Douglas Sirk — 1955 — 89 min
35mm


Thursday 12/16

7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: Joe Bob Briggs Christmas Horror Double Feature
Silent Night, Deadly Night — Charles E. Sellier Jr.— 1984 — 85 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive

Santa’s Slay — David Steinman — 2005 — 95 min
35mm from the Music Box Theatre


Friday 12/17

9:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
The Shining — Stanley Kubrick — 1980 — 146 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

6:30 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs


Saturday 12/18

12:00 PM, 3:45 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs

9:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
The Shining — Stanley Kubrick — 1980 — 146 min
35mm from Warner Brothers

10:00 PM
Midwest Space Peoples
Live 16mm projection accompaniment for the electronic program “Moondance”


Sunday 12/19

12:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs

4:00 PM
Midwest Space Peoples: Film Night Program
Holiday shorts, miscellaneous titles, film loops and montage films
all on 16mm

4:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
It’s a Wonderful Life — Frank Capra — 1946 — 131 min
35mm from Paramount


Tuesday 12/21

4:45 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs


Wednesday 12/22

5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs

7:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
The Gold Rush — Charlie Chaplin — 1942 version — 72 min
35mm from Janus Films


Thursday 12/23

12:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
“The Snow Reel” — director unknown — 10 min — 35mm
Screens during the Music Box Christmas Sing-a-Longs

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
It’s a Wonderful Life — Frank Capra — 1946 — 131 min
35mm from Paramount



Friday 12/24

3:45 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists


Saturday 12/25

2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists


Sunday 12/26

1:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists

3:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Doctor Zhivago — David Lean — 1965 — 197 min
35mm


Monday 12/27

3:45 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists

7:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Murder on the Orient Express — Sidney Lumet — 1974 — 128 min
35mm


Tuesday 12/28

3:45 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists

5:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
All that Heaven Allows — Douglas Sirk — 1955 — 89 min
35mm


Wednesday 12/29

3:45 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Let it Snow
Marketa Lazarova — František Vláčil — 1967 — 165 min
35mm from Janus Films


Thursday 12/30

3:45 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists


Friday 12/31

1:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson — 2021 — 133 min
70mm with DTS sound from United Artists


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