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JANUARY 2026


Friday 1/2

12:45 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON

10:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Serial Mom – John Waters – 1994 – 95 min
35mm from Universal


Saturday 1/3

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Working Girl -The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
Night Nurse – William A. Wellman – 1931 – 72 min
35mm from Library of Congress
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Baby Face – Alfred E. Green – 1933 – 76 min
35mm from Park Circus
double feature!

3:00 PM, 6:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON


Sunday 1/4

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Working Girl -The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
Double Indemnity – Billy Wilder – 1944 – 107 min
35mm from Universal

2:00 PM, 5:15 PM, 8:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON


Monday 1/5

4:00 PM, 9:20 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: January Giallo
Paranoia – Umberto Lenzi – 1969 – 91 min
35mm from private collections


Tuesday 1/6

4:00 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON


Wednesday 1/7

4:00 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life
By the Very Blue Sea – Boris Barnet – 1935 – 70 min
35mm


Thursday 1/8

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook – 2025 – 139 min
New 35mm print from NEON


Friday 1/9

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkyway Image
Triangle – Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam Ling-Tung – 2007 – 93 min
35mm


Saturday 1/10

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Working Girl -The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
The Lady Eve – Preston Sturges – 1941 – 94 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 1/11

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Working Girl -The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
The Lady Eve – Preston Sturges – 1941 – 94 min
35mm from Universal

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
Scenes de la Vie Francais: Paris – Rose Lowder – 1985 – 26 min
Scenes de La Vie Francais: Arles – Rose Lowder – 1985 – 21 min
Scenes de la Vie Francaise: Avignon – Rose Lowder – 1986 – 11 min
Scenes de la Vie: La Ciotat – Rose Lowder – 1986 – 31 min
All 16mm from Light Cone


Monday 1/12

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: January Giallo
Marta – Jose Antonio Nieves Conte – 1971 – 96 min
16mm from private collections


Wednesday 1/14

7:00 PM
Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Lime Kiln Club Field Day – T. Hayes Hunter & Edwin Middleton – 1913 – 65 min
35mm from MoMA
Presented with live musical accompaniment from Reginald R. Robinson


Thursday 1/15

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Femalaise
Young Adult – Jason Reitman – 2011 – 94 min
35mm

9:30 PM
Doc Films
Screen Play: Cinematic Visions of Video Games and Sports
Mortal Kombat – Paul W.S. Anderson – 1995 – 101 min
35mm


Friday 1/16

6:30 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkyway Image
The Mission – Johnnie To – 1999 – 84 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive


Saturday 1/17

12:00 PM, 3:15 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Sunday 1/18

11:00 AM, 2:15 PM, 5:30 PM, 8:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
Rue des Teinturiers – Rose Lowder – 1979 – 31 min
Champ Provencal – Rose Lowder – 1979 – 9 min
Les Tournesols – Rose Lowder – 1983 – 3 min
Les tournesols colorés – Rose Lowder – 1983 – 3 min
Impromptu – Rose Lowder – 1989 – 8 min
Quiproquo – Rose Lowder – 1992 – 13 min
Loops – Rose Lowder – 1997 – 6 min
16mm from Light Cone


Monday 1/19

11:00 AM, 2:15 PM, 5:30 PM, 8:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Tuesday 1/20

3:00 PM, 6:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Wednesday 1/21

3:00 PM, 6:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life
Hatbox – Boris Barnet – 1927 – 66 min
35mm from the Austrian Film Museum


Thursday 1/22

3:00 PM, 6:15 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Femalaise
Slums of Beverly Hills – Tamara Jenkins – 1998 – 91 min
35mm


Friday 1/23

2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
Exiled – Johnnie To – 2006 – 110 min
35mm from Magnolia Pictures


Saturday 1/24

2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Sunday 1/25

2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
Les Coquelicots (Poppies) – 2000 – 3 min
Voiliers et Coquelicots (Sailboats and Poppies) – 2001 – 3 min
Habitat Batrachian – 2006 – 8 min
Bouquets 21-30 – 2001-2005 – 14 min
Bouquets 1-10 – 1994-1995 – 11 min
Bouquets 11-20 – 2005-2009 – 14 min
Bouquets 31-40 – 2022 – 10 min
16mm from Light Cone


Monday 1/26

5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Tuesday 1/27

3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Wednesday 1/28

3:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life
The House on Trubnaya – Boris Barnet – 1928 – 89 min
35mm from the Austrian Film Museum


Thursday 1/29

3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Friday 1/30

4:00 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
The Longest Nite – Patrick Yau – 1998 – 81 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive

7:00 PM
Logan Center for the Arts (Film Studies Center Screening Room)
Crimson Gold – Jafar Panahi – 2003 – 96 min
35mm from University of Chicago Film Studies Center


Saturday 1/31

1:45 PM, 4:45 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

9:30 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
The Longest Nite – Patrick Yau – 1998 – 81 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive


Sunday 2/1

1:45 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
Two Pictures – Rose Lowder & Carl Brown – 1999 – 12 min
L’Invitation Au voyage – Rose Lowder & Carl Brown – 2003 – 33 min
Beijing – 1988 – Rose Lowder & Carl Brown – 1988-2011 – 12 min
16mm from Light Cone


Monday 2/2

4:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Tuesday 2/3

4:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Wednesday 2/4

4:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold – 2025 – 130 min
New 70mm print from Searchlight Pictures


Thursday 2/5

6:00 PM
Doc Films: Femalaise
Diary of a Mad Housewife – Frank Perry – 1970 – 95 min
35mm from Universal

6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – Quentin Tarantino – 2006 – 275 min
New 70mm print from Lionsgate

7:00 PM
Block Cinema
“Real shape of the earth”: Short Films with Ben Balcom
Visible Inventory Six:Motion Dissolve – Janis Crystal Lipzin – 1978 – 15 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Part of a longer shorts program

8:30 PM
Doc Films
Screen Play: Cinematic Visions of Video Games and Sports
Computer Chess – Andrew Bujalski – 2013 – 91 min
35mm from the Chicago Film Society


Friday 2/6

1:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – Quentin Tarantino – 2006 – 275 min
New 70mm print from Lionsgate

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts – Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai – 2002 – 97 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive

7:00 PM
Block Cinema
Avant to Live! The Films of Craig Baldwin
Tribulation 99 – Craig Baldwin – 1991 – 48 min
¡O No Coronado! – Craig Baldwin – 1992 – 40 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema

8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Lo-Fi Sci-Fi
THX 1138 – George Lucas – 1971 – 86 min
35mm


Saturday 2/7

1:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – Quentin Tarantino – 2006 – 275 min
New 70mm print from Lionsgate

9:30 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts – Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai – 2002 – 97 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive


Sunday 2/8

Noon, 6:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – Quentin Tarantino – 2006 – 275 min
New 70mm print from Lionsgate

2:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Lo-Fi Sci-Fi
THX 1138 – George Lucas – 1971 – 86 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
Côté Jardin – Rose Lowder – 2007 – 4 min
Rien d’extraordinaire (Nothing Special) – Rose Lowder – 2010 – 2 min
Jardin du soleil (Sun Garden) – Rose Lowder – 2010 – 2 min
Fleur de Sel – Rose Lowder – 2010 – 32 min
Jardins du Marais (Marsh Gardens) – Rose Lowder – 2010 – 3 min
Salt Garden / Jardin du Sel – Rose Lowder – 2011 – 16 min
Sous le Soleil (Under the Sun) – Rose Lowder – 2011 – 3 min
Sources – Rose Lowder – 2012 – 5 min
16mm from Light Cone


Monday 2/9

1:00 PM, 6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – Quentin Tarantino – 2006 – 275 min
New 70mm print from Lionsgate


Tuesday 2/10

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Lo-Fi Sci-Fi
THX 1138 – George Lucas – 1971 – 86 min
35mm


Thursday 2/12

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Femalaise
The Headless Woman – Lucretia Martel – 2008 – 87 min
35mm from the Walker Arts Center

7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Lady Windermere’s Fan – Ernst Lubitsch – 1925 – 90 min
35mm from MoMA
Preceded by: “A Musical Mixup” (Les Goodwins, 1928) – 21 min – 35mm from the Chicago Film Society collection
Live musical accompaniment by David Drazin


Friday 2/13

7:00 PM
Logan Center for the Arts (Film Studies Center Screening Room)
Mississippi Masala – Mira Nair – 1991 – 118 min
35mm from the Yale Film Archive

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Valentine – Jamie Blanks – 2001 – 96 min
35mm from Park Circus


Saturday 2/14

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Valentine – Jamie Blanks – 2001 – 96 min
35mm from Park Circus

Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Joe Dirt – Dennie Gordon – 2001 – 91 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory


Sunday 2/15

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre
Working Girl: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
Union Pacific – Cecil B. DeMille – 1939 min
35mm from Universal

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Cinema’s Garden: The Films of Rose Lowder
foryannfromrose – Rose Lowder – 2014 – 3 min
Turbulence – Rose Lowder – 2015 – 7 min
Tartarughe d’Acqua  – Rose Lowder – 2016 – 25 min
La Source de La Loire – Rose Lowder – 2021 – 19 min
16mm from Light Cone


Tuesday 2/17

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Written on the Wind – Douglas Sirk – 1956 – 99 min
35mm from Universal
Preceded by: “Hold Me While I’m Naked” (George Kuchar, 1966) – 15 min – 16mm from Anthology Film Archives


Wednesday 2/18

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life
The Wrestler and the Clown – Boris Barnet – 1957 – 95 min
35mm from Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research


Thursday 2/19

7:00 PM
Block Cinema: Exhausted America
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – Sydney Pollack – 1969 – 129 min
16mm from Visual Studies Workshop

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Femalaise
Wings – Larisa Sheptiko – 1966 – 85 min
35mm from private collections


Friday 2/20

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 – Wai Ka-Fai – 1997 – 90 min
35mm from American Genre Film Archive

7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
L’Atalante – Jean Vigo – 1934 – 89 min
35mm from the Film Studies Center

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Brothers from Another Planet
Blade – Stephen Norrington – 1998 – 120 min
35mm from Park Circus


Saturday 2/21

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre
Working Girl: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
The Furies – Anthony Mann – 1950 – 109 min
16mm from the Academy Film Archive

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Brothers from Another Planet
Blade – Stephen Norrington – 1998 – 120 min
35mm from Park Circus


Sunday 2/22

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre
Working Girl: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
The Furies – Anthony Mann – 1950 – 109 min
16mm from the Academy Film Archive

4:00 PM
Doc Films
Boris Barnet: A Cinema Despite Life
The Wrestler and the Clown – Boris Barnet – 1957 – 95 min
35mm from Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Untime (annihilate this week) – Cameron Worden – 2026 – 45 min
35mm slideshow performance
Musical accompaniment by Kioto Aoki
Preceded by:
Today (in a haze) – Cameron Worden – 2026 – 2 min – 35mm
Digital Devil Saga – Cameron Worden – 2023 – 11 min – 35mm


Monday 2/23

2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Brothers from Another Planet
Blade – Stephen Norrington – 1998 – 120 min
35mm from Park Circus

7:00 PM
Doc Films: City Serendipity
Variety – Bette Gordon – 1983 – 101 min
35mm from Kino Lorber


Tuesday 2/24

7:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers
Tone Glow Presents: Eyes on the Road
Get Out of the Car – Thom Andersen – 2010 – 35 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Screens with “The United States of America” (James Benning & Bette Gordon) – DCP

Cancelled, will be rescheduled for a later date


Thursday 2/26

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Conversations at the Edge
Kioto Aoki: Findings
16mm films, 35mm slides w/ live musical accompaniment

9:30 PM
Doc Films
Screen Play: Cinematic Visions of Video Games and Sports
Bend It Like Beckham – Gurinder Chadha – 2002 – 112 min
35mm


Friday 2/27

6:45 PM
Block Cinema: Exhausted America
Nashville – Robert Altman – 1975 – 160 min
35mm

10:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Working Girl: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
The Night Walker – William Castle – 1964 – 86 min
35mm from Universal


Saturday 2/28

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre
The Brother From Another Planet – John Sayles – 1984 – 108 min
35mm from IFC Films

4:00 PM
Doc Films
Screen Play: Cinematic Visions of Video Games and Sports
Bend It Like Beckham – Gurinder Chadha – 2002 – 112 min
35mm

9:30 PM
Doc Films: City Serendipity
Variety – Bette Gordon – 1983 – 101 min
35mm from Kino Lorber


Sunday 3/1

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre
Working Girl: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck
Stella Dallas – King Vidor – 1937 – 106 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive

6:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Young Mr. Lincoln – John Ford – 1939 – 100 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society
Preceded by: “Ambition” (Hal Hartley, 1991) – 9 min – New 16mm print from Chicago Film Society

8:15 PM
Doc Films
Mansfield K. – Martine Rousset – 1988 – 20 min – 16mm from Light Cone
Un vent léger dans le feuillage – Martine Rousset – 1994 – 3 min – 16mm from Light Cone
Study for Three Streams – Park Kyujae – 2024 – 5 min – 16mm
16mm from Light Cone
Screening as part of a longer shorts program (digital)


Tuesday 3/3

6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Masked and Anonymous – Larry Charles – 2003 – 106 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Classics


Friday 3/6

2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:15 PM, 10:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Revolution of Their Time: 30 Years of Milkway Image
The Odd One Dies – Patrick Yau – 1997 – 89 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Logan Center for the Arts (Film Studies Center)
By the Very Blue Sea: The Films of Boris Barnet
Once Upon A Night – Boris Barnet – 1944 – 78 min
35mm


Saturday 3/7

1:45 PM, 4:45 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing

4:00 PM
Doc Films
By the Very Blue Sea: The Films of Boris Barnet
Alyonka – Boris Barnet – 1962 – 86 min
35mm from the Austrian Film Museum

7:00 PM
Doc Films
By the Very Blue Sea: The Films of Boris Barnet
Bountiful Summer – Boris Barnet – 1951 – 87 min
35mm from the Austrian Film Museum


Sunday 3/8

1:30 PM, 4:15 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Battleship Potemkin – Sergei Eisenstein – 1925 – 72 min
35mm from CFS
Preceded by: Hull of a Mess (Izzy Sparber, 1942) – 7 min – 16mm
Live accompaniment by Whine Cave


Monday 3/9

4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing


Tuesday 3/10

6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anything That Moves – Alex Phillips – 2025 – 81 min
35mm from Vinegar Syndrome
post-film Q&A with director Alex Phillips

9:20 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing


Thursday 3/12

6:00 PM
Art Institute of Chicago (Fullerton Hall)
The Way He Always Wanted It – Stephen Prina – 2008 – 27 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Block Cinema: Exhausted America
Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary – S.R. Bindler – 1997 – 98 min
16mm from the filmmaker


Friday 3/13

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Saturday 3/14

12:45 PM, 3:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing

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


Sunday 3/15

11:30 AM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Filth and Freedom: Selections from the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive
16mm and 35mm from Vinegar Syndrome
Aprox 90 min

4:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Sirat – Oliver Laxe – 2025 – 115 min
New 35mm print from Neon Releasing


Tuesday 3/17

6:00 PM
Elastic Arts
Life’s Collapsed Stanzas: The Films of Bruce Baillie
Show Leader – 1966 – 1 min
The Gymnasts – 1961 – 8 min
Here I Am – 1962 – 11 min
Mass for the Dakota Sioux – 1964 – 20 min
Still Life – 1966 – 2 min
A Hurrah for Soldiers – 1963 – 4 min
To Parsifal – 1963 – 16 min
Valentin de la Sierras – 1968 – 10 min
All My Life – 1966 – 3 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Presented by Tone Glow

8:00 PM
Elastic Arts
Life’s Collapsed Stanzas: The Films of Bruce Baillie
Tung – 1966 – 5 min
Castro Street – 1966 – 10 min
Quixote – 1963 – 45 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Presented by Tone Glow


Wednesday 3/18

8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at Constellation
Quick Billy – Bruce Baillie – 1970 – 56 min
Followed by: “Quick Billy: Six Rolls (Numbers 14, 41, 43, 46, 47, and 52)” (Bruce Baillie, 1968-69) – 16 min
New 16mm restoration prints, preserved by Anthology Film Archives


Thursday 3/19

2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios



Friday 3/20

2:15 PM, 6:15 PM, 10:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Saturday 3/21

11:00 AM, 2:45 PM, 6:39 PM, 10:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Sunday 3/22

11:45 AM, 3:30 PM, 7:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Monday 3/23

3:45 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center
Off Center: Experiments in Emulsion
sound of a million insects, light of a thousand stars – Tomonari Nishikawa – 2014 – 2 – 35mm
Removed – Naomi Uman – 1999 – 7 min – 16mm
What the Water Said Nos. 4-6 – David Gatten – 2007 – 17 min – 16mm
Twilight Psalm II: Walking Distance – Phil Solomon – 1999 – 23 min – 16mm
Landfill 16 – Jennifer Reeves – 2011 – 9 min – 16mm
Prints from Light Cone
Post-screening discussion with Julian Antos of the Chicago Film Society


Tuesday 3/24

3:45 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Wednesday 3/25

3:45 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Thursday 3/26

3:45 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Conversations at the Edge
Volcanoes, Mountains, Forests: Malena Szlam and Jiayi Chen
As a Tree Walks to its Forest – Jiayi Chen 2026 – 18 min – 16mm performance
Mounds Above the Earth – Jiayi Chen – 2025 – 7 min – 16mm & 35mm double projection
Altiplano – Malena Szlam – 2018 – 15 min – 35mm
Mirapi – Malena Szlam – 2021 – 8 min – 35mm



Friday 3/27

2:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 10:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios

6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Science on Screen
Face/Off – John Woo – 1997 – 138 min
35mm
Post-screening conversation with Michelle Rinard, Director and Curator of the International Museum of Surgical Science, and plastic surgeon Dr. David Morris

7:00 PM
Latitude Chicago
Latitude AIR Exhibition – Expanded Cinema, Films & Prints
16mm expanded cinema performance by Sara Sowell


Saturday 3/28

11:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 6:15 PM, 10:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios


Sunday 3/29

11:30 AM, 3:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – 2026 – 156 min
New 70mm print from Amazon MGM Studios

3:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Science on Screen
Face/Off – John Woo – 1997 – 138 min
35mm

6:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Siskel Film Center
Ah Ying – Allen Fong – 1983 – 110 min
16mm from Chicago Film Society collection
Preceded by: “Theory of Achievement” (Hal Hartley, 1991) – 18 min – 16mm from the Chicago Film Society collection

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Early Monthly Segments – Robert Beavers – 1968-70/2002 – 33 min
Winged Dialogue – Robert Beavers – 1967/2000 – 3 min
Plan of Brussels – Robert Beavers – 1968 – 18 min
The Count of Days – Robert Beavers – 1969/2001 – 21 min
16mm


Monday 3/30

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
The Sweet Smell of Success – Alexander Mackendrick – 1957 – 97 min
35mm


Tuesday 3/31

5:45 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Science on Screen
Face/Off – John Woo – 1997 – 138 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Jacques Rivette’s Late Style
Va savoir – Jacques Rivette – 2001 – 154 min
35mm


Thursday 4/2

8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Science on Screen
Face/Off – John Woo – 1997 – 138 min
35mm



Friday 4/3

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – Joseph Sargent – 1974 – 104 min
35mm from Park Circus
Introduced by Bob Odenkirk

7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
Normal – Ben Wheatley – 2025 – 90 min
New 35mm print from Magnolia Pictures
Featuring a post-film Q&A with Actor Bob Odenkirk and Writer Derek Kolstad

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Pyschodynamic Cinema
Nostalghia – Andrei Tarkovsky – 1983 – 124 min
35mm


Saturday 4/4

11:00 AM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
The Kid with the Golden Arm – Chang Cheh – 1979 – 86 min
35mm from private collections
Introduced by RZA

1:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 – Shun’ya Itô – 1972 – 90 min
35mm from Vitagraph Films
Meiko Kaji in person, part of a double feature with Lady Snowblood (DCP)

4:00 PM
Doc Films: Pyschodynamic Cinema
Nostalghia – Andrei Tarkovsky – 1983 – 124 min
35mm

9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
One Spoon of Chocolate – RZA – 2025 – 112 min
New 35mm print from Variance Films
RZA in person


Sunday 4/5

2:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
Exorcist II: Heretic – John Boorman – 1977 – 117 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Palinode – Robert Beavers – 21 min
Diminished Frame – Robert Beavers – 24 min
Still Light – Robert Beavers – 24 min
16mm

8:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Beyond Chicago
Faces of Death – Daniel Goldhaber – 2026 – 100 min
New 35mm print from IFC
Director and writer in person


Monday 4/6

6:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Reds – Warren Beatty – 1981 – 194 min + intermission
35mm from Park Circus
Preceded by: Willie Howard & Al Kelly in “Come the Revolution” (1941) – 3 min – 16mm from the Chicago Film Society collection

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
Peter Pan – Herbert Brenon – 1924 – 101 min
35mm from Kino Lorber


Tuesday 4/7

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Jacques Rivette’s Late Style
The Story of Marie and Julien – Jacques Rivette – 2003 – 150 min
35mm


Thursday 4/9

4:15 PM, 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – 2000 – 107 min
35mm from Disney
Music Box Members only screenings

8:00 PM
Siskel Film Center
Onion City Opening Night: Useful Fantasy
Asparagus – Suzan Pitt – 1979 – 18 min – 35mm from the Academy Film Archive
Outer Space – Peter Tscherkassky – 1999 – 10 min – 35mm from Canyon Cinema
part of a longer shorts program


Friday 4/10

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Pyschodynamic Cinema
Slaughterhouse-Five – George Roy Hill – 1972 – 100 min
35mm

7:00 PM
Film Studies Center (Logan Center Screening Room)
A Fountain Which Never Stops: Films by Ute Aurand
Rasendes Grün mit Pferden – Ute Aurand – 2019
Deeply Absorbed in Silent Conversation / Schweigend ins Gespraech vertieft – Ute Aurand – 1981
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer – Ute Aurand – 2020
Sakura, Sakura – Ute Aurand – 2015
Four Diamonds – Ute Aurand – 2017
all 16mm


Saturday 4/11

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Cool Hand Luke – Stuart Rosenberg – 1967 – 126 min
35mm from Park Circus

Screening on DCP due to distributor error

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


Sunday 4/12

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Stir Crazy – Sidney Poitier – 1980 – 119 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
From the Notebook of… – Robert Beavers – 1971/1998 – 48 min – 35mm
The Painting – Robert Beavers – 1972/1999 – 13 min – 35mm
Dedication: Bernice Hodges – Robert Beavers – 2024 – 16 min – 16mm


Monday 4/13

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House – H.C. Potter – 1948 – 94 min
35mm


Thursday 4/16

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Black Girlhood
Precious – Lee Daniels – 2009 – 110 min
35mm

9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: Rated Q
Moulin Rouge! – Baz Lurhmann – 2001 – 127 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society
preshow drag performances


Friday 4/17

7:00 PM
Block Cinema
“Lost in the Flood”: Photochemical Traces of Extreme Weather
Helen Hill Home Movie Reel – Helen Hill – 2000-2005 – 11 min – 16mm from Harvard Film Archive
Ark – Michael Morris – 2018 – 7 min – 35mm from Canyon Cinema
Swannanoan Silt – Isaac King, Tristan Turner, and Agis Shaw – 2025 – 18 min – dual 16mm projection + 35mm slides

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky – Ngai Choi Lam – 1991 – 91 min
35mm from Media Blasters


Saturday 4/18

11:30 AM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Real Life – Albert Brooks – 1979 – 99 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
Preceded by: Real Life “3D” teaser trailer – 3 min – 35mm
Post-screening discussion with Critic A.S. Hamrah


Sunday 4/19

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Holes – Andrew Davis – 2003 – 120 min
35mm from Disney

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Work Done – Robert Beavers – 1972/1999 – 22 min – 35mm
Ruskin – Robert Beavers – 1975/1997 – 45 min – 35mm
Armor – Robert Beavers – 1980 – 15 min – 35mm


Monday 4/20

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
Prisoner of Zenda – John Cromwell – 1937 – 101 min
16mm from the Library of Congress


Tuesday 4/21

7:00 PM
Chicago Filmmakers
Eyes on the Road: Four American Road Movies
Get Out of the Car – Thom Anderson – 2010 – 35 min – 16mm from Canyon Cinema
Chicago Loop – James Benning – 1976 – 9 min – 16mm from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
9/1/75 – James Benning – 1975 – 22 min – 16mm from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Presented by Tone Glow


Thursday 4/23

9:30 PM
Doc Films: Arthouse Vulgarity
Moment – Stephen Dwoskin – 1968 – 13 min – 16mm
Removed – Naomi Uman – 1999 – 6 min – 16mm
screening as part of a longer program


Friday 4/24

7:00 PM
Block Cinema: Science on Screen
Florence: Days of Destruction – Franco Zeffirelli – 1966 – 50 min
35mm

9:45 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Blow-Up – Michael Antonioni – 1966 – 111 min
35mm

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Black Mama White Mama – Eddie Romero – 1973 – 97 min
35mm from Park Circus


Saturday 4/25

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
A Man Escaped – Robert Bresson – 1956 – 103 min
35mm from Janus Films

1:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
Prisoner of Zenda – John Cromwell – 1937 – 101 min
16mm from the Library of Congress

9:45 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
Blow-Up – Michael Antonioni – 1966 – 111 min
35mm

Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Music Box of Horrors
The House by the Cemetery – Lucio Fulci – 1981 – 87 min
35mm from private collections


Sunday 4/26

11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Animation Adventures
The Adventures of Prince Achmed – Lotte Reiniger – 1926 – 66 min
35mm from Milestone Films
Live musical accompaniment

6:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Siskel Film Center
Henry Fool – Hal Hartley – 1997 – 137 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: Share the Care (1941, produced by the Chicago Park District, USA, 2 mins, 35mm).

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Efpsychi – Robert Beavers – 1983/1996 – 20 min
Sotiros – Robert Beavers 1976-78/1996 – 25 min
Wingseed – Robert Beavers – 1985 – 15 min
35mm


Monday 4/27

4:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Black Mama White Mama – Eddie Romero – 1973 – 97 min
35mm from Park Circus

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
King’s Row – Sam Wood – 1942 – 127 min
35mm


Tuesday 4/28

9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Prison Break
Escape from Alcatraz – Don Siegel – 1979 – 112 min
35mm from Paramount

Now screening digitally


Thursday 4/30

7:00 PM
Doc Films: Black Girlhood
Crooklyn – Spike Lee – 1994 – 114 min
35mm

screening cancelled



Friday 5/1

6:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Invite – Olivia Wilde – 2026 – 106 min
New 35mm print from A24

7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
Horse Feathers – Norman Z. McLeod – 1932 – 68 min
35mm from Universal
Preceded by: “Guido Deiro, The World’s Foremost Piano-Accordionist”
(Doc Saloman, 1929) – 6 min – 35mm from Library of Congress

9:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
Ladies Must Love – E.A. Dupont – 1933 – 70 min
35mm from Universal

9:30 PM
Doc Films: Black Girlhood
Crooklyn – Spike Lee – 1994 – 114 min
35mm

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Fly – David Cronenberg – 1986 – 96 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society


Saturday 5/2

3:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
The Letter – Jean de Limur – 1929 – 64 min
35mm from the Library of Congress
Preceded by: Dangerous Females (William Watson, 1929) – 21 min – 16mm

5:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
The Wiser Sex – Berthold Viertel – 1932 – 76 min
35mm from Universal

8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
Wild Boys of the Road – William Wellman – 1933 – 68 min
35mm from Library of Congress
Preceded by: Their First Mistake (George Marshall, 1932) – 21 min – 35mm

9:30 PM
Doc Films: Board Picks
24 Hour Party People – Michael Winterbottom – 2002 – 117 min
35mm


Sunday 5/3

1:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
His Wife’s Lover – Sidney M. Goldin – 1931 – 80 min
35mm from the National Center for Jewish Film

3:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
Caravan – Erik Charell – 1934 – 101 min
35mm from MoMA

5:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Film Studies Center (Logan Center for the Arts)
Pre-Code Picture Party
Anybody’s Woman Dorothy Arzner 1930 80 min
35mm from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Preceded by: “The Golf Specialist” (Monte Brice, 1930) – 20 min – 35mm

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
The Hedge Theater – Robert Beavers – 1986-90/2002 – 19 min
The Stoas – Robert Beavers – 1991-97 – 22 min
The Ground – Robert Beavers – 1993-2001  – 20 min
35mm

8:30 PM
Doc Films: Arthouse Vulgarity
What’s On – Martha Colburn – 1997 – 2 min
Lift Off – Martha Colburn – 1998 – 3 min
The Color of Love – Peggy Awesh – 1994 – 10 min
Fuses – Carolee Schneemann – 1967 – 29 min
16mm from Film-maker’s Cooperative
Part of a longer shorts program

8:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Chicago Critics Film Festival
A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Steven Spielberg – 2001 – 146 min
35mm from Park Circus


Monday 5/4

7:00 PM
Doc Films
Painting with Light: The Cinematography of James Wong Howe
Hud – Martin Ritt – 1963 – 112 min
35mm


Wednesday 5/6

9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Chicago Critics Film Festival
Something Wild – Jonathan Demme – 1986 – 113 min
35mm from Park Circus


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