Always check for last-minute changes. Our information comes from exhibitor websites, printed programs, programmers, and projectionists. We strive for accuracy, but things can move fast in filmland!
*Exhibits*
June 20 – August 2
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Rosa Barba, Poised Compression
2023, steel, glass, motors, 35 mm film, aluminum
July 11 – August 24
Logan Center Gallery, Logan Center for the Arts
South Side Home Movie Project: The Act of Recording is an Act of Love
8mm, S8, 16mm
July 23 – August 31
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
Sunset Flash (Paul Pfeiffer, 2004) 16mm – 30 min
Friday 8/1
2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Akira Kurosawa – Something Like a Retrospective
Drunken Angel – Akira Kurosawa – 1948 – 98 min
35mm from Janus Films
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Pre-Code Musicals on Film
The Smiling Lieutenant – Ernst Lubitsch– 1931 – 93 min
35mm
11:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Cecil B. Demented – John Waters – 2000 – 87 min
35mm from Lionsgate
Saturday 8/2
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Scorchers
Body Heat – Lawrence Kasdan – 1981 – 113 min
35mm from Park Circus
11:15 PM
Music Box Theatre
Mortal Kombat – Paul W.S. Anderson – 1995 – 101 min
35mm from Park Circus
Preceded by a 35mm trailer reel
Sunday 8/3
4:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: Akira Kurosawa – Something Like a Retrospective
Drunken Angel – Akira Kurosawa – 1948 – 98 min
35mm from Janus Films
7:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
Earth – Alexander Dovzhenko – 1930 – 84 min
35mm from George Eastman Museum
Live musical accompaniment by Whine Cave
Thursday 8/7
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Éric Rohmer – Four Summer Films
Pauline at the Beach – Eric Rohmer – 1983 – 94 min
35mm
6:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Time and Tide – Tsui Hark – 2000 – 113 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Preceded by: Tsui Hark Hollywood trailer reel – 5 min – 35mm
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Pre-Code Musicals on Film
The Kid From Spain – Leo McCarey – 1932 – 96 min
16mm
Friday 8/8
2:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Stanley Kramer – 1963 – 197 min
70mm from Park Circus
4:00 PM
Doc Films: Pre-Code Musicals on Film
The Kid From Spain – Leo McCarey – 1932 – 96 min
16mm
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Éric Rohmer – Four Summer Films
Pauline at the Beach – Eric Rohmer – 1983 – 94 min
35mm
7:30 PM, 11:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: 70mm Festival
Sinners – Ryan Coogler – 2025 – 137 min
70mm from Warner Brothers
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Scorchers
Stray Dog – Akira Kurosawa – 1949 – 122 min
35mm from Janus Films