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Upcoming Special Events
Oscar-Nominated Films
February 10 - 22
The 84th Annual Academy Awards will occur on February 26th 2012, and here is your chance to see some of the nominees on the big screen! This series will feature some of our favorites form 2011, some films that have not been seen at all in Chicago, and a SUPER SECRET SCREENING of a film that has not yet screened in Chicago!
Second Saturday Silent Cinema Presents: Leap Year
February 11, 12:00pm
A tribute to silent film that only the Music Box can offer! Named by Chicago Magazine as the Best New Film Series of 2011. Now presented on the second Saturday of every month at noon!
Michelle L'amour's "Big SEXY Show"
February 11, 8:30pm; February 11, 11:00pm
Chicago’s #1 Romantic Valentine’s Date!
The Film That Changed My Life: Harlan County U.S.A. with Steve James and Robert K. Elder!
February 19, 1:30pm
Filmmaker Steve James and author Robert K. Elder in person!
National Theatre Live 2012
January 5 - April 9
National Theatre Live is the British National Theatre’s groundbreaking initiative providing high-definition filmed performances of its productions to theaters worldwide.
For the 2012 season, in January NT Live presents Collaborators, directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by John Hodge; in February, Traveling Light; in March The Comedy of Errors; and in April She Stoops to Conquer.
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
February 29, 7:30pm
Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (Rejected, Billy’s Balloon, The Meaning of Life) is hitting the road for a rare series of one-night-only events! A selection of Don’s classic animated shorts will return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, It’s Such a Beautiful Day: The Third and Final Chapter in a Trilogy About a Mysterious Man Named Bill.
Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero return to the Music Box Theatre!
March 23, 10:30pm; March 24, 10:30pm
The weekend of March 23-25th, 2012, Tommy and Greg will show how much of “best friends” they are when they return to the Music Box Theatre for a few special screenings!