Sunday, May 19th
- 11:30am
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The Trial
- From the Orson Welles: Hello Americans collection
- 2:15pm
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Sightseers
- 5:00pm
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Sightseers
- 7:15pm
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Sightseers
- 9:30pm
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Sightseers
Monday, May 20th
- 5:00pm
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Sightseers
- 7:15pm
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Sightseers
- 9:30pm
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Sightseers
Tuesday, May 21st
- 5:00pm
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Sightseers
- 7:15pm
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Sightseers
- 9:30pm
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Sightseers
Wednesday, May 22nd
- 5:00pm
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Sightseers
- 7:15pm
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Sightseers
- 9:30pm
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Sightseers
Thursday, May 23rd
- 5:00pm
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Sightseers
- 7:15pm
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Sightseers
- 9:30pm
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Sightseers
Special Announcements
None today.
Meals & Deals
Coobah
3423 N. Southport (773) 528-2220
Free parking in rear. Closed Dec. 24th.
Enjoy a 15% discount off your dine-in food with your ticket stub.
Chicago Reader Real Deal
Since 1971, the Reader has served as Chicago’s political conscience, cultural guide, and music authority. We have thousands of reviews in our film archives; you can check them out and see what’s streaming on Hulu & Netflix with our Old Movies to Watch Now feature.
Safari Cup Coffee
3404 N Southport Ave Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 770-6162
Enjoy a free coffee upon presentation of any Music Box Theatre ticket for that day.
Bad Ass Coffee
3737 N. Southport, Chicago, IL 60657
Bad Ass Coffee is located just 2 doors down from Music Box and has tasty coffee and pastries!
Cullen’s Bar and Grill
3741 N. Southport Ave (773) 975-0600
Located on Southport just north of the Music Box Theater, we’ve been a part of Wrigleyville for over 15 years. Stop in for a pint and meet our friendly staff, check out our daily specials and enjoy our great food. There’s always something fun happening at Cullen’s and we look forward to serving you soon!
Extend your stay on southport! Present your Music Box Theatre ticket Stub and receive a 15% discount off of your entire check!
The Second City Training Center
1608 N Wells St, Chicago IL 60657 312-664-3959.
Chicago is the world capital of improvisation (improv) and sketch comedy, and The Second City is in the heart of it. For fifty years The Second City has created a wealth of comedic material from a legendary group of performers. We offer a variety of classes in the performance arts for students at any level of experience.
Ganesha Yoga
3113 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL (773) 904-7870
Ganesha is laid-back, non-threatening, and supportive. We specialize in yoga for beginners and doubters. We think yoga is a gateway exercise — once you start moving, who knows where you’ll go?
Mystic Celt
3443 N. Southport Ave. (773) 529-8550
Bring in your Music Box Theatre ticket stub for a free appetizer for your table!
Music Box Films
A highly acclaimed distributor of foreign and independent film in theatrical, DVD and television markets in the United States.
Founded in 2007, Music Box Films has quickly established itself as one of the leading distributors of non-English language feature films in the US in theaters, on DVD/Blu-ray and via Video-on-Demand.
Chicago Filmmakers
5243 N. Clark, Chicago, IL
Affordable, college-level training with accomplished industry and independent filmmakers.
Deleece Restaurant
3747 N. Southport Ave. Chicago, IL 60613 (773) 325-1710
Enjoy our mouthwatering new menu in our beautiful new surroundings. We look forward to seeing you at our new location just a few doors north of the Music Box Theatre.
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St. 773-929-3680
Just a few blocks from the Music Box Theatre is the fantastic Uncommon Ground, Lakeview. Named “Greenest Restaurant in America” in 2011 by the Green Restaurant Association, we are Chicago’s first Certified Organic Rooftop Farm!
Spring 2013 Calendar
The House I Live In
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US Documentary, Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival Awards
2012
A film by Eugene Jarecki
Winner of the best documentary prize at Sundance, the latest film by Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Why We Fight) ranks with The Thin Blue Line, Bowling for Columbine, and Inside Job as a great documentary polemic. The subject is the “War on Drugs”, which, as this eye-opening film persuasively shows, is more precisely a war on those who are perceived as class and racial outsiders—dating back to the 19th century (when opium was used to demonize Chinese immigrants), officially inaugurated by Richard Nixon, escalated by Ronald Reagan, and espoused by virtually every major Presidential candidate ever since.
Using eloquent analysts (including The Wire creator David Simon and historian Richard Lawrence Miller), compelling personal stories from all sides and levels of the “war”, and his own experience as a child of Holocaust survivors, Jarecki lucidly and passionately builds an in-depth case against a policy that demonstrably doesn’t work, has a ruinous effect on American society, but remains entrenched thanks to its profitability and political expediency.
It’s a film as profoundly sad as it is enraging and potentially galvanizing, and it’s one of the most important pieces of nonfiction to hit the screen in years.
—Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Jarecki’s film makes a shattering case against the War on Drugs…
—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
External Links
Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2012
- Country of Production
- USA
- Language
- English
- Running Time
- 108 mins
Past Screenings (since April 2nd, 2009)
- Thursday, Nov 1, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm
- Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm
- Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm
- Monday, Oct 29, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm
- Sunday, Oct 28, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm · 2:30pm
- Saturday, Oct 27, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm · 2:30pm
- Friday, Oct 26, 2012
- 9:30pm · 7:20pm · 5:00pm · 2:30pm
- Thursday, Oct 25, 2012
- 7:20pm
- Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012
- 5:00pm
- Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012
- 9:40pm
- Monday, Oct 22, 2012
- 7:20pm
- Sunday, Oct 21, 2012
- 9:40pm · 5:00pm
- Saturday, Oct 20, 2012
- 7:20pm
- Friday, Oct 19, 2012
- 7:20pm · 2:30pm
See showtimes for all currently scheduled films.
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