The adventure of a lifetime begins…

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmès, from an original idea by producer Alain Chabat, Babies simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.

Re-defining the nonfiction art form, Babies joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all.

Camp Midnight invites you to a special presentation of “Mommie Dearest.” The Joan-a-Palooza festivities start at 1:30 pm with a pre-show featuring Dick O’Day and the Hell in a Handbag players. Join us for a Mother/Daughter matching outfit contest! Be amazed by a music video for “Mad at the Dirt” performed by The Joans, the world’s first band dedicated to “giving Joan Crawford a rock-n-roll voice.” A screening of the over-the-top 1981 camp classic immediately follows. Audience members will receive an interactive audience guide, and members of Camp Midnight will provide hilarious running commentary throughout the film.

A MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH! The Camp Midnight crew has also teamed up with Blue Bayou, Chicago’s terrific Sunday brunch destination to offer an exclusive upgrade for the event (directly across the street from the Music Box at 3734 N. Southport). Head over for Brunch any time from 9am to 1pm and get 15% off your brunch by mentioning you are going to the Music Box. Reservations for bunch can be made by calling (773) 871-3300. There will be live jazz music at the Blue Bayou from 11am to 1pm.

Set in the 1930s Manchurian desert, where lawlessness rules, three men meet on a train. The Good is a bounty hunter who tracks down criminals with rewards on their heads. The Bad is the leader of a group of bandits and can’t stand to be second best. The Weird is a train robber with nine lives. The three strangers engage in a chase across Manchuria to take possession of a mysterious treasure map, a map that is also coveted by the Japanese army and Asian bandits.

A stylish, twist-filled film noir, THE SQUARE centers on an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson, blackmail and murder. Escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage, Raymond Yale becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled Carla. Ray’s moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband’s latest crime. This is their chance: Take the money and run… If only it were that simple. Playing with Nash Edgerton’s short film SPIDER

Two naive American college students traveling through Europe become lost and disoriented in the woods after their car breaks down.  They have the misfortune of stumbling upon the home and laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Heiter, a man once celebrated for his work separating Siamese twins who has now dedicated his life to the opposite cause—creating the perfect “human centipede.”

Barbara Stanwyck is a waitress engaged to med student Regis Toomey. His mother despises the waitress, arranging to get Stanwyck arrested. After her release from prison, Stanwyck becomes an overnight musical sensation. Living well is the greatest revenge, after all.