Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Fan

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

A troubled salesman who peddles knives, Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) has a volatile personality, which has resulted in divorce and a strained relations... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

Before Sunrise

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star as two young people who meet and whose lives are forever changed on a train from Budapest to Paris. They may have onl... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

Opus

A young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago.... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

Mud, Blood, & Marinara: Spaghetti Westerns

When Italian studios began to produce and distribute Western genre films in the 1960s, many critics quickly dismissed them as ultra-violent, nihilisti... Read more

Once Upon a Time in the West

Part of: Mud, Blood, & Marinara: Spaghetti Westerns

Directed by Sergio Leone, this epic Western re-established the genre, and still stands as one of the greatest, artistic films of all time. Henry Fonda... Read more

2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated,... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Music Box Bingo

On the 1st Thursday of the month (unless noted), join us in the Music Box Lounge 7-10 PM for the infamous MUSIC BOX BINGO! Hosted by your good-time ga... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Music Box Bingo

On the 1st Thursday of the month (unless noted), join us in the Music Box Lounge 7-10 PM for the infamous MUSIC BOX BINGO! Hosted by your good-time ga... Read more

The Dead Thing

Alex is trapped in a downward spiral of shallow hookups and tepid connections, but she is caught off guard when her dating app swipes lead her into th... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

Bull Durham

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

In Durham, N.C., the Bulls minor league baseball team has one asset no other can claim: a poetry-loving groupie named Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon). As... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Dead Thing

Alex is trapped in a downward spiral of shallow hookups and tepid connections, but she is caught off guard when her dating app swipes lead her into th... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

Bull Durham

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

In Durham, N.C., the Bulls minor league baseball team has one asset no other can claim: a poetry-loving groupie named Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon). As... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

Music Box Movie Trivia

What makes Music Box Trivia Chicago's premier movie trivia?Six rounds of movie trivia, including audio and visual components. A beautiful community. S... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

The Chicago Film Society Presents

The Chicago Film Society comes to the Music Box for all-celluloid screenings of classic & underseen features, short subjects, trailer reels, and other... Read more

The Symbol of the Unconquered

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

The Black independent writer-producer-director Oscar Micheaux had a knack for weaving incidents from his own life into uplifting, politically charged,... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Amateur Movie Day 2025

Tired of over-polished, over-long, soulless Hollywood fare? Long for something shorter, stranger and with more midwestern accents? Join Chicago Film A... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Paul Reiser: A Career-Spanning Conversation

From creating and starring in the long-running sitcom Mad About You to writing such best-selling books as Couplehood and Babyhood, Paul Reiser has tur... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Stop Making Sense

Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by criti... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

A League of Their Own

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

The Monkey

Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show

This notorious horror parody — a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things — tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

A League of Their Own

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Music Box Movie Trivia

What makes Music Box Trivia Chicago's premier movie trivia?Six rounds of movie trivia, including audio and visual components. A beautiful community. S... Read more

Warfare

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

The Chicago Film Society Presents

The Chicago Film Society comes to the Music Box for all-celluloid screenings of classic & underseen features, short subjects, trailer reels, and other... Read more

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

After seven-and-counting entries heavily dedicated to gravityless, CGI-assisted bank robbing/international espionage antics, it can be easy to forget... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

Moneyball

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Mickey 17

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of PARASITE, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikel... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dre... Read more

Eephus

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

Chopping Mall

SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! moves to Music Box, and we're kicking things off with Chopping Mall and Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge on back-to-back nights!... Read more

Starship Troopers

In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradi... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

American Dreams: Lost and Found

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

"... A description of the form of AMERICAN DREAMS is deceptively simple: along a narrow border at the bottom of the screen a handwritten transcription... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Phantom of the Mall

SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! moves to Music Box, and we're kicking things off with Chopping Mall and Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge on back-to-back nights!... Read more

Starship Troopers

In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradi... Read more

Play Ball! A Baseball Series

“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in and day out, is the church of baseball." - Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy in BULL DURHAM"Sitting the... Read more

Eight Men Out

Part of: Play Ball! A Baseball Series

The Chicago White Sox, who are set to play the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series of 1919, are at odds with their team's owner, Charles Comiskey (Cli... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Return of the Living Dead II

In Return of the Living Dead Part II, the chemical Trioxin turned people into flesh eating zombies. Now the government is trying to control these unst... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Not If I See You First

In town for work, Kenny meets Aaron, who convinces him to extend his trip a few days to check out the famous sights of Chicago. But when Kenny's car e... Read more

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousin... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Bob Trevino Likes It

Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been... Read more

They Call Her Death

On the wild frontier of the American prairie, Molly Pray is on a bloody crusade against the criminal forces that have wronged her. She shows no mercy,... Read more

Female Trouble

Female Trouble (1974) is John Waters’ bold and boundary-pushing dark comedy that cemented his reputation as the king of trash cinema. Starring the leg... Read more

Bright Star

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Jane Campion (Best Original Screenplay, The Piano, 1993) comes an extraordinary film based on the true sto... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Bob Trevino Likes It

Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been... Read more

They Call Her Death

On the wild frontier of the American prairie, Molly Pray is on a bloody crusade against the criminal forces that have wronged her. She shows no mercy,... Read more

The Room

This “electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies” stars (and was directed, written and produced by) the mysterious Tomm... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Animation Adventures

Discover fantastic worlds, nostalgic favorites and arthouse gems with Animation Adventures at the Music Box Theatre! This recurring film series celebr... Read more

The Iron Giant

Part of: Animation Adventures

When an enormous metal giant appears in a small town in Maine, Hogarth Hughes befriends him, hiding him from federal agent megalomaniac Kent Mansley,... Read more

Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse

This insightful documentary delves into the life and work of Art Spiegelman, the Queens-raised artist who revolutionized comics by exploring dark, com... Read more

Bob Trevino Likes It

Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been... Read more

Music Box Movie Trivia

What makes Music Box Trivia Chicago's premier movie trivia?Six rounds of movie trivia, including audio and visual components. A beautiful community. S... Read more

Eephus

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than a... Read more

Bob Trevino Likes It

Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been... Read more

Joint Security Area

Before OLDBOY and THE HANDMAIDEN, legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook unleashed JOINT SECURITY AREA—a gripping tale of deceit, misunderstanding, and th... Read more