Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

Two American showgirls in the mood for love board a luxury liner to Paris. Engaged to be married, fair-haired Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) is unknowingly... Read more

Music Box of Horrors Presents

The team at Music Box of Horrors collectively agreed we could no longer only celebrate all things horror & hang out with you sickos once a year! Every... Read more

28 Days Later + Pontypool

Part of: Music Box of Horrors Presents

Presented by Shudder Come celebrate the halfway mark to Halloween with an infected zombie double feature on 35mm! First up is a 20th anniversary scree... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Unforgiven

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

The West was once home to cowboys and gunfighters, but now their exploits live on only in dime novels. For the rest, there's smallpox and mud and nobl... Read more

Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

The Lady Eve

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

It's no accident when wealthy Charles (Henry Fonda) falls for Jean (Barbara Stanwyck). Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. M... Read more

Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

The Lady Eve

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

It's no accident when wealthy Charles (Henry Fonda) falls for Jean (Barbara Stanwyck). Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. M... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Zandy's Bride

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

The Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell pulled off the unprecedented feat of making two back-to-back three-hour epics (THE EMIGRANTS and THE NEW LAND) that c... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Zandy's Bride

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

The Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell pulled off the unprecedented feat of making two back-to-back three-hour epics (THE EMIGRANTS and THE NEW LAND) that c... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Director/Star Cooper Raiff in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&AFresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew is st... Read more

Watcher

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Julia (Maika Monroe) joins her husband (Karl Glusman) when he relocates to his family’s native Romania for a new job. Having recently abandoned her ac... Read more

Speak No Evil

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

In “Speak No Evil,” on a vacation in Tuscany, two families – one Danish, one Dutch – meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dut... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

CCFF Shorts Program #1

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

SHORTS INCLUDEDThe Mundanes - Get to know the Mundanes, a faceless suburban family with an unusual appetite. This "Guide to the Happy Family" is a sur... Read more

A Love Song

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Faye (Dale Dickey) is a lone traveler biding her time fishing, birding and stargazing at a rural Colorado campground as she awaits the arrival of Lito... Read more

To Leslie

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Leslie is a West Texas single mother struggling to provide for her son when she wins the lottery and a chance at a good life. But a few short years la... Read more

Emily the Criminal

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a s... Read more

Bram Stoker's Dracula (30th Anniversary)

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Doc

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Frank Perry's archetypically revisionist Western aims to set the record straight on the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Taking the familiar tale of Wyatt... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

2nd Chance

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

In 1969 a bankrupt pizzeria owner, Richard Davis, invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point blank — 1... Read more

Both Sides of the Blade

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Winter in Paris. “Both Sides of the Blade” tells the tale of a passionate love triangle. Jean (Vincent London) and Sara (Juliette Binoche) have been l... Read more

Benediction

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, the biopic explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). The wr... Read more

Hold Your Fire

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Director Stefan Forbes in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&A Brooklyn, 1973. When Shu’aib Raheem and his friends attempted to steal guns for self-defense,... Read more

Piggy

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

Boogie Nights

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A loving, sprawling, sexy, and often very sad tribute to big screen pornography during that industry’s change from film production to video, Boogie Ni... Read more

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See the Titanic

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Jaakko is blind and disabled; the brightest moments in his day are those on the phone with Sirpa, the woman he loves even though they’ve never met in... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

Beba

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary... Read more

Straighten Up and Fly Right

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Directors & Stars Kristen Abate & Steven Tanenbaum in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&A 20-something New Yorker Kristen (Kristen Abate) lives with a seve... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Doc

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Frank Perry's archetypically revisionist Western aims to set the record straight on the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Taking the familiar tale of Wyatt... Read more

Palm Trees and Power Lines

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

Inu-Oh

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Inu-Oh is born with unique physical characteristics, and the horrified adults cover every inch of his body with garments, including a mask on his face... Read more

Resurrection

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Margaret’s life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Soon, her teenage daughter, who Margaret raised by herself, will be going of... Read more

Flux Gourmet

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

At an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gas... Read more

The Chicago Critics Film Festival

THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Twelfth Year! The event, a six-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago R... Read more

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) doesn’t know good sex. Whatever it may be, Nancy, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had it,  but she... Read more

I Love My Dad

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Director/Star James Morosini, Claudia Sulewski, Amy Landecker, and Patton Oswalt in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&AInspired by Writer/Director/Star Jam... Read more

Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

The Gang's All Here

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

Free Admittance for Music Box Members! The night before his deployment in World War II, wealthy heir Andy Mason (James Ellison) falls in love with Ead... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

Meek's Cutoff

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

The promise of the West remains forever over the horizon for the pioneers of MEEK'S CUTOFF, who follow their cusssed trail hand (Bruce Greenwood) into... Read more

SOMM TV Presents The Whole Animal

One Night Only | Director Jason Wise, Producer/Cinematographer Jackson Myers, and Cast Member Bryan Flannery in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&A VIP Eve... Read more

The Whole Animal

Part of: SOMM TV Presents The Whole Animal

One Night Only | Director Jason Wise, Producer/Cinematographer Jackson Myers, and Cast Member Bryan Flannery in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&A VIP Eve... Read more

Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regul... Read more

Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

We spent most of this winter fantasizing about lying on the deck of a boat drinking martinis next to Jane Russell and a crew of scantily clad men and... Read more

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Part of: Anchors Aweigh Matinees!

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regul... Read more

Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

Sponsored  by DePaul University's School of Cinematic ArtsIn the popular imagination, the Western is a mild diversion for adolescents of all ages-- a... Read more

The Homesman

Part of: Hell on the Homestead: Surviving the Frontier

After a hard-won journey west, a trio of frontier women remain profoundly unsettled, broken by an inhospitable landscape. When none of the local men w... Read more