The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

Clown in a Cornfield

Part of: Music Box of Horrors Presents

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... 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 Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

The Baltimorons

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

On Christmas Eve, Cliff, a newly sober improv comedian, cracks a tooth and lands in the emergency care of Didi, an older no-nonsense dentist. What beg... Read more

Lurker

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between... 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 Cathedral of New Emotions

Part of: Animation Adventures

A psychedelic odyssey through animation with visuals that’ll melt your mental highways, THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS is a surreal German film that’s... Read more

Best Wishes to All

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A young woman’s visit to her grandparents’ home leads to the discovery of what’s brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question h... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... 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

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Depicts 8-year-old Bobo's life on her family's Rhodesian farm during the Bush War's final stages. It explores the family's bond with Africa's land and... Read more

CFCA Shorts Program #1

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

SHORTS INCLUDEDCall Me Crazy - Sinking in a situationship, a broken heart is bad enough, but a broken arm might be the trick to be seen again. Questio... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... Read more

Brother Verses Brother

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Inspired by Francis Coppola's concept of Live Cinema, Brother Verses Brother is a radically personal musical odyssey. Combative twin musicians hunt fo... Read more

Twinless

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

In Twinless, two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (Dylan O'Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney)... Read more

Strange Days

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Set in Los Angeles on the last days of 1999 Lenny Nero, a former cop, deals in illegal "squid" recordings – virtual reality-like experiences of others... 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 Cathedral of New Emotions

Part of: Animation Adventures

A psychedelic odyssey through animation with visuals that’ll melt your mental highways, THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS is a surreal German film that’s... Read more

Mr. K

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Mr. K (Crispin Glover), a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get ou... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

The Great Dictator

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

In his controversial masterpiece Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

CFCA Shorts Program #2

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

SHORTS INCLUDEDWhitch - After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and i... Read more

Friendship

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

It Ends

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidenta... Read more

40 Acres

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Sorry, Baby

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least.

Sister Midnight

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A genre-bending comedy about a frustrated and misanthropic newlywed who discovers certain feral impulses that land her in unlikely situations.

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

April

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, acclaimed director Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning) returns with her latest boundary push... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Fantasy Life

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The... Read more

OBEX

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with l... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

Happyend

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

With graduation looming in near future Tokyo, two high school friends must reevaluate their friendship after pulling a consequential classroom prank.... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Familiar Touch

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although... Read more

Zodiac Killer Project

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton was hot on the trail of the next great American true crime documentary — a riveting account of a highway patrolman's quix... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... 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

Desert Road

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

A young woman driving through the desert stops at a gas station to fill her tank. After getting back on the road, she blows a tire and her car gets st... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

A Little Prayer

Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival

Bill (David Strathairn) is a pillar of his Southern community: a business owner, a veteran, and the proud patriarch of an unruly but loving family. Hi... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Tall Tales (2025)

Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a... Read more

The Fishbowl

Noelia, a 40-year-old Puerto Rican visual artist, discovers her cancer has metastasized after spending several years in remission. Despite the insiste... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Murder and Murder

Part of: Sapphopalooza

Rainer’s last feature is also one of her most personal, inspired by the lows and highs of a breast cancer diagnosis in the early 1990s, and the surpri... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Tall Tales (2025)

Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

The Legend of Kingdom Come

THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME tells the story of the beloved 90s-era graphic novel KINGDOM COME, going behind the scenes and inside the mind of its creat... Read more

Hundreds of Beavers

In this silent supernatural epic, a drunken applejack salesman is thrust into the frigid wilderness.Can he go from zero to hero, become North America'... Read more

When Fall is Coming

After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services a... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Johnny Guitar

Part of: Sapphopalooza

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna (Joan Crawford) owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid (Sco... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

The Life of Chuck

From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes THE LIFE OF CHUCK, the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, g... 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

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

Hundreds of Beavers

In this silent supernatural epic, a drunken applejack salesman is thrust into the frigid wilderness.Can he go from zero to hero, become North America'... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Johnny Guitar

Part of: Sapphopalooza

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna (Joan Crawford) owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid (Sco... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

But I'm a Cheerleader

Part of: Sapphopalooza

Jamie Babbit's creative feature debut follows Megan Bloomfield, a highschool cheerleader who is sent to gay conversion therapy camp when her parents s... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Taste the Revolution

A sharp and prescient satire twenty-five years in the making, Taste the Revolution follows two aspiring filmmakers as they chronicle the story of a ch... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Queens of Drama

Part of: Sapphopalooza

An outrageous lesbian pop musical satire inspired by the pop frenzy of the early 2000s, QUEENS OF DRAMA charts the rise and fall of new star Mimi Mada... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

The Shrouds

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the berea... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that h... Read more

CHIRP Music Film Festival

CHIRP Radio 107.1FM presents its third annual Music Film Festival in its new home at the Music Box. The fest features seven music-focused films and re... Read more

Eno

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

A self-described “sonic landscaper,” Brian Eno began his career as an original member of Roxy Music in the 1970s and has been at the forefront of musi... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

CHIRP Music Film Festival

CHIRP Radio 107.1FM presents its third annual Music Film Festival in its new home at the Music Box. The fest features seven music-focused films and re... Read more

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

This documentary is the first of its kind to explore the complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of one of glam rock’s biggest trailblazers. Featur... Read more

Times Square

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

Two teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks escape a mental hospital and hit the streets of a post-70s New York, forming an underground pun... Read more

Dinner with Leatherface

"Dinner with Leatherface" is a documentary about Gunnar Hansen, the actor who portrayed Leatherface in "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974). Friends,... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Desperate Living

Part of: Sapphopalooza

A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town providing refuge... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Part of: Sapphopalooza

France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a relucta... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

CHIRP Music Film Festival

CHIRP Radio 107.1FM presents its third annual Music Film Festival in its new home at the Music Box. The fest features seven music-focused films and re... Read more

Lifers: A Local H Movie

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

Written and directed by the band’s singer/guitarist, Lifers documents a Local H show shot in real time during a gig at Chicago’s revered music venue,... Read more

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

“You’re gonna have to give him a moment, son…Dewey Cox has to think about his entire life before he plays.” So begins this hilarious musical comedy pa... Read more

Dinner with Leatherface

"Dinner with Leatherface" is a documentary about Gunnar Hansen, the actor who portrayed Leatherface in "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974). Friends,... 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

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Saving Face

Part of: Sapphopalooza

When 48-year-old widow Hwei-Lan Gao (Joan Chen) informs her less-than understanding father she's pregnant, he banishes her from Flushing until she rem... Read more

No Other Land

Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhoo... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Secret Mall Apartment

In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everythin... 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

CHIRP Music Film Festival

CHIRP Radio 107.1FM presents its third annual Music Film Festival in its new home at the Music Box. The fest features seven music-focused films and re... Read more

Save the Children

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

In 1972, Jesse Jackson held his Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) exhibition in Chicago that featured an all-star lineup of some of the... Read more

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Part of: CHIRP Music Film Festival

This documentary from photographer Sam Jones follows the creation and distribution of Wilco’s fourth studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Jones capture... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

D.E.B.S.

Part of: Sapphopalooza

Recruited by the U.S. government for their unique abilities to lie, cheat and fight--and their exceptional SAT scores--four plaid-skirted high school... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

One Cut of the Dead

While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t... 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

Professor O’s Producing Festival #4 - Movies with a Message!

Ever wondered how independent films are made or maybe you’re an aspiring filmmaker or student who is looking for strategies to take their filmmaking t... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Persona

Part of: Sapphopalooza

By the midsixties, Ingmar Bergman had already conjured many of the cinema’s most unforgettable images. But with the radical Persona, this supreme arti... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Ran

Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, RAN considers the disastrous consequences of Lord Hidetora Ichim... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

One Cut of the Dead

While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t... 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

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Born in Flames

Part of: Sapphopalooza

The film that rocked the foundations of the 1980s underground, this postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in America ten year... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Big Trouble in Little China

Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An a... Read more

Ran

Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, RAN considers the disastrous consequences of Lord Hidetora Ichim... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

Jaws

The massive popular success of Jaws may have ushered in the era of the “summer blockbuster” as we know it now, but Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Ben... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

The Runaways

Part of: Sapphopalooza

The film follows two friends, Joan Jett (KRISTEN STEWART) and Cherie Currie (DAKOTA FANNING), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to... Read more

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swa... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

Bound

Part of: Sapphopalooza

Three years before they delivered THE MATRIX (and redefined action movies forever), the Wachowski siblings offered up a sensual, razor-sharp film noir... Read more

Tales From the Hood

A creepy mortician, Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III), attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack (Joe Torry) and his friends straight by telling the... Read more

Dream Demon

May 30 & 31, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! returns to Music Box for late-nite screenings in Theatre 2, and this time we’re exploring the outer reaches of slumber... Read more

Sapphopalooza

From the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema, visible to those who know... Read more

The Watermelon Woman

Part of: Sapphopalooza

Cheryl Dunye made cinematic history with The Watermelon Woman, the first American feature to be directed by a black lesbian as well as an incisive, hu... 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

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Part of: Animation Adventures

Director Wes Anderson brings his inimitable style to the world of stop-motion animation. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, a brilliantly clever fox (Ge... Read more

Friendship

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives... 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

My Darling Clementine

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

Shakespeare in Tombstone? Assigned by 20th Century-Fox to turn out a new version of the well-trod story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the gunfight... Read more

The Compound Live with Ian Happ and Special Guest Pete Crow-Armstrong

Join Chicago Cubs All-Star Outfielder Ian Happ at the historic Music Box Theatre, just blocks away from Wrigley Field on Saturday, May 31st for a spec... Read more

Dreamscape

May 30 & 31, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! returns to Music Box for late-nite screenings in Theatre 2, and this time we’re exploring the outer reaches of slumber... Read more