October 2023

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Sun, October Sun, Oct 1, 2023

The Seven Year Itch
Film Series

Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

“Never resist an impulse, Sabrina, especially if it’s terrible.” An Austrian journalist and screenwriter who had nearly a dozen films under his belt b... Read more

Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

Part of: Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

For Billy Wilder's second directorial feature, he crafted a wartime thriller rife with espionage and romance, which netted 3 Oscar nominations, and ha... Read more

Billy Wilder
96 min
35mm
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Phantom of the Monastery

The Phantom of the Monastery

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Alfonso, Eduardo, and his wife Cristina are lost, and a strange monk takes them to an ancient convent where their personalities change. Inexplicable s... Read more

Fernando de Fuentes
85 min
DCP

Mon, October Mon, Oct 2, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Changeling

The Changeling

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

An old-fashioned chiller that’s both elegant and really f’in scary, The Changeling is the epitome of a classy ghost story. Ten years before The Exorci... Read more

Peter Medak
106 min
DCP

Tue, October Tue, Oct 3, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

John Keel’s chilling tale of high strangeness in West Virginia made it to the big screen in 2002, reborn as a millennial sci-fi thriller in the X-File... Read more

Mark Pellington
119 min
35mm

Wed, October Wed, Oct 4, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bingo

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

180 min
Showcase of Shorts V

Stacey and Michael's Showcase of Shorts V

A collection of short films programmed and presented by Stacey Miner and Michael Holub.SHORTS FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM-280 DAYS-ECHO-BELLA-1-800-MISSI... Read more

71 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Horrors of Malformed Men

Horrors of Malformed Men

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

To crib a line from the Suspiria poster, the only thing weirder than the first 60 minutes of Horrors of Malformed Men are the last 39! This horrific J... Read more

Teruo Ishii
99 min
DCP

Thu, October Thu, Oct 5, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Near Dark movie still

Near Dark

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

An ‘80s cult classic with a vicious bite, Near Dark gets the carnal appeal of vampires better than almost any other movie. Lance Henricksen stars as v... Read more

Kathryn Bigelow
94 min
35mm

Fri, October Fri, Oct 6, 2023

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
The Napa State Tapes

The Cramps and the Mutants: The Napa State Tapes

“Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that.... you seem to be all right to me." So says lead singer Lux Interior of The Cr... Read more

72 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Crow movie still

The Crow

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Released in 1994, this atmospheric urban fantasy cult classic is based on James O'Barr's independent comic and directed by Alex Proyas, the mind behin... Read more

Alex Proyas
102 min
DCP

Sat, October Sat, Oct 7, 2023

The Seven Year Itch
Film Series

Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

“Never resist an impulse, Sabrina, especially if it’s terrible.” An Austrian journalist and screenwriter who had nearly a dozen films under his belt b... Read more

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

Part of: Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

One night in 1944 in a German POW camp housing American airmen, two prisoners try to escape the compound and are quickly discovered and shot dead. Amo... Read more

Billy Wilder
120 min
DCP
My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Plan C

Plan C

A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 201... Read more

Tracy Droz Tragos
94 min
DCP
BFF Entertainment

Black & Brown Femme Films

6 talented Black & Brown women filmmakers take center stage in a captivating showcase celebrating diversity through powerful cinema.About BFF (Black &... Read more

120 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
The Napa State Tapes

The Cramps and the Mutants: The Napa State Tapes

“Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that.... you seem to be all right to me." So says lead singer Lux Interior of The Cr... Read more

72 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Unfriended: Dark Web

Unfriended: Dark Web

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

In the sequel to Unfriended, Matias finds an abandoned laptop and heads home for a night of online gaming, only to discover a mysterious folder on the... Read more

Stephen Susco
92 min
DCP

Sun, October Sun, Oct 8, 2023

The Seven Year Itch
Film Series

Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

“Never resist an impulse, Sabrina, especially if it’s terrible.” An Austrian journalist and screenwriter who had nearly a dozen films under his belt b... Read more

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

Part of: Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder Matinees Part 2

One night in 1944 in a German POW camp housing American airmen, two prisoners try to escape the compound and are quickly discovered and shot dead. Amo... Read more

Billy Wilder
120 min
DCP
My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

This Halloween season, The Invincible Czars bring their nightmarishly fun soundtrack to the world’s first feature-length horror film, The Cabinet of D... Read more

Robert Wiene
75 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
The Napa State Tapes

The Cramps and the Mutants: The Napa State Tapes

“Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that.... you seem to be all right to me." So says lead singer Lux Interior of The Cr... Read more

72 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP

Mon, October Mon, Oct 9, 2023

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Angel Heart

Angel Heart

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

In Alan Parker’s steamy neo-noir Angel Heart, Mickey Rourke embodies private detective Harry Angel, who’s hired by the intriguing and sinister Louis C... Read more

Alan Parker
113 min
35mm
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP

Tue, October Tue, Oct 10, 2023

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
Bloody Moon

Bloody Moon

Having made over 100 films by this point in his career, Jess Franco was no stranger to trying his hand within a myriad of genres. Having been tasked b... Read more

Jess Franco
85 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Ganja & Hess

Ganja & Hess

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Dramatically chopped up and released under a handful of exploitation titles that sold a very different film — Blood Couple, Black Vampire, Vampires of... Read more

Bill Gunn
113 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP

Wed, October Wed, Oct 11, 2023

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
We Grown Now

We Grown Now

The heartfelt story follows two 10-year-olds, Malik and Eric, as they revel in the freedoms of boyhood and the joys of friendship. The projects are th... Read more

Minhal Baig
93 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Departing Seniors

Departing Seniors

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

After an act of bullying sends kind but awkward high school senior Javier to the hospital, he begins having psychic visions that reveal the horrifying... Read more

Clare Cooney
85 min
DCP

Thu, October Thu, Oct 12, 2023

My Sailor, My Love

My Sailor, My Love

Howard (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland and struggling to care for himself. His daughter, Grace (Catherine Walke... Read more

Klaus Härö
103 min
DCP
Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Quentin Tarantino and Rialto Pictures present Winter Kills. This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Jeff Bridges as... Read more

William Richert
97 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Flora and Son

Flora and Son

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a... Read more

John Carney
97 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Bride of Chucky

Bride of Chucky

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Seven years after Child's Play 3, Chucky returned to the big screen horny, self-aware, and itching to kill! After Chucky's dismemberment and seeming d... Read more

Ronny Yu
89 min
35mm

Fri, October Fri, Oct 13, 2023

The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Eric LaRue

Eric LaRue

In his masterful feature debut, acclaimed actor Michael Shannon paints a riveting portrait of Janice LaRue, a middle-aged mother coming to terms with... Read more

Michael Shannon
119 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Srigala

Srigala

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Sisworo Gautama Putra was just starting what would become a prolific career when Friday the 13th inspired the Indonesian filmmaker to helm Srigala ("W... Read more

Sisworo Gautama Putra
88 min
DCP

Sat, October Sat, Oct 14, 2023

Summer Stock

Summer Stock

Judy Garland and Gene Kelly star in the 1950 MGM musical, which would be Garland’s final film at the studio she called home for 15 years. Authors Davi... Read more

Charles Walters
109 min
35mm
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Cup of salvation

SOMM: Cup of Salvation

From the team that made the SOMM documentaries, Cup of Salvation is a sweeping film that follows a father and daughter as they set out to revive the a... Read more

Jason Wise
90 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Dream Scenario

Dream Scenario

Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage), a hapless family man and evolutionary biologist, finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly s... Read more

Kristoffer Borgli
100 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Aliens

Aliens

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Before tackling giant ocean liners and the future of 3-D, James Cameron blasted out genre film highlights like Aliens, his masterpiece of technical vi... Read more

James Cameron
137 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP

Sun, October Sun, Oct 15, 2023

The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman Sing-a-long

Look out ‘cause here it comes….From the producers of Sing-along-a SOUND OF MUSIC and Sing-along-a GREASE, the smash hit film musical that everyone can... Read more

Michael Gracey
105 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds... Read more

Hayao Miyazaki
123 min
DCP
Cup of salvation

SOMM: Cup of Salvation

From the team that made the SOMM documentaries, Cup of Salvation is a sweeping film that follows a father and daughter as they set out to revive the a... Read more

Jason Wise
90 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Late Night with the Devil

Late Night with the Devil

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts the syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to ins... Read more

Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
93 min
DCP
Take One

Take One

A group of real gay men get to live out their deepest sexual fantasies for the camera in this mind-bending ‘docufantasy’ from BOYS IN THE SAND filmmak... Read more

Wakefield Poole
98 min
DCP

Mon, October Mon, Oct 16, 2023

The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Lady Windermere's Fan
Film Series

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

I Was Born, But...

I Was Born, But...

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

Among the most celebrated of all Japanese film directors, Yasujirō Ozu began his studio career in 1923 at the Shochiku Film Company and would remain e... Read more

Yasujirô Ozu
90 min
35mm
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie still

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

To celebrate its 45th anniversary, the pulse-pounding sci-fi shocker Invasion of the Body Snatchers is newly restored from a 4K scan of the original c... Read more

Philip Kaufman
115 min
DCP

Tue, October Tue, Oct 17, 2023

Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
The Killer

The Killer

After a fateful miss, an assassin (Michael Fassbender) battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. Work... Read more

David Fincher
118 min
DCP
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Jonas Middleton's Through The Looking Glass will appeal in equal parts to fans of adult cinema and 70s arthouse horror films as it seamlessly blends i... Read more

Jonas Middleton
91 min
35mm

Wed, October Wed, Oct 18, 2023

The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
May December

May December

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) buckles under the pressure... Read more

Todd Haynes
113 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Thirst

Thirst

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

No longer mired in the ultraviolence of his Vengeance Trilogy, but not yet the mature master filmmaker of Decision to Leave, Thirst (2009) was made du... Read more

Park Chan-wook
134 min
35mm

Thu, October Thu, Oct 19, 2023

The Road Dance

The Road Dance

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though s... Read more

Richie Adams
117 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Raging Grace

Raging Grace

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling to do the best she can to support her daughter, Grace (Jaeden Boadilla). Soon she... Read more

Paris Zarcilla
95 min
DCP

Fri, October Fri, Oct 20, 2023

Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Memory

Memory

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard star in this penetrating psychological drama about two apparent strangers in New York City whose fateful encounte... Read more

Michel Franco
100 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

You're Next

You're Next

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Set to a catchy New Wave beat, You’re Next brought the indie-horror revival of the late ‘00s and early ‘10s to its bloody, thrilling climax. A legenda... Read more

Adam Wingard
95 min
35mm

Sat, October Sat, Oct 21, 2023

Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
Jason X

Music Box of Horrors - Half Marathon

Join us for a half version of THE MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS, starting with JASON X at 12:15am. Admission begins at roughly 11:59pm.PRICING:General Admissio... Read more

720 min
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP

Sun, October Sun, Oct 22, 2023

Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
The Bikeriders

The Bikeriders

From writer-director Jeff Nichols (Loving, Midnight Special, Mud), 20th Century Studios, and New Regency, The Bikeriders is a furious drama following... Read more

Jeff Nichols
116 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

A pleasantly old-fashioned vampire tale from the legendary Hammer House of Horror, The Vampire Lovers has everything you could want from a British hor... Read more

Roy Ward Baker
91 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP

Mon, October Mon, Oct 23, 2023

Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Ravenous

Ravenous

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

There’s nothing quite like the offbeat cannibal Western Ravenous. Set in a snowbound frontier outpost in 1840s California, the film stars Guy Pearce a... Read more

Antonia Bird
101 min
35mm
Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP

Tue, October Tue, Oct 24, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Doctor X

Doctor X + Mystery of the Wax Museum

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

DOCTOR XFrom the illustrious career of Michael Curtiz, the Hungarian-American film director renowned for titles such as Mildred Pierce, White Christma... Read more

Michael Curtiz
153 min
35mm

Wed, October Wed, Oct 25, 2023

Stop Making Sense movie still

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

Jonathan Demme
88 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Club Boxxx

Club Boxxx

Join us in the Music Box Lounge 6pm-11pm for a night of dancing, drinking, & fun!

Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Anaconda

Anaconda + Killer Crocodile

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Two titans of the reptilian kingdom enter the ring for a creature-feature showdown that can only have one winner! Are you Team Snake, or Team Crocodil... Read more

179 min
35mm
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP

Thu, October Thu, Oct 26, 2023

Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Tingler movie still

The Tingler

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

The lunatics that raised Emergo from the dead for House on Haunted Hill are back with another William Castle classic! Vincent Price returns as Dr. War... Read more

William Castle
82 min
DCP

Fri, October Fri, Oct 27, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. Wh... Read more

Justine Triet
150 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
The Mission

The Mission

In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact on... Read more

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
103 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

The Jar

The Jar

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

In his only known film performance, Gary Wallace plays Paul, a lonely man who, on a fateful night, is involved in a car crash with an old man that lea... Read more

Bruce Toscano
85 min
DCP
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!
Film Series

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2025! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show movie still
Coming January 10

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

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

Jim Sharman
100 min
35mm

Sat, October Sat, Oct 28, 2023

Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Diabolique

Diabolique

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri‑Georges Clouzot, which shocked audiences in Europe and the U... Read more

Henri-Georges Clouzot
117 min
35mm
Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. Wh... Read more

Justine Triet
150 min
DCP
The Mission

The Mission

In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact on... Read more

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
103 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!
Film Series

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2025! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show movie still
Coming January 10

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

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

Jim Sharman
100 min
35mm
Killer!

Killer!

A man (Duke Ernsberger) driven mad by medical experiments loses himself in a downward spiral of cannibalism and murder as he embarks on a deadly rampa... Read more

Tony Elwood
78 min
DCP

Sun, October Sun, Oct 29, 2023

Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

A parody that’s become as much of a classic as the movie that inspired it, Young Frankenstein isn’t just one of the best horror-comedies of all time.... Read more

Mel Brooks
106 min
DCP
Joan Baez

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic... Read more

Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle
113 min
DCP
Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. Wh... Read more

Justine Triet
150 min
DCP
The Mission

The Mission

In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact on... Read more

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
103 min
DCP
Cat Person

Cat Person

Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant, The Wilds) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21st Century, adapted by Michel... Read more

Susanna Fogel
120 min
DCP

Mon, October Mon, Oct 30, 2023

The Mission

The Mission

In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact on... Read more

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
103 min
DCP
Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. Wh... Read more

Justine Triet
150 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Psycho Paul's Film Festival

Psycho Paul's Film Festival

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

A bloody, sadistically funny satire of cheap horror exploitation films, Psycho Paul’s Film Festival revolves around Psycho Paul, a sinister, egotistic... Read more

Paul Van Dan Elzen
90 min
DCP
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!
Film Series

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2025! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show movie still
Coming January 10

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

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

Jim Sharman
100 min
35mm

Tue, October Tue, Oct 31, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. Wh... Read more

Justine Triet
150 min
DCP
The Mission

The Mission

In 2018, a shocking event made headlines around the world: a young American missionary, John Chau, was killed by arrows while attempting to contact on... Read more

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
103 min
DCP
Bride of Chucky
Film Series

Bride of Music Box of Horrors

She’s alive! The mad scientists at the Music Box of Horrors have created another electrifying month of unholy horror programming that’ll make your hai... Read more

Ginger Snaps

Ginger Snaps

Part of: Bride of Music Box of Horrors

An entire generation of horror filmmakers owes a debt to Ginger Snaps. Released at the turn of the millennium, John Fawcett’s Canadian feminist werewo... Read more

John Fawcett
108 min
35mm
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!
Film Series

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2025! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show movie still
Coming January 10

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

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

Jim Sharman
100 min
35mm