Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang... Read more

Music Box Bingo

Once a month, join us in the Music Box Lounge 7-10 PM for the infamous MUSIC BOX BINGO! Hosted by your good-time gals Gaudy God and Uncle Aunt. This 2... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

$POSITIONS

A Midwest worker risks his savings on crypto, spiraling into gambling addiction and straining ties with his girlfriend, disabled brother, and recoveri... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Escape from New York

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

This bravura sci-fi actioner remains wildly enjoyable and beloved 45 years after its initial release. Set in a far-off dystopian future of 1997 where... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Cool Hand Luke

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

"Natural-born world-shaker" Luke Jackson (Paul Newman, in the first of four collaborations with director Stuart Rosenberg) joins the barracks of a Sou... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... 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

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Stir Crazy

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

"With Gene Wilder, it was no problem. We fell in love instantly." - Richard PryorWhen a case of mistaken identities lands two friends with big ambitio... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... 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. P... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

Exit 8

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8.... Read more

Moulin Rouge!

Glitz and glamour abound in Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying spectacle, MOULIN ROUGE! Follow Christian (Ewan McGregor) as he joins a group of Bohemians in the... Read more

The Stranger (2026)

Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. A modest man who keeps to himself, Meursau... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

The greatest gore-soaked Hong Kong prison breakout love story of 1991—and STILL the Category III (HK’s equivalent to “NC-17”) mug melter that tops all... 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

Real Life

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

"I shouldn't be allowed to do this! Why did I pick reality? I don't know anything about it!" Albert Brooks, one of cinema's greatest comic minds and d... Read more

The Stranger (2026)

Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. A modest man who keeps to himself, Meursau... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Holes

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“HOLES jumps the rails, leaves all expectations behind, and tells a story that’s not funny ha-ha but funny peculiar.” - Roger EbertBased on Louis Sach... Read more

The Stranger (2026)

Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. A modest man who keeps to himself, Meursau... Read more

A Body to Live In

A BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement t... Read more

An Autumn Summer

Kevin and his girlfriend, Cody, are two months into his family's annual trip at their Northern Michigan lake house. Time causes change..and this year,... Read more

Erupcja

A romantic vacation goes awry when a volcanic eruption strands Bethany (Charli xcx) and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob (Will Madden) in Warsaw, Poland. Be... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Black Mama White Mama

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

Before her iconic turn in Coffy, Pam Grier starred alongside Margaret Markov in a grindhouse spin on Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones, fusing the Wom... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

A Man Escaped

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped.... 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

The House by the Cemetery

Part of: Music Box of Horrors Presents

The Boyles - Lucy (Catriona MacColl, The Beyond), Norman (Paolo Malco, The New York Ripper) and their young son Bob (Giovanni Frezza, Demons) - reloca... 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 Adventures of Prince Achmed

Part of: Animation Adventures

When THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED premiered in Germany on September 23, 1926, it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. More than seven... Read more

Welcome to the Show with Derek Bish

Welcome to the Show is a live, traveling talk show that highlights Chicago-based artists, entertainers, and public figures from all walks of life. Sin... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Black Mama White Mama

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

Before her iconic turn in Coffy, Pam Grier starred alongside Margaret Markov in a grindhouse spin on Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones, fusing the Wom... Read more

Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“To fight the walls, to fight myself, to fight the door. You too, Mr. Blanchet, should fight and hope." — Lieutenant Fontaine, A Man Escaped (1956) A... Read more

Escape From Alcatraz

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“We don’t make good citizens, but we make good prisoners.” Based on the unbelievable true story of the 1962 escape of three men from the maximum secur... Read more

Road House (1989)

Once every century or so arises a work that offers a broad cross-section of humanity an all-encompassing text from which an entire worldview can be de... Read more