Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

SUPER-HORROR-RAMA!

Every month, we gather with the spooky side of our chosen family for two late-nite shows on back-to-back nights in a cinematic ritual we call SUPER-HO... Read more

The Addams Family

Part of: SUPER-HORROR-RAMA!

The Addams Family begins as our delightfully morbid clan gathers on their rooftop to pour a cauldron of boiling oil onto Christmas carolers below, and... 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 and hang out with you sickos once a year! Eve... Read more

Evil Dead II

Part of: Music Box of Horrors Presents

Dead by dawn! In this not-exactly sequel/sort-of remake, Bruce Campbell's Ash arrives once again at the proverbial cabin in the woods for a vacation w... Read more

Indoor Kids: Family-Friendly Matinees

"My father took me to the movies all the time. He told me about the first one he ever saw. He went into a dark room, and on a white screen he saw a ro... Read more

Ponyo

Part of: Indoor Kids: Family-Friendly Matinees

Perfect for audiences of all ages, Ponyo centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

It Came from Outer Space

Based on a script by famed sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury, this tale of an amateur astronomer and a schoolteacher who discover a mysterious meteorite cras... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie The Commentary Track

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE… THE COMMENTARY TRACK! When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentall... Read more

SUPER-HORROR-RAMA!

Every month, we gather with the spooky side of our chosen family for two late-nite shows on back-to-back nights in a cinematic ritual we call SUPER-HO... Read more

Addams Family Values

Part of: SUPER-HORROR-RAMA!

In Addams Family Values, the ever-gloomy Addamses welcome a newborn (who looks just like Gomez!) and hire a nanny—bubbly serial killer Debbie Jellinsk... Read more

Indoor Kids: Family-Friendly Matinees

"My father took me to the movies all the time. He told me about the first one he ever saw. He went into a dark room, and on a white screen he saw a ro... Read more

Ponyo

Part of: Indoor Kids: Family-Friendly Matinees

Perfect for audiences of all ages, Ponyo centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!

Merciless Mayhem highlights the furious fists and feet of some of the world's finest martial artists, unwilling to accept defeat in the face of oppres... Read more

Magnificent Bodyguards

Part of: Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!

Jackie Chan leaps out of the screen in Magnificent Bodyguards! As Lord Ting Chung, he commits to leading a team of warriors escorting a gravely ill ma... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon

October 12, 2025: masked and unidentified agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seize a man on a residential street in Chicago with... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

Money from Home

Screening in 3D for the first time in Chicago, MONEY FROM HOME is a hilarious laugh-a-minute comedy starring the legendary team of Dean Martin and Jer... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Ashes and Diamonds

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

In the spring of 1945, weary and disillusioned by the war against the Nazis that has just ended, uncertain about a future under Communist rule, two re... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Kanal

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

During the celebrated four-minute long shot that introduces us to the beleaguered underground of fighters in Warsaw resisting the Nazi occupation in 1... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

Thelma & Louise

Having begun his career by making a woman the central figure of a science-fiction action movie (Alien), Ridley Scott cemented his feminist credentials... Read more

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he... Read more

Fatherland

FATHERLAND centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. I... Read more

Mouse

2002, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Besties Minnie and Callie are getting ready for their high school senior year. Charismatic Callie, a singer and per... Read more

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Possibly the most anarchic film ever unleashed out of Hollywood, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a chaotic, live-action Looney Tunes cartoon that could o... Read more

La bola negra

From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — popularly known as Los Javis — LA BOLA NEGRA follows three generations of men across... Read more

Paper Tiger

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navi... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Hunting Flies

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

Wlodek is a shy man who’s afraid of his mother as well as his wife. However, upon meeting Irena, his life takes a new turn.One of the key films of the... Read more

Spirit Tasting

Toasting their late friend at a distillery on New Year’s Eve, three former bandmates stumble into a top-shelf tasting where wishes are required for ev... 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

Fire and Ice

Part of: Animation Adventures

It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: controversial animator Ralph Bakshi (director o... Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

For over two decades, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the Von Trapp Singers and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event h... Read more

The Sound of Music

Part of: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Man of Marble

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

An aggressive documentary filmmaker fights present-day 1970s government censorship as she seeks the truth about bricklayer Matuesz Birkut, a state-man... Read more

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie is inspired by Rushdie’s memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. The film explores Rushdie’... Read more

Paper Tiger

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navi... Read more

The Host

20 years after becoming a worldwide sensation, Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed creature-feature THE HOST returns to theaters in a stunning new 4K restoration... 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

Fire and Ice

Part of: Animation Adventures

It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: controversial animator Ralph Bakshi (director o... Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

For over two decades, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the Von Trapp Singers and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event h... Read more

The Sound of Music

Part of: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria... Read more

Paper Tiger

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navi... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

The Promised Land

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

The rise of the industrial era and the capitalist boom it engendered are at the core of Wajda’s epic adaptation of the novel by 1924 Nobel Prize winne... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Everything for Sale

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

Wajda’s EVERYTHING FOR SALE is a film-within-a-film about a director’s search for his leading man, who goes missing from the set. It was inspired by t... Read more

The Host

20 years after becoming a worldwide sensation, Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed creature-feature THE HOST returns to theaters in a stunning new 4K restoration... Read more

A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

“Andrzej Wajda was one of the greatest filmmakers we’ve ever had. His craftsmanship, his fearless commitment to the truth, his deep love for his homel... Read more

Innocent Sorcerers

Part of: A Cinema Named Desire: The Films of Andrzej Wajda

After completing his War Trilogy with ASHES AND DIAMONDS, Wajda turned to a more freewheeling and contemporary project. INNOCENT SORCERERS captures th... Read more

Raise the Red Lantern

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

Raise the Red Lantern

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

For over two decades, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the Von Trapp Singers and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event h... Read more

The Sound of Music

Part of: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria... Read more

Cannibal Holocaust

Deep within the heart of the Amazon, a rescue mission uncovers a chilling discovery: reels of raw footage left behind by a vanished documentary crew.... Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

For over two decades, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the Von Trapp Singers and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event h... Read more

The Sound of Music

Part of: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria... Read more

The Late Show

Stay up late with those goof-off, irreverent movies your parents wouldn't let you watch as a kid. If you grew up in the '90s & '00s and had to sneak o... Read more

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Part of: The Late Show

Towards the end of the last century, concerns mounted over the effect of cartoons on children’s minds. Parents across America reached for the remote w... Read more

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

For over two decades, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the Von Trapp Singers and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event h... Read more

The Sound of Music

Part of: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria... Read more

Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage

The perfect introduction to CASTRATION MOVIE for the uninitiated, Chapter 3.2 is a self-contained story that follows a couple struggling to adjust aft... 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

Gangs of New York

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

Ostensibly "suggested" by Herbert Asbury's 1928 historical chronicle of New York's 19th century underworld, Martin Scorsese's American epic bore littl... Read more