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
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
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
Real Life
"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
Holes
“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
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
Black Mama White Mama
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
A Man Escaped
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
The House by the Cemetery
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
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
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
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
Escape From Alcatraz
“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
The Fly
When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a hou... Read more
The Chicago Critics Film Festival
THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Thirteenth Year! The event, a seven-time nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chic... Read more
Decorado
Something is wrong in the city of Anywhere. Arnold, an unemployed middle-aged mouse, confides to his wife Maria that he suspects his entire world is n... Read more
The Invite
Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected pl... Read more
CFCA Shorts Program #1
SHORTS INCLUDEDCandy Bar - A young girl thinks a man in the candy bar line looks like her dad. Directed by Nash Edgerton. (6 min.) Vampire - A young m... Read more
Carolina Caroline
Acclaimed director Adam Carter Rehmeier’s romantic crime thriller stars Samara Weaving (READY OR NOT, BORDERLINE) as Caroline Daniels, whose desire to... Read more
Leviticus
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Power Ballad
When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over music and a late... Read more
Tuner
A talented piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside d... Read more
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David (Haley Joel Osment) is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee (Sam Robards) and his wife... Read more
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution
On June 1, 1972, a humble production of a hit musical retelling of the Book of Matthew officially opened its run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in dow... Read more
Maddie's Secret
MADDIE’S SECRET is comedian, writer, and actor John Early’s critically acclaimed directorial debut starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who... Read more
I Want Your Sex
When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy, his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to beco... Read more
CFCA Shorts Program #2
SHORTS INCLUDEDOne Sentence - An aged man attempts to create a sentence that defines his life. Directed by Stephen Tronicek. (4 min.) Coyotes - A Pale... Read more
Late Fame
Legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger's forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigu... Read more
The Last One for the Road
Two middle-aged friends, who swear each drink is their last, cross paths with a shut architecture student and take him under their wing on a free-flow... Read more
Time and Water
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a ti... Read more
When A Witness Recants
In 1983, noted author Ta-Nehisi Coates remembers learning that a 14-year old boy was murdered in the corridor of his Baltimore middle school. Revisiti... Read more
Black Zombie
BLACK ZOMBIE digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins. From flickering Hollywood... Read more
Chili Finger
When Jessica Lipki discovers a severed human finger in her bowl of chili, she blackmails the regionally-beloved fast-food chain for $100,000 in return... Read more
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Twelve-year-old Lil Ant transforms his working-class neighborhood beneath the LAX flight path into a living mythology, where family members become god... Read more
Romeria
Marina, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandpare... Read more
Something Wild
Free-spirited Lulu (Melanie Griffith) sets her sights on uptight banker Charles (Jeff Daniels) for a little bit of fun. Their relationship starts off... Read more
Loafers
Amid a post-grad haze, best friends Isaac and Cameron navigate the shifting terrain of their relationships, grappling with the deeper question of whet... Read more
Broken English
From the BAFTA nominated directors of the Sundance award-winning 20,000 Days on Earth comes a bold documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, song... Read more
The Sun Never Sets
A woman's relationship with her older, divorced boyfriend hits a rough patch just as her ex reappears in her life, leading to complicated emotions and... Read more
Hekla
Hekla is a comedy/drama about the emotional cost of pursuing a creative life. Set over one hectic day in Chicago, it explores how ambition, identity,... Read more
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
In Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, actor and author Ben McKenzie turns investigator, pulling back the curtain on the cryptocurrency industry and t... Read more
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Spawned from the wilds of underground animation, teenaged delinquents Beavis and Butt-Head first appeared in 1992 in a pair of 16mm shorts made by Mik... Read more
The Terminator
In 2029, the war between man and machine has desolated the Earth, leaving humanity all but wiped out. Pockets of survivors remain – either living as s... Read more
Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair
This June the Music Box Theatre is thrilled to present “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” alongside the American Cinematheque. A weeklong festival that s... Read more
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the critically acclaimed, award-winning rock movie musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch with an unforgettable evening f... Read more