Dolly
The frame narrative of this gloriously grimy riff on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre would fit on any soiled bib: A young woman named Macy (Fabianne There... Read more
The Brother From Another Planet
He arrives at Ellis Island like the immigrants in the late-19th and early-20th century, but our newcomer, played by Joe Morton, is not from another co... Read more
Stella Dallas
Melodrama has rarely been so potent as it is in the final film of our Barbara Stanwyck series, King Vidor’s Stella Dallas. In the title role, Stanwyck... Read more
Starman (2025)
Legendary NASA robotics engineer and best-selling science fiction author, Gentry Lee, has spent a lifetime seeking an answer to the ultimate cosmic qu... Read more
Masked and Anonymous
In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named J... Read more
The Book of Paradise Has No Author with Ross Lipman
In this eclectic spin on the concert film, Ross Lipman transforms footage of one of his celebrated live documentary performances into a new video essa... Read more
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
“Your ticket to a masochistic wonderland…”Wanda (Mechthild Großmann) is a dominatrix who runs an S/M performance space in Hamburg. Cruelty is her prof... Read more
Female Misbehavior: The Films of Monika Treut
Ever since the release of her debut feature SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN (made in collaboration with filmmaker and longtime cinematographer Elfi Mikesch... Read more
For Worse
A newly divorced mom attends a wedding with a much younger date. What starts as a fun fling and wild weekend reclaiming her youth leads to something m... Read more
Sirat
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who... Read more
The Right Track
THE RIGHT TRACK is a gripping documentary that shines light on the relentless fight to end sex trafficking and sexual exploitation across North Americ... Read more
Battleship Potemkin
"I am a civil engineer and a mathematician … I approach the making of a motion picture in much the same way as I would the equipment of a poultry farm... Read more
Didn't Do It For Love
“The adventurous life of Eva Norvind...”Eva Norvind was born Eva Johanne Chegodaieva Sakonskaja in 1944, the daughter of a Russian prince and a Finnis... Read more
Anything That Moves
An avant-gutter psychedelic dream, ANYTHING THAT MOVES is an erotically charged, blood-soaked thriller set in the sticky corridors of Chicago. Shot on... Read more
The Wilted Flower
The World Premiere of The Wilted Flower, an experimental short film by Chicago filmmaker Remsy Atassi, presented alongside a curated program of contem... Read more
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
In 1953, Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe set sail to Paris and changed pop culture forever. The now iconic shocking pink dress, the ensemble of beauti... Read more
Project Hail Mary - 70mm Early Access
Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Project Hail Mary is an exhilarating space adventure set in the nearfuture. Ryland Grace (R... Read more
Andre is an Idiot
Through comedic vérité storytelling and fantastical stop-motion interludes, André Ricciardi sets out to chronicle his fi nal journey after receiving a... Read more
Filth and Freedom: Selections from the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive
In the late aughts, young Chicagoan and Odd Obsession video counter clerk Joe Rubin began amassing a huge collection of vintage adult films on 16mm an... Read more
Psycho Goreman + Deathstalker
PSYCHO GOREMAN (Dir. Steven Kostanski, 2020, 95 min, DCP)Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord who was entombed on Ea... Read more
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
In the town of Twin Peaks, everyone has their secrets—but especially Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television... Read more
Twin Peaks TV Night with Sheryl Lee
Music Box Theatre & The Horror House proudly present an evening celebrating the inimitable work of David Lynch and his deeply influential cultural tou... Read more
Cannibal Orgy
"Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, the experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Hen... Read more
Banff Mountain Film Festival - Chicago, IL
Join us for the 50th anniversary of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Chicago to celebrate the world’s best mountain films! This y... Read more
Project Hail Mary
Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Project Hail Mary is an exhilarating space adventure set in the nearfuture. Ryland Grace (R... Read more
My Father is Coming
"A cheerful cornucopia of kinkiness where genders and sexual preferences aren't simply bent—they're twisted into corkscrews.” - The New York TimesVick... Read more
Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
“A journey through shifting identities”Made at the height of the tech boom of the late 1990s, Monika Treut’s Teddy Award-winning Gendernauts is a port... Read more
Genderation
“[A] powerful and uplifting queer communion of intimate conversations … being witness to it feels like sitting in a quiet corner with all the most int... Read more
Female Misbehavior
“Female Misbehavior is a totally accurate picture of my everyday life as a social and sexual alien.”- Camille PagliaControversial filmmaker Monika Tre... Read more
Late Shift
With a warm smile and positive attitude, Floria (Leonie Benesch, The Teachers’ Lounge) arrives at the surgical ward of the Swiss hospital where she wo... Read more
Virgin Machine
"An usual search for romantic love”Dorothee Müller (Ina Blum) is a German journalist researching an article about the nature of romantic love—somethin... Read more
Reds
"The curious notion that Hollywood or its European counterparts could produce a truly and unequivocally progressive spectacle…continues to be as much... Read more
Sound of Silent Film Festival 2026
ACM’s popular Sound of Silent Film Festival, now in its 21st year, is a unique event featuring new short silent films – spanning comedy, drama, experi... 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
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