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American Psycho
Serial Killer Sundays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Despite Gloria Steinem’s disagreements, director Mary Harron and screenwriter Guinevere T... READ MORE
Directed by: Mary Harron
Runtime: 101 mins
Format: Digital
Asia
Asia’s motherhood has always been an ongoing struggle rather than an obvious instinct. Becoming a mother at a very early age has shaped Asia’s relationship with her teenage daughter Vika. De... READ MORE
Directed by: Ruthy Pribar
Runtime: 85 mins
Format: Digital
The Bad and the Beautiful
Unscrupulous movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) is a child of Hollywood who ruthlessly toils his way to the top of the studio system, discarding movie star Georgia (Lana Turner), director... READ MORE
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Runtime: 118 mins
Format: 35mm
Blood Feast + Scum of the Earth
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available Windy City Double Feature Picture Show, hosted by film historians Adam Carston and Mike Vanderbilt, is a bi-weekly podcast... READ MORE
Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Runtime: 145 mins
Format: Digital
Bowfinger
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includ... READ MORE
Directed by: Frank Oz
Runtime: 97 mins
Format: 35mm
Ema
A Music Box Films ReleaseAfter a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer, Ema, a reggaeton dancer, sets out on an odyssey of perso... READ MORE
Directed by: Pablo Larraín
Runtime: 107 mins
Format: DCP
From Dusk Till Dawn + Perdidta Durango
Friday Night Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder We’re heading down to the border for a wild night of vampire motorcycle gangs, bloody occul... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Álex de la Iglesia (PERDITA DURANGO)
Runtime: 237 mins
Format: Digital
Hollywood Shuffle
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) catches the ire of his grandmother (Helen Martin) for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivet... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Runtime: 78 mins
Format: 35mm
In the Mouth of Madness
When horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) goes missing, insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) scrutinizes the claim made by his publisher, Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), and endea... READ MORE
Directed by: John Carpenter
Runtime: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
The Last of the Mohicans
Presented by Chicago Film Society | CLICK HERE to Purchase Tickets The public domain prestige film is basically as old as Hollywood itself. Cheaper than adapting contemporary stories an... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Mann
Runtime: 112 mins
Format: 35mm
Mulholland Drive
Featuring a Pre-Show Musical Set and Post Film Q&A with Rebekah Del Rio Plus Autograph Session | Please Read Our Covid Notice Below Before Purchasing TicketsBlonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has onl... READ MORE
Directed by: David Lynch
Runtime: 147 mins
Format: 35mm
My Name is Pauli Murray
Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting fo... READ MORE
Directed by: Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Runtime: 91 mins
Format: DCP
The Nowhere Inn
From real-life friends Annie Clark (a.k.a. GRAMMY award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney, the best-selling Hunger Makes Me a Modern G... READ MORE
Directed by: Bill Benz
Runtime: 92 mins
Format: DCP
Rancho Notorious
Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) is pushed to revenge when his fiancée is killed during a general store robbery. Intent on punishing those responsible, Vern manages to find one of the thieves, who is mor... READ MORE
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Runtime: 89 mins
Format: 35mm
Shadow of the Vampire
F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic “Nosferatu” on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever. To... READ MORE
Directed by: E. Elias Merhige
Runtime: 92 mins
Format: 35mm
Surge
Joseph works in security at a London airport. His life proceeds in an orderly fashion but, in spite of his contact with other people during the course of his job, he seems to be isolated from his surr... READ MORE
Directed by: Aneil Karia
Runtime: 105 mins
Format: Digital
Suspiria + Terror
Rip-Off Saturdays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder A masterwork of sight and sound, Suspiria has been terrifying audiences for over four decades... READ MORE
Directed by: Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA), Norman J. Warren (TERROR)
Runtime: 182 mins
Format: Digital
Titane
Opens Friday, October 1st TITANE: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility.In Fre... READ MORE
Directed by: Julia Ducournau
Runtime: 104 mins
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner), the su... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Runtime: 104 mins
Format: DCP
