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Bad Tales
Once upon a time, in a small family suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, b... READ MORE
Directed by: The D’Innocenzo Brothers
Runtime: 98 mins
Format: Digital
Can't Hardly Wait
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available | A Part of Mom and Dad Aren't Home with HOUSE PARTYSchool's out, and an entire graduating class -- from football star... READ MORE
Directed by: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: Digital
The Carnivores
Alice and Bret’s dog Harvie is dying, and he’s ruining everything. What had been a bright little family is quickly being consumed by clouds of self-doubt, suspicion, and a disturbing amount of ground... READ MORE
Directed by: Caleb Michael Johnson
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: Digital
Censor
Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye-gougings she pores over. H... READ MORE
Directed by: Prano Bailey-Bond
Runtime: 84 mins
Format: DCP
City of Ali
City of Ali is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of how the death of Muhammad Ali brought the people of his Kentucky hometown – and the world – together for one unforgettable... READ MORE
Directed by: Graham Shelby
Runtime: 81 mins
Format: Digital
Gaia
Opens Friday, June 18th An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his r... READ MORE
Directed by: Jaco Bouwer
Runtime: 96 mins
Format: DCP
Gunda
Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and... READ MORE
Directed by: Victor Kossakovsky
Runtime: 93 mins
In The Heights
Opens Friday, June 11th The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big... “In... READ MORE
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Runtime: 143 mins
Format: DCP
New French Shorts
Back by popular demand! This annual showcase of some of the most exciting new cinematic voices from France includes the Oscar-nominated animated short Genius Loci and César Award winners... READ MORE
Runtime: 135 mins
Format: Digital
Only Fans - A Chicago Comedy Show
A brand new monthly residency for comedians Aaron Putnam and Brad Kofman. Live every month from the World Famous Music Box Theatre. Look out for national touring headliners to... READ MORE
Runtime: 90 mins
Port Authority
Executive Produced by Martin ScorseseAfter getting kicked out of his home in central Pennsylvania, Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives to NYC's dizzying central station with nowhere to go. A momentary enco... READ MORE
Directed by: Danielle Lessovitz
Runtime: 101 mins
Format: Digital
Scare Us
Five different writers . . . Five horror stories . . . One terrifying night!A chilling horror anthology comprising five short stories, penned by an unlikely group of aspiring writers, in Sugarton - a... READ MORE
Directed by: Ryan Henry Johnston, Charlotte Lilt, Tom J. McCoy, Carl Jensen IV, Jordan Pillar, Ryan Kjolberg
Runtime: 97 mins
Format: Digital
Serial Mom
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available | A Part of We Heart Kathleen Turner with WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBITHappy housewife Beverly Sutphin has a charmed life -... READ MORE
Directed by: John Waters
Runtime: 95 mins
Format: Digital
Shiva Baby
A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her... READ MORE
Directed by: Emma Seligman
Runtime: 77 mins
Format: Digital
The Story of a Three Day Pass
*New 4k Restoration*Melvin Van Peebles’s edgy, angsty, romantic first feature could never have been made in America. Unable to break into a segregated Hollywood, Van Peebles decamped to France, taught... READ MORE
Directed by: Melvin Van Peebles
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: DCP
Super Frenchie
Super Frenchie provides an intimate look at the life of professional skier and BASE jumper Matthias Giraud, who stops at nothing to pursue his passion for adventure. The film follows Matthias as he da... READ MORE
Directed by: Chase Ogden
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: Digital
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Narrated by Weird Al Yankovic, TINY TIM: KING FOR A DAY is a biographical doc about a musician who is not only well known for hits such as Tip Toe Through The Tulips but for his trail blazing personae... READ MORE
Directed by: Johan Von Sydow
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: Digital
Tomorrow's Hope
Tomorrow's Hope brings us into the journey of passionate educators and tenacious kids and their families on the south side of Chicago, determined to carve out the future despite a sea of incredible ch... READ MORE
Directed by: Thomas Morgan
Runtime: 78 mins
Format: Digital
Two Gods
An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, Two Gods follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to li... READ MORE
Directed by: Zeshawn Ali, Aman Ali
Runtime: 86 mins
Format: Digital
Two Lottery Tickets
The next generation of Romanian filmmaking talent finally arrives in the U.S. with Paul Negoescu and Two Lottery Tickets. A buddy comedy produced on a shoestring budget, starring three of the most rec... READ MORE
Directed by: Paul Negoescu
Runtime: 86 mins
Format: Digital
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin
Imprisoned by the Soviets. Orphaned by the Holocaust. Elected Prime Minister. Crowned peacemaker by the Nobel Prize Committee. Disgraced by the Lebanon War. Menachem Begin was a pillar of the Sta... READ MORE
Directed by: Jonathan Gruber
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: Digital
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available | A Part of We Heart Kathleen Turner with SERIAL MOMDown-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hire... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Runtime: 104 mins
Format: Digital
