In the Summers

Siblings Violeta and Eva live in California with their mother, but every summer they travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to spend time with their loving... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

R.L. Stine: A Modern Master of Horror

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Chicago Humanities and Music Box Theatre conjure Halloween spirits with this spooky screening and hair-raising talk with best-selling children’s autho... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

In the Summers

Siblings Violeta and Eva live in California with their mother, but every summer they travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to spend time with their loving... Read more

Pulp Fiction

There are indie sleeper hits, and then there’s PULP FICTION, Tarantino’s audaciously structured, deliciously hep, endlessly quotable Los Angeles-set c... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Carrie

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humil... Read more

Army of Shadows

Resistance agent Philippe (Lino Ventura), aided by compatriots including maitresse of disguise Mathilde (Simone Signoret), goes underground in the fac... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Fitzcarraldo

Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with bu... Read more

Gaudyween

Friday, 10/11 8pm-Midnight*Costumes Encouraged*NO COVER

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Frankenhooker

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

After making horror history with BASKET CASE and BRAIN DAMAGE, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed FRANKENHOOKER—the greatest transmutation o... 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

The King of Marvin Gardens

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

After charting the course for a new kind of American art film amid the bowling alleys and oil fields of Five Easy Pieces, Bob Rafelson and Jack Nichol... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur (Klaus Kinski)... Read more

Army of Shadows

Resistance agent Philippe (Lino Ventura), aided by compatriots including maitresse of disguise Mathilde (Simone Signoret), goes underground in the fac... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Anora

Anora (Mikey Madison), a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an ol... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Ninja III: The Domination

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Aerobic instructor Christie Ryder (Lucinda Dickey, Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo) becomes possessed by the spirit of an evil ninja when she... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

Fitzcarraldo

Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with bu... Read more

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur (Klaus Kinski)... Read more

Army of Shadows

Resistance agent Philippe (Lino Ventura), aided by compatriots including maitresse of disguise Mathilde (Simone Signoret), goes underground in the fac... Read more

Music Box Movie Trivia

What makes Music Box Trivia Chicago's premier movie trivia?Six rounds of movie trivia, including audio and visual components. A beautiful community. S... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Willow Creek

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

A young couple find themselves face-to-face against a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in WILLOW CREEK, director Bo... Read more

Food and Country

Ruth Reichl—trailblazing NY Times food critic, groundbreaking Gourmet Magazine editor, best-selling memoirist, and for decades one of the most influen... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur (Klaus Kinski)... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Cropsey

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Two filmmakers investigate the disappearance of five children in their home town and the urban legend that grew from it.

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

Lifers: A Local H Movie

The first movie from hometown cult-rock heroes LOCAL H finally makes its world premiere at the Music Box! Written, directed and edited by the band’s s... Read more

Coasting

Two people, both in relationships, find love in the most unlikely place: a remote hotel bar in the small Midwest town of Stillwater. Now they'll have... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Save the Green Planet!

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

This twisty 2003 Korean genre-bender seems prophetic in hindsight, predicting our conspiracy-obsessed post-truth present back in the days before Myspa... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

The Piano Lesson

A battle is brewing in the Charles household that's tearing two siblings apart. At the center stands a prized heirloom piano: On one side, a brother (... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Vulcanizadora

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Michigan-based filmmaker Joel Potrykus has built his career on chronicling the comedic routines and surprisingly complex inner lives of slacker dudes.... Read more

Daaaaaali!

For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity–if only he wo... Read more

The Substance

After former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she is... Read more

Unstoppable

Based on a true story, this inspiring drama follows Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit and unbreak... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Grafted

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Young Wei is a blossoming scientist continuing the controversial, yet innovative research on skin grafting begun by her late father. Shunned by her fa... Read more

Maria

Directed by Pablo Larraín (ChicagoIFF selections Spencer, Jackie, Neruda, The Club) and starring Academy Award®-winner Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas,... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Thirty years after her death at senior prom, the spirit of Mary Lou Maloney is back at school and ready for her revenge. And she’s burning to be prom... Read more

Music Box of Horrors - Half Marathon

Join us for a half version of THE MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS, starting with JAWS at 11:50pm. Admission begins at roughly 11:40pm.PRICING:General Admission -... Read more

Emilia Perez

From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard (Dheepan, Rust and Bone) comes this audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating... Read more

Blitz

Sir Steve McQueen’s Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II-era England whose mother Rita (Saoi... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Faust

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

In the years immediately following the First World War, F. W. Murnau produced over a dozen films across every stratum of the German film industry, fro... Read more

Nightbitch

Academy Award nominee Amy Adams stars as a woman who has left the city and her career to be a stay-at-home mom. Through the challenges of parenting a... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

In 1997, a new slasher icon was born…and he had a hook. In I Know What You Did Last Summer, a group of kids pay the price for not reporting a hit and... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Poison for the Fairies

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

When the wealthy but lonely young Flavia arrives at her new school in Mexico City, she is quickly befriended by a mysterious orphan named Veronica. Wh... Read more

Nickel Boys

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherwor... Read more

Stacey and Michael's Showcase of Shorts 8

A collection of short films programmed by Stacey Miner and Michael Holub.SHORTS FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM-FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS (13 min)-MAGIC SAVIOR (1... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Dumplings

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Expanding on his notorious segment from the pan-Asian anthology Three…Extremes, Hong Kong horror auteur Fruit Chan crafts a unique take on body horror... Read more

The Brutalist

Escaping postwar Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Psychomania

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

America gave motorcycle-mad cinemagoers EASY RIDER, THE WILD ONE and THE WILD ANGELS . . . and Britain gave them PSYCHOMANIA, a tale of zombie bikers... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Conrad Brooks vs. Werewolf

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Dubbed “The Ed Wood of the 21st Century”, Des Plaines, Illinois based former marine and Golden Gloves boxer turned gonzo filmmaker David “The Rock” Ne... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2024! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

This notorious horror parody — a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things — tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Werner Herzog’s only horror film is as rich with artistry and tragedy as his most grounded, human work. It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept to... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2024! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

This notorious horror parody — a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things — tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad... Read more

Here

Reuniting the director, writer and stars of Forrest Gump, Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Don't Look Now

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

DON’T LOOK NOW is an acute study of two grieving parents (Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland) who escape the English countryside for a wintery Venic... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Asylum of Terror

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

It used to be a prison for the criminally insane. Now it's a haunted house, and one of its former residents wants to come home...Tonight, curious thri... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

The AMITYVILLE HORROR series was given new life in the ‘90s with four fun installments on the “cursed object” theme. These sequels are like a cross be... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

Psykho III: The Musical

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

PSYKHO III: THE MUSICAL (1985) is a hilarious, hedonistic, and hallucinogenic drag reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960). This video was ori... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2024! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

This notorious horror parody — a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things — tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad... Read more

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Last year, Bride of Music Box of Horrors descended upon Chicago's ravenous horror community. And let's just say things got interesting…in the 9+ month... Read more

The House of the Devil

Part of: Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

Sam (Jocelin Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job e... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween 2024! Join us as we do the Time Warp again! In this Music Box Halloween tradition, the classic cult musical is screened with a cast of... Read more

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Part of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Halloween Edition!

This notorious horror parody — a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other things — tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad... Read more