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 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
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
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