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Akira
English Dubbed VersionOne of the best-known examples of contemporary Japanese animation, this cyberpunk adventure takes place in the post-apocalyptic city of Neo-Tokyo. A teen-age boy is exposed to a... READ MORE
Directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Runtime: 124 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 23rd
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The Ancient Law
Featuring live original music by Donald Sosin and Alicia SvigalsBefore the rise of the Third Reich, Weimar-era silent cinema offered complex depictions of Jewish communities in Germany. One of the fin... READ MORE
Directed by: Ewald André Dupont
Runtime: 135 mins
Opens on Dec 4th
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The Best of All Worlds
2018 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival Award-Winner: Best Actress (Verena Altenberger), Best Actor (Jeremy Miliker), Best Director (Adrian Goiginger), Best Narrative Feature, Best of Fest.Seven y... READ MORE
Directed by: Adrian Goiginger
Runtime: 138 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 7th
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Best F(r)iends: Volume 2
***Greg Sestero in person for two post-film Q&A's***SEE THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF THE SESTERO-WISEAU SAGA!Picking up where the first volume left off, BEST F(R)IENDS: VOLUME 2 brings the saga to... READ MORE
Directed by: Justin MacGregor
Runtime: 93 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 28th
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Border
Opens October 26**Academy Awards Official Entry - Best Foreign Language Film - Sweden*From the writer of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Tina (Eva Melander) is a border guard who has the ability to smell human... READ MORE
Directed by: Ali Abbasi
Runtime: 110 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Oct 26th
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Burning
Opens November 30**Academy Awards Official Entry - Best Foreign Language Film - South Korea**BURNING is the searing examination of an alienated young man, Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert wh... READ MORE
Directed by: Lee Chang-dong
Runtime: 148 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 30th
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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
***One Show Only***One of the world's biggest bands share their story, in their own words, for the first time. Charting Coldplay's incredible journey from humble origins to stadium-filling superstardo... READ MORE
Directed by: Mat Whitecross
Runtime: 120 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 14th
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Deadbeat at Dawn
The absolute definition of DIY filmmaking, DEADBEAT AT DAWN is a cult classic that deserves the moniker -- an indie revenge movie with more thrills and bloody spills than all of Chuck Norris' films co... READ MORE
Directed by: Jim Van Bebber
Runtime: 80 mins
Opens on Nov 2nd
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The Fog
Opens October 26th **New 4K Restoration**John Carpenter's first post-Halloween venture into the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired, apocalyptic vein that he would continue to mine in films like THE THING... READ MORE
Directed by: John Carpenter
Runtime: 89 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Oct 26th
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Forty Guns
Presented by The Chicago Film SocietyWesterns became bigger, louder, and safer in the 1950s. The exception that proves the rule: Samuel Fuller's FORTY GUNS, a propulsive, devil-may-care Western s... READ MORE
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Runtime: 80 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Dec 10th
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Funny Girl: The Musical
Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London's West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical Funny Girl comes to a cinema near you, featuring Sheridan Smith in "an unforgettabl... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Mayer
Runtime: 160 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 27th
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Heathers
**Rare 35MM Print**Westerburg High School’s elite clique of popular girls is “The Heathers,” comprised of the powerful Heather Chandler, the green-with-envy Heather Duke, and the cowardly Heather McNa... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Runtime: 100 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 9th
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Jeff Tweedy: Book Event & Reading
Showing at the
Music Box Theater.
Runtime: 120 mins
Opens on Nov 18th
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Little Shop of Horrors
A nerdy florist (Rick Moranis) finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. The Midnight Madness Shadowcast you know and... READ MORE
Directed by: Frank Oz
Runtime: 94 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 16th
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Mikey and Nicky
Presented by The Chicago Film SocietyRiding high on the critical and commercial success of THE HEARTBREAK KID, Elaine May was given the chance to write and direct an unconventional gangster... READ MORE
Directed by: Elaine May
Runtime: 119 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 12th
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Miracle on 34th Street
Sponsored by American AirlinesThe Chicago Help Initiative (CHI) is a consortium of business, residential, religious, social service, institutional and volunteer leaders striving to promote an atmosphe... READ MORE
Directed by: George Seaton
Runtime: 96 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 29th
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The Mummy
With the stellar box office returns from DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN, Universal tried (and not for the last time, either) to create a horror franchise from scratch. Mixing the newfound stardom of Boris K... READ MORE
Directed by: Karl Freund
Runtime: 73 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Oct 27th
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
Broadcast live from London's West End, see Ian McKellen's 'extraordinarily moving portrayal' (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.Chichester Festival Theatre's production received five-star reviews f... READ MORE
Directed by: Jonathan Munby
Runtime: 227 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 29th
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SOMM 3
November 27th - One Night Only!The world of wine hasn't always been the way it is today. In 1976, Steven Spurrier held the Judgment of Paris, a blind tasting where American wines beat out the classic... READ MORE
Directed by: Jason Wise
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 27th
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The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the beloved American classic, based on the real life von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-annexed Austria. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Pi... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert Wise
Runtime: 172 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 23rd
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Street Angel
Co-presented by The Chicago Film Society | Live accompaniment by Music Box house organist Dennis ScottFrank Borzage reaches a resplendent apex in Street Angel, in which Neapolitan urchi... READ MORE
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Runtime: 102 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 17th
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Suspiria (2018)
Preview Screening October 31st at 7pm | Opens November 2nd**From the Director of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME**A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troup... READ MORE
Directed by: Luca Guadagnino
Runtime: 152 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Oct 31st
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This.Is.Progress
2018 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival Award-Winner: Best DocumentaryTHIS.IS.PROGRESS is a film about passion, community and family. Following a wrestler, a wrestling fan and the promoters over t... READ MORE
Directed by: Dale Beaumont-Brown
Runtime: 132 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Nov 5th
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When Jeff Tried to Save the World
***Jon Heder, Cast & Crew (to be announced) in attendance for a post-film Q&A***Jeff (Jon Heder) is the manager of an old-school bowling alley called Winky's World. When Jeff's boss Sheila (Ca... READ MORE
Directed by: Kendall Goldberg
Runtime: 93 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Dec 5th
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Wild Honey
***One Night Only | Cast and Crew in Attendance for a Post Film Q&A***Gabby's life is on hold; she is broke, aimless and working out of her old high school bedroom as a phone sex operato... READ MORE
Directed by: Francis Stokes
Runtime: 89 mins
Format: DCP
Opens on Dec 11th
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Yi Yi
Presented by The Chicago Film SocietyMaybe no film can encompass all of human experience, but it's remarkable just how much of it is in YI YI: a birth, a funeral, a wedding, a first date, near-de... READ MORE
Directed by: Edward Yang
Runtime: 173 mins
Format: 35mm
Opens on Nov 26th
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