The People's Joker
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical, coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted tra... Read more
Sasquatch Sunset
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and... Read more
Cinema Femme Short Film Fest 2024
The 6th edition of the Cinema Femme Short Film Fest runs from April 25 – May 2, 2024. This one-of-a-kind festival emphasizes the importance of support... Read more
Cinema Femme Shorts Program 2: Sincerely, Yours
Part of: Cinema Femme Short Film Fest 2024
At 7:30 PM on Wednesday, May 1, join us for Shorts Program 2: "Sincerely, Yours." The title is inspired by our poster illustration this year from Susa... Read more
Wed, May 1
Cinema Femme Shorts Program 3: P.S.
Part of: Cinema Femme Short Film Fest 2024
At 9:30 PM on Wednesday, May 1, join us for Shorts Program 3: "P.S." The title is inspired by our poster illustration this year from Susan Johnson’s c... Read more
Wed, May 1
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
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
In the years since its maiden voyage, Peter Weir’s epic seafaring adventure film has made an inexplicable journey: from respected blockbuster that nev... Read more
Thu, May 2
Le Samourai
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hi... Read more
The Chicago Critics Film Festival
THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box for its Eleventh Year! The event, a frequent nominee for Best Film Festival in the Chicago... Read more
Sing Sing
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other men who ar... Read more
Fri, May 3
Cuckoo
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new f... Read more
Fri, May 3
Sleep
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (LEE Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (JUNG Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in h... Read more
Fri, May 3
Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored project is one dedicated to gathering and restoring as many of the 700-odd animated shorts produced by Max Fl... Read more
Sat, May 4
CFCA Shorts Program #1
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
SHORTS INCLUDEDME - A mysterious new musical from Don Hertzfeldt, Academy Award-nominated director of “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” and “World Of Tomorr... Read more
Sat, May 4
Thelma
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar® nominee June Squibb (NEBRASKA) her first... Read more
Sat, May 4
Babes
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
BABES follows inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in differ... Read more
Sat, May 4
In a Violent Nature
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
An ambient slasher that methodically depicts the enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness.
Sat, May 4
Oddity
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local men... Read more
Sat, May 4
Little Women (1994)
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America. Starring Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, and Susan Sarandon.
Sun, May 5
The Dead Don't Hurt
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely indepe... Read more
Sun, May 5
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
When Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at age 25, his parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and iso... Read more
Sun, May 5
I Saw the TV Glow
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of... Read more
Sun, May 5
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
A traveling knife salesman is stranded and forced to wait at a rural rest stop and suddenly finds himself in the middle of a violent hostage situation... Read more
Sun, May 5
CFCA Shorts Program #2
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
SHORTS INCLUDEDBaigal Nuur - Lake Baikal - The formation of Lake Baikal in Siberia is reimagined with hand-painted animation and mixed materials, feat... Read more
Mon, May 6
Dandelion
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
Dandelion, a struggling Cincinnati singer-songwriter in a downward spiral, takes a last-ditch-effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where s... Read more
Mon, May 6
Flipside
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
When filmmaker Chris Wilcha revisits the record store he worked at as a teenager in New Jersey, he finds the once-thriving bastion of music and weirdn... Read more
Mon, May 6
What You Wish For
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
Ryan, a chef with gambling problems, meets an old friend in a Latin American villa where he's been hired to cook an elaborate private meal for incomin... Read more
Tue, May 7
Bringing Out the Dead
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
This tense urban drama from Martin Scorsese stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of physical and emotional collapse. Frank has... Read more
Tue, May 7
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
In the year 2032, the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. A string of murders perpetrated by a prototype andr... Read more