On a warm August afternoon in 2017, I drove myself down to Lan-Oak Lanes, an old-school bowling alley in Lansing, Illinois, just shy of the Indiana border. The establishment just happened to […]
Although it’s also going up on Netflix on Friday, it’s difficult to imagine not having the opportunity to watch a “new” (or at least unreleased) Orson Welles film on the big screen. […]
Part of the fun of October for some is the cornucopia of frightening films to fill up those dreary, windy, spooky evenings. As we come into Halloween weekend, we thought it might […]
Maybe you’re an organized sort who’s been constructing costumes, stockpiling candy and making Halloween plans for months now. But maybe you’ve been navigating the choppy seas of seasonal changes and a busy […]
For those currently enamored with director John Carpenter’s original 1978 Halloween, you’ll likely be even more impressed (and definitely more terrified) by what was his follow-up feature, 1980’s The Fog (followed a […]
For the fourth year in a row, the 24-hour horror movie marathon known as the Music Box of Horrors is programmed and hosted by Will Morris, Assistant Programmer at American Cinematheque in […]
After a weekend of cool fall breezes, we’re back to sunny warm days! Now there’s no excuse not to jump into the amazing events happening all over the city! There’s film and […]
The Music Box Theatre loves to find reasons to play films in 70mm. In the last year, the venue has done one-off screenings of both Streets of Fire and Howard the Duck in the […]
Summer will officially be over in just a couple weeks. If that has you feeling down, however, watching a movie is the perfect way to keep yourself distracted. Here are our recommendations […]
This month, with summer blockbusters (thankfully) behind us, film festival season kicks into high gear. While yours truly jets off to Toronto International Film Festival for a week (dispatches to come!), there’s […]
In 2013, writer/director Xavier Legrand made a short film called Just Before Losing Everything, about a woman attempting to extract herself and two children from what she felt was a deeply unhealthy […]
The landmark 10th anniversary of the Music Box Theatre’s Noir City Chicago kicks off on Friday, Aug. 17. A film festival made up of noir and neo-noir classics throughout film history, its […]
