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FILM CALENDAR OCTOBER 19 - DECEMBER 13, 2018
SUSPIRIA
Opens November 2
Chicago’s Year-Round Film Festival
3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago
www.musicboxtheatre.com 773.871.6607
THE ROCKY HORROR THE FOG THE SOUND OF MUSIC BURNING CHRISTMAS
PICTURE SHOW NEW 4K SING-A-LONG OPENS DOUBLE FEATURE &
HALLOWEEN EDITION RESTORATION NOVEMBER 23- NOVEMBER 30 SING-A-LONG
OCTOBER 26-31 OPENS OCTOBER 26 DECEMBER 2 DECEMBER 7-24
Welcome
TO THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE!
FEATURE FILMS
5 FREE SOLO OPENS OCTOBER 19
5 STUDIO 54 OPENS OCTOBER 19
7 BORDER OPENS OCTOBER 26
8 JOHN CARPENTER’S THE FOG OPENS OCTOBER 26
9 SUSPIRIA OPENS NOVEMBER 2
10 SAY HER NAME: SANDRA BLAND OPENS NOVEMBER 9
11 MARIA BY CALLAS OPENS NOVEMBER 16
17 BURNING OPENS NOVEMBER 30
22 COMMENTARY
SERIES
24 CLASSIC MATINEES
26 CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY
BRING YOUR FILMS TO THE PARKS
27 SILENT CINEMA
28 FROM STAGE TO SCREEN
30 MIDNIGHTS
ACCEPTING LOCALLY-PRODUCED & SPECIAL EVENTS
6 THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN OCTOBER 21
CHICAGO-FOCUSED FILM SUBMISSIONS 6 EYESLICER HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 23
OCTOBER 15 - DECEMBER 7
7 AN EVENING WITH SALLY FIELD OCTOBER 24
8 ROCKY HORROR HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 26-31
9 CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 1-9
10 ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 11
11 JEFF TWEEDY NOVEMBER 18
12 AGAVE: SPIRIT OF A NATION NOVEMBER 19
12 BREWMASTER NOVEMBER 20
14 SOUND OF MUSIC SING-A-LONG NOV. 23-25, DEC. 1-2
For five years, the Chicago Park District has brought local films to local 15 SOMM 3 NOVEMBER 27
15 HELP INITITIATIVE NOVEMBER 29
parks with the Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase. We’ve shown 17 THE ANCIENT LAW DECEMBER 4
18 CHRISTMAS DOUBLE FEATURE DECEMBER 7-24
more than 75 films in more than 30 parks across the city, and yours could 20 WILD HONEY DECEMBER 11
21 ALTERNATIVE XMAS DOUBLE FEATURE DEC. 12-13, 19-20
be next.
Brian Andreotti, Director of Programming VOLUME 36 ISSUE 152
Copyright 2018 Southport Music Box Corp.
Submit your film at bit.ly/ChicagoOnscreen
Ryan Oestreich, General Manager
MusicBoxTheatre.com
Buck LePard, Senior Operations Manager
Stephanie Berlin, Public Relations Manager Published by Newcity Custom Publishing
Newcitynetwork.com
Claire Alden, Group Sales and Membership Manager
For information, email advertising@newcity.com
Julian Antos, Technical Director and Assistant Programmer or call 312.243.8786
Kyle Westphal, Programming Associate Cover Image from the film SUSPIRIA, opening
Rebecca Lyon, Assistant Technical Director November 2 at Music Box Theatre.
This program is presented as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in
THE OF F I CIA L REWARDS
the Parks with the support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Arts programming in
P R OGR A M OF THE CHICAGO neighborhoods across the city advances the goals of the Chicago Park Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport musicboxtheatre.com
PARK DISTRICT District and the Chicago Cultural Plan. Learn more at:
www.ChiParkPoints.com www.nightoutintheparks.com
773-871-6604 showtimes 773-871-6607 office
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City of Chicago | Rahm Emanuel, Mayor For more information about your Chicago Park District, visit
Chicago Park District | Board of Commissioners | Michael P. Kelly, General Superintendent & CEO www.chicagoparkdistrict.com or call 312.742.7529 or 312.747.2001 (TTY).
FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Film Studies Center presents
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FREE SOLO
October 19, 7pm “ One of the most arresting
documentaries of the year. See the
film on as big a screen as possible.’”
DIRECTED BY: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin –Vanity Fair
University of Chicago 2018, 97 mins, DCP
Logan Center for the Arts From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi
(MERU) and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer
“ Alex Honnold’s Free Solo climb
should be celebrated as one of
the great athletic feats of any
915 E. 60th St. Jimmy Chin comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate and unflinching kind, ever.”
–The New York Times
portrait of the free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares
to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s
$10 tickets at most famous rock… the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park… without a rope. FREE SOLO is
both an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who exceeded our current
filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu understanding of human physical and mental potential. The result is a triumph of the human spirit.
OPENS OCTOBER 19
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STUDIO 54
“ A disco inferno of glamour,
greed, and thumping tunes.”
–Sight & Sound
DIRECTED BY: Matt Tyrnauer
2018, 98 mins, DCP
For 33 months, from 1977 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the
“ Thrilling and definitive”
–Variety
place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz
and glamor, Studio 54 was very hard to gain entrance to and impos-
sible to ignore, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily. Steve Rubell and Ian
Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn, succeeded in creating the ultimate escapist fantasy
in the heart of the theater district. Studio 54 was an instant success, but the drug-and-sex-fueled
dream soon imploded in financial scandal and the club’s demise. With unprecedented access to
Schrager, who tells the whole unvarnished story for the first time, and a treasure-trove of rare foot-
age, director Matt Tyrnauer (SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD) constructs
a vivid portrait of a disco-era phenomenon.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
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Sunday, October 21 at 9:30pm PRESENTED BY THE BOOK STALL
(Tabbert Fiiller, 2018, 103 mins, DCP)
After the breakup of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon/John Rotten formed Public Image Ltd (PiL)— Wednesday, October 24 at 7pm
his groundbreaking band which has lived on nearly 15 times as long as his first one. He kept the
Join The Book Stall for an evening with Academy Award and Emmy-winning actor Sally Field, as she
band alive ever since, through personnel and stylistic changes, fighting to constantly reinvent new
discusses her new book, In Pieces, an intimate, haunting literary memoir. With raw honesty and the
ways of approaching music, while adhering to radical ideals of artistic integrity. John Lydon has
fresh, pitch-perfect prose of a natural-born writer, and with all the humility and authenticity her fans
not only redefined music, but also the true meaning of originality.
have come to expect, Field brings readers behind-the-scenes for not only the highs and lows of her
Former and current bandmates, as well as fellow icons like Flea, Ad-Rock and Thurston Moore, add star-studded early career in Hollywood, but deep into the truth of her lifelong
testimony to electrifying archival footage (including stills and audio from the infamous Ritz Show). relationships—including her complicated love for her own mother. Powerful
With his trademark acerbic wit and unpredictable candor, Lydon offers a behind-the-scenes look and unforgettable, In Pieces is an inspiring and important account of life as a
at one of music’s most influential and controversial careers. woman in the second half of the twentieth century.
OCTOBER 23 OPENS OCTOBER 26
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THE EYESLICER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL COMMDESTEVE PROKO
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Tuesday, October 23 at 7pm BORDER
Touring punk rock TV show THE EYESLICER has returned with their craziest and most ambitious “ An exciting, intelligent mix of
romance, Nordic noir, social realism,
and supernatural horror that defies
episode yet: a feature-length Halloween Special! DIRECTED BY: Ali Abbasi and subverts genre conventions.”
STARRING: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff –Variety
Featuring a dozen segments of spine-tingling surrealist terror, THE EYESLICER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
2018, 101 mins, DCP, In Swedish with English subtitles
takes viewers on the cinematic equivalent of an acid trip down the Halloween aisle at Party City.
From an X-rated Halloween party hookup to a coming of age story set on the eve of Ted Bundy’s Tina is a border guard who has the ability to smell human “ Nothing short of breathtaking.
One of the year’s best.”
–Screen Anarchy
execution to a John Carpenter homage (featuring a cameo by Carpenter himself), this is an experience emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a
like no other—a deranged, proudly transgressive anthology carving out bold new space in the mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection,
Midnight movie genre. she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
OPENS OCTOBER 26 Nov 1—— Nov 9
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Film Fest
Presented by 35th Annual Chicago
New 4K
JOHN CARPENTER’S THE FOG Restor
ation!
Facets. International
Children's Film Festival
DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter
STARRING: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook
1979, 89 mins, DCP
A strange, glowing fog rolls over a small coastal town one hundred years after a mysterious shipwreck
and when vengeful ghosts go on a killing spree, residents look for answers even as they try to survive.
Out of theatrical release for years due to faded, unplayable prints, THE FOG can now be viewed again
as it was intended, with the restoration of its breathtaking color cinematography by Dean Cundey
(ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BACK TO THE FUTURE, APOLLO 13), who deftly captured both the
daylight beauty of the Point Reyes shore and the ghostly goings-on in the dark, eerie night.
250+ films at Facets, Music Box Theatre, and six more venues. Full schedule & tickets: facets.org/cicff
OCTOBER 26-31 OPENS NOVEMBER 2
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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW the
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Halloween returns THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW to the Music Box Theatre. As archetypal SUSPIRIA
pair of squares Brad and Janet approach the castle of the fabulous Dr. Frank-N-Furter and meet his
minions—including decrepit butler Riff Raff; patched-together golden boy Rocky; and, played by Meat “ 5 Stars! A spectacularly
strange affair, thrumming with
wild blood and weird powers.”
Loaf, rock-and-roller Eddie—a shadow cast of actors clothed in lingerie gyrate in front of the screen. DIRECTED BY: Luca Guadagnino –TimeOut
In the audience, a decades-long tradition of crowd participation carries on as guests are encouraged to STARRING: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth,
participate in a group “Time Warp” dance, shine flashlights during the song “Over at the Frankenstein
Place,” follow the exploits of Brad and Janet (Damn-it) with the help of a friendly Shadowcast of
Lutz Ebersdorf, Chloe Grace Moretz
2018, 155 mins, DCP “ Savagely beautiful”
–IndieWire
players from Midnight Madness (www.midnightmadness.org). A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company,
Friday, October 26 Saturday, October 27 Tuesday, October 30 Wednesday, October 31 one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director (Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Johnson), and a
MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT 8:00pm 11:00pm grieving psychotherapist (Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
OPENS NOVEMBER 16
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MARIA BY CALLAS
“ A generous, full-
throated defense
of a tarnished icon.”
DIRECTED BY: Tom Volf –Variety
2018, 113 mins, DCP, In English and French with English subtitles
For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer
ever tells her own story—in her own words. Told through performances, TV
“ An enchanting story”
–Vanity Fair
interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished
memoirs—nearly all of which have never been shown to the public—the film reveals the essence of
an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous
international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.
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AN EVENING WITH JEFF TWEEDY
SAY HER NAME: THE LIFE AND DEATH HOSTED BY THE BOOK CELLAR
OF SANDRA BLAND Sunday, November 18 at 7pm
The singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known for his work with Wilco, opens up about his past,
DIRECTED BY: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner the music, and the people that have inspired him. Few bands have inspired as much devotion as
2018, 103 mins, DCP the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it’s thanks, in large part, to the band’s singer,
In 2015, Sandra Bland, a politically active 28-year-old black woman from Chicago was arrested for songwriter, and guiding light: Jeff Tweedy. In his long-awaited memoir LET’S
a traffic violation in a small Texas town. Three days later, Sandra was found hanging from a noose GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK), Jeff tells stories about his childhood in Belleville,
in her jail cell. Dash cam footage revealing her violent arrest went viral, leading to national protests Illinois; the St. Louis record store, rock clubs, and live-music circuit that sparked
claiming that this was a case of racially-motivated murder. Sandra quickly became a poster child his songwriting and performing career; and the Chicago scene that brought it all
for police brutality, leaving millions to question “What really happened to Sandra Bland?” Part legal together. Honest, funny, and disarming, Tweedy’s memoir will bring readers inside
thriller, part parable about race in America, SAY HER NAME: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SANDRA both his life and his musical process, illuminating his singular genius and sharing
BLAND takes viewers deep inside a story that came to polarize the nation. his story, voice, and perspective for the first time.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
give the gift of
the music box!
NOVEMBER 19
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This holiday season, a Music Box Membership is the
gift that keeps on giving; with discounted tickets,
bottomless popcorn, free members-only screenings,
and more. Your gift will continue to surprise the
AGAVE: THE SPIRIT OF A NATION film lover in your life all year long!
Includes
d
Monday, November 19 at 7pm a curate
m ezcal
(Matt Riggieri & Nick Kovacic, 2018, 78 mins, DCP)
tasting!
AGAVE: THE SPIRIT OF A NATION explores the phenomenon of the fastest trending
alcohol spirits in the world, Tequila and Mezcal, and the proud families who pass down
their distilling secrets and traditions from generation to generation, while protecting
their cherished plant against increasing global demand. This expressive documentary takes us to
Mexico, where agave harvesting and distilling are richly embedded in the culture of its people, from
the alluring red highlands of Jalisco to the rugged mountains of Oaxaca. Discover how one delicate
plant can carry the weight of a nation and the people trying to protect it for the future.
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register online
at musicboxtheatre.com
or visit our box office!
Cast Questions? Contact:
BREWMASTER Crew &
Atte
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in claire@musicboxtheatre.com
ce
Tuesday, November 20 at 7pm
(Douglas Tirola, 2018, 94 mins, DCP)
In 1998 there were less than 1,500 breweries in the United States—now there are over 7,000.
BREWMASTER tells the story of the rise of craft beer through two young men pursuing their dreams
in the world of beer. Drew is a New York lawyer who wants to start his own brewery. He uses every
free moment to make this a reality while preparing for a pitch with a potential investor. Brian, an
ex-telemarketer, is studying to become a Master Cicerone—the beer equivalent of a sommelier—
which requires taking a test only 13 people have ever passed. Set in the craft beer community,
BREWMASTER features successful brewers Sam Calagione, John and Jen Kimmich, Jim Koch,
Garrett Oliver and Rob Tod. This is the definitive documentary on the community of craft beer.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
NOVEMBER 23-25 AND DECEMBER 1-2 NOVEMBER 27
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THIS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, GIVE THANKS FOR
SOME OF YOUR “FAVORITE THINGS”
FUN FOR
THE WHOLE
FUN PA
FAMILY!!
COSTUCKS INCLUD
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Tuesday, November 27 at 7pm
(Jason Wise, 2018, 87 mins, 35mm)
While three of the greatest legends of wine meet in Paris to drink the rarest bottles of their careers,
the best blind tasters in the world gather in New York City to settle an age-old argument about
wine. In the end, the past and present slam into each other and the results could change the world
of wine forever.
VIP and GA tickets available online at MusicBoxTheatre.com
THE CLASSIC FILM WITH ON-SCREEN LYRICS SO
THAT EVERYONE CAN SING ALONG!
For over a decade Thanksgiving has been celebrated at the Music Box Theatre with the
Von Trapp Family Players and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This annual event has grown now to
two weekends and thousands of people joining in on the fun. The lyrics for each song are
projected on the big screen, and our host and organist will warm the audience up before the
screening. Every attendee gets their own package of magic moment gifts to interact with
the film. This Thanksgiving let’s all be thankful for some of our favorite things!
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23
1PM & 7PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
11:30AM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
1PM & 7PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2
11:30AM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
NOON & 6PM
ADVANCE TICKETS DAY-OF TICKETS (IF AVAILABLE)
General: $13 General: $15
Music Box Members: $10 Music Box Member: $12
Kids 12 & under: $9 Kids 12 & under: $10
Available online through the Available at box office
Music Box Theatre website if show does not sell out in advance
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
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BURNING
“ Intensely mesmerizing…
ranks with the year’s
very best”
DIRECTED BY: Lee Chang-dong –The Playlist
STARRING: Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yuen, Jong-seo Jun
2018, 148 mins, DCP, In Korean with English subtitles
BURNING is the searing examination of an alienated young man,
“
–IndieWire
A haunting, beautiful
tone poem”
Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert whose already difficult life is
complicated by the appearance of two people into his orbit: first, Haemi
“ASTONISHING. A HARROWING (newcomer Jong-seo Jun), a spirited woman who offers romantic possibility, and then, Ben (Steven
WORLD WAR II PSYCHODRAMA.” Yeun, THE WALKING DEAD, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU), a wealthy and sophisticated young man
she returns from a trip with. When Jongsu learns of Ben’s mysterious hobby and Haemi suddenly
— The New York Times disappears, his confusion and obsessions begin to mount, culminating in a stunning finale.
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THE ANCIENT LAW (Das Alte Gesetz)
Tuesday, December 4 at 7pm
(E.A. Dupont, 1923, 135 mins, DCP)
Before the rise of the Third Reich, Weimar-era silent cinema offered complex depictions of Jewish
communities in Germany. One of the finest efforts of E.A. Dupont, THE ANCIENT LAW follows Baruch,
a rabbi’s son who longs for the cosmopolitan lights of Viennese theater. A re-
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 27TH spectful presentation of shtetl life that also acknowledges the pull of modernity,
THE ANCIENT LAW has been newly restored by Deutsche Kinemathek in a version
that accurately reconstructs the tinting and intertitle text for the first time.
SUNRISE FOUNDATION
Live original music by Donald Sosin and Alicia Svigals FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
Tour sponsored by the Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts
@musicboxfilms
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DECEMBER 7-24
Friday, December 7 Sunday, December 16
6:30pm: It’s a Wonderful Life 12:00pm: White Christmas
9:45pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
THE 35TH ANNUAL MUSIC BOX Saturday, December 8
6:30pm: White Christmas
CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG 12:00pm: White Christmas
3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
Friday, December 21
12:00pm: White Christmas
6:30pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
AND DOUBLE FEATURE 9:45pm: It’s a Wonderful Life 6:30pm: White Christmas
9:45pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
Sunday, December 9
12:00pm: It’s a Wonderful Life Saturday, December 22
One of the most popular and 3:15pm: White Christmas 12:00pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
6:30pm: It’s a Wonderful Life 3:15pm: White Christmas
beloved Christmas traditions in Chicago 6:30pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Friday, December 14 9:45pm: White Christmas
Come celebrate the holidays with the Music Box! 6:30pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
9:45pm: White Christmas Sunday, December 23
Each year, holiday revelers are greeted by none other than 12:00pm: White Christmas
Santa Claus, live and in person. Santa welcomes the audience Saturday, December 15 3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
and, accompanied by the theater organist, leads them in the 12:00pm: It’s a Wonderful Life 6:30pm: White Christmas
singing of the most cherished Christmas carols of all time. 3:15pm: White Christmas 9:45pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
The lyrics are projected onto the theater’s screen so no one 6:30pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
9:45pm: White Christmas Monday, December 24
misses a chance to sing their hearts out.
12:00pm: White Christmas
Then the audience sits back and enjoys a Christmas 3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life
movie classic. Some folks like to keep the music going
and opt to see WHITE CHRISTMAS (Michael Curtiz, 1954) so they can
sing the timeless lyrics of Irving Berlin along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kay and Rosemary Advance tickets are: Day of tickets (if available) are:
Clooney. Others prefer to cheer for Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey and hiss Mr. Potter Single Feature: $13.50 • Member Single Feature: $11.50 Single Feature: $15.50 • Member Single Feature: $13.50
during a showing of the heart-warming IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946). Double Feature: $20 • Member Double Feature: $17 Double Feature: $24 • Member Double Feature: $21
And those truly filled with holiday spirit see BOTH films! Children under 13: $10 or $15 Double Feature Children under 13: $10 or $15 Double Feature
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DECEMBER 11
THE MUSIC BOX’S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS 2018
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For over three decades, the Music Box has celebrated the holidays with Jimmy Stewart
and Bing Crosby. However, if those guys aren’t your cup of eggnog, the Music Box’s
Alternative Christmas Double Feature invites you to spend the holidays with Kermit
the Frog, Buddy the Elf, John McClane & Kevin McCallister.
This year, have some family fun (or just indulge your inner child) with ELF and THE
MUPPET CHRISTMAS, or watch out for uninvited holiday guests with HOME ALONE
and DIE HARD.
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Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30pm
(Francis Stokes, 2018, 89 mins, DCP)
Gabby’s life is on hold; she is broke, aimless and working out of her old high school bedroom as
a phone sex operator. Things start looking up when she hits it off with a mysterious caller named
Martin, who leads a glamorous life as a Hollywood sci-fi screenwriter. In a moment of reckless
abandon, Gabby decides to fly across the country, drop in on her estranged sister, and meet up with
the man of her dreams. But she soon learns in the City of Angels, things are more complicated than
they appear.
ELF THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
(Jon Favreau, 2003, 97 mins, 35mm) (Brian Henson, 1992, 85 mins, 35mm)
Wednesday, December 12 Thursday, December 13
4:45pm: Elf 5:00pm: The Muppet Christmas Carol
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DOUBLE FEATURE #2: MISTLETOE MAYHEM
DIE HARD HOME ALONE
(John McTiernan, 1988, 133 mins, 35mm)
(Chris Columbus, 1990, 103 mins, 35mm)
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DETAILS 26 . ONE IN, questions of gender are both present and nebulous, in ways that only heighten the story’s fantastical ele-
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ments). And by the time the movie turns into a full-blown romance, it also reveals itself to be something of a horror
story. This absolute refusal to adhere to a single genre (choosing, instead, to subvert all genres) is one of the most
impressive and intriguing things about BORDER, which made quite a splash when it debuted earlier this year at the
Cannes Film Festival. As if to show audiences how many different types of films it could be, BORDER even turns
into a police procedural when local law enforcement recruits Tina (and her nose for crime) to help them break up a
child pornography ring, which may seem random and unrelated to the rest of the plot, but it is soon revealed to be
anything but.
BORDER also deals with issues of identity, the self-destructive way in which humanity consumes the best of itself,
and how being crushingly lonely can make one blind to a great threat right in front of them. Accentuated by a
haunting score by Christian Holm and some genuinely impressive make-up effects work, Abbasi’s work (which he
adapted with Lindqvist and Isabella Eklöf) fluidly moves from hypnotic and ethereal to shocking and sickening.
And like many of the best horror films in recent years, it takes the time to examine and explore its lead characters
to such a degree that we feel fully invested in their lives and fates. I know it sounds crazy, but when you actually
feel like you know the characters, then it matters to you whether they live or die.
And after spending the entire film emotionally thrashing its audience, BORDER commits the ultimate act of bold-
ness by giving us hope for Tina’s future well being in its final moments. In many ways, it’s the perfect genre film
MAGICAL NORDIC REALISM (especially for those looking for something especially unique around Halloween) in its refusal to conform to any
familiar tropes, instead opting to dip its misshapen form into several cinematic molds, only to shatter them as its
Examining Humankind’s Many Flaws in BORDER lead character continues her search for purpose and belonging.
By Steve Prokopy Steve Prokopy is the chief film critic for the Chicago-based arts outlet Third Coast Review (ThirdCoastReview.com).
For nearly 20 years, he was the Chicago editor for Ain’t It Cool News, where he contributed film reviews and film-
From the opening frames of the second feature from Iranian-born, Danish-dwelling filmmaker Ali Abbasi (SHEL-
maker/actor interviews under the name “Capone.”
LEY), we know something isn’t quite normal. Set in Sweden, BORDER is part human drama, part fantastical lore
about a customs officer who has the uncanny ability to sense when a potential smuggler crosses her path, and it is
somehow tied to her unusually broad nose’s sense of smell. All of her life, Tina (Eva Melander) has been made fun of
and bullied because of her less-than-flattering looks. She has a painful-looking overbite, stained teeth, a protruding
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brow, blotchy skin, and a noticeably high volume of body hair. When someone she catches smuggling alcohol at Frederick Wiseman’s Gael García Bernal in
the border calls her “ugly,” she doesn’t even flinch, let alone get offended, and this tells us all we need to know
about her life up to that point… or so we think.
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Tina has a live-in boyfriend, Roland (Jörgen Thorsson), but he seems to be taking advantage of her need for com-
panionship by living for free in her modest home and using it as a base of operations for training show dogs. After
spending a bit of time examining her public life, we get a peek into Tina’s private world, where she walks barefoot
“ENDLESSLY
through the foggy woods surrounding her home, occasionally interacting with wildlife, like a friendly fox or moose ENTERTAINING.”
(most of the forest creatures just wander right up to her without a fear in the world). She even skinny dips in the — THE PLAYLIST
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nearby lake, in something of a cleansing ritual more than a casual swim. Tina is in tune with her surroundings in a
way she’s probably not aware of, but nature seems to be the only place where she doesn’t feel judged.
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Outside of work and what passes for a home life, Tina’s routine also includes regular visits to her aging father
(Sten Ljunggren) in his assisted-living facility. He is clearly beginning to have memory issues, which he sometimes
exploits to avoid having to answer some of Tina’s more probing questions about her past.
It may come as no surprise that this blend of the supernatural and troubling reality is based on a short story by
author John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose novel LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is one of the greatest vampire stories ever
told. The true nature of the story occurs when, on the job, Tina meets Vore (Eero Milonoff), whose features bear
a striking resemblance to hers (right down to her unflattering hairstyle), so much so that we begin to suspect that
they might be related. Without wanting to reveal what their true connection is, I can disclose that BORDER dives
headfirst into the world of Nordic mythology, while also being a social criticism of the humankind’s many flaws, all
which comes to light after Tina allows Vore to rent out her guest house, and the two start spending a great deal of
time together.
Needless to say, the connection between Tina and Vore deepens in a series of visually swirling moments that end
up revealing a great deal about Tina’s identity and the full potential of her physical form (much like LET THE RIGHT
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most iconic monsters, murderers, and madmen ever captured on 35MM. This
series celebrates the haunting legacy of Universal Studios’ golden age horror
films in establishing the genre as a site for powerful philosophical, political,
and cultural discussions about the terrors lurking in our imagination. Featuring
introductions by DePaul faculty and post-screening discussions in the Music
Box Lounge & Garden. Sponsored by DePaul University College of Computing
and Digital Media, School of the Cinematic Arts.
October 20 & 21
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7 DAYS A WE
THE RUE MORGUE
(Robert Florey, 1932, 61 mins, 35mm)
Loosely based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe,
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE is among the most
visually sophisticated and intellectually dubious
films of Universal’s horror cycle. Bela Lugosi stars
as Dr. Mirakle, a sideshow spieler with a fanatical
drive to demonstrate his idiosyncratic grasp of
evolutionary biology by mixing the blood of hairy
old gorillas and beautiful young women. Frenchman
DABLON
Robert Florey brings a continental sensibility to the
material, lifting many ideas from European horror
classics, particularly THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI.
October 27 & 28
THE MUMMY
(Karl Freund, 1932, 73 mins, 35mm)
With the stellar box office returns from DRACULA
and FRANKENSTEIN, Universal tried (and not for
the last time, either) to create a horror franchise
VINEYARDS
from scratch. Mixing the newfound stardom of
Boris Karloff, the undead appeal of the still-potent
Tutankhamen craze, and a century-spanning
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romance, cinematographer-turned-director Karl
Freund crafted the most poetic film in the Universal
cabinet of curiosities. The central tension of early
horror films—that the monster is often a more
attractive mate than the heroine’s fidgety, stuffed-
shirt fiancé—was never thrown into such stark relief.
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THE CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS FORTY GUNS
(Samuel Fuller, 1957, 80 mins, 35mm)
The Chicago Film Society hosts monthly
Monday, December 10 at 7pm
presentations featuring classic films, underseen
rarities, cult movies, short subjects, trailer reels and Westerns became bigger, louder,
and safer in the 1950s. The exception
more, all on glorious celluloid. For more information,
that proves the rule: Samuel Fuller’s
visit www.chicagofilmsociety.org. FORTY GUNS, a propulsive, devil-
may-care Western shot in black-and-
white Cinemascope in two weeks.
MIKEY AND NICKY Barbara Stanwyck stars as Jessica
(Elaine May, 1976, 119 mins, 35mm) Drummond, the Tombstone titan
who commands as many thieves
Monday, November 12 at 7pm as Ali Baba. Her central conflict—
Riding high on the critical and protecting her ne’er-do-well brother
commercial success of THE (John Ericson) or giving it all up for the ex-gunslinger she comes to love (Barry Sullivan)—may sound
HEARTBREAK KID, Elaine May was rote, but the execution and emotional nuance are anything but. The overall attitude owes something
given the chance to write and direct to other proto-feminist westerns of the era but the melancholy/mercenary savoir faire is specifically,
an unconventional gangster story. spectacularly Stanwyck.
Shot in the scuzziest and least
brotherly corners of Philadelphia
and steeped in the desiccated
dreams of its low-level hoodlums,
MIKEY AND NICKY emerged as a
decidedly unromantic addition to
the genre. Nicky (John Cassavetes) owes a small sum to the mafia and turns to his childhood friend
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Mikey (Peter Falk) to find the light at the end of the tunnel. In keeping with the rambling, low-key
vibe, even the hired gun tracking them down (Ned Beatty) looks more like a cheesed-off storefront on the famous Music Box organ by Dennis Scott, Music Box House Organist. Co-presented
accountant than a fearsome assassin. by Chicago Film Society.
YI YI STREET ANGEL
(Frank Borzage, 1928, 102 mins, 35mm)
(Edward Yang, 2000, 173 mins, 35mm,
Saturday, November 17 at 11:30am
In Mandarin with English subtitles)
Frank Borzage reaches a resplendent
Monday, November 26 at 7pm apex in STREET ANGEL, in which Nea-
Maybe no film can encompass politan urchin Angela (Janet Gaynor)
all of human experience, but it’s turns amateur streetwalker after her
remarkable just how much of it is in mother falls ill. Fleeing the police, she
YI YI: a birth, a funeral, a wedding, joins a gypsy circus and meets romantic
a first date, near-death episodes, painter Gino (Charles Farrell). When the
breakups, reconciliations, corporate authorities finally catch up with the lov-
intrigue, generational ennui, and ers, Gino’s portrait of Angela becomes
the inscrutable actions of the most a transcendent conduit for two souls
precocious young photographer in Taiwan. Detailing a stream of quotidian ordeals large and small blooming in adversity’s shadow. A
in an extended family living in Taipei, Edward Yang’s epic saga alternates between the lives of its follow-up to the smash 7TH HEAVEN,
ensemble as they come together and pull apart between major life events. YI YI would be Yang’s last with a heavy helping of Expressionist
film but through it he achieved the success that so often eluded his characters and gifted us one of visual finesse cribbed from F.W. Mur-
the greatest films this young century has yet seen. nau, STREET ANGEL was a tremendous
popular success in its own right.
35mm from Yale Film Archive
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MIDNIGHTS
October 19 & 20 JENNIFER’S BODY
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT MIDNIGHT
November LITTLE SHOP
FRANKENSTEIN
(Karyn Kusama, 2009, 102 mins, 35mm)
October 26 & 27, THE ROCKY HORROR
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