FILM CALENDAR
OCTOBER 21-DECEMBER 22, 2016
SEASONS, opening December 2
Chicago’s Year-Round Film Festival
3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago
www.musicboxtheatre.com 773.871.6607
CAMERAPERSON
WITH DIRECTOR
Q&A
OCTOBER 22
PARK CHAN-WOOK’S
THE HANDMAIDEN
OPENS OCTOBER 28
AMÉLIE
NOVEMBER 19 & 20
AT 11:30AM
SING-A-LONG
SOUND OF MUSIC
NOV 25-27 & DEC 3-4
MUSIC BOX
CHRISTMAS
DOUBLE FEATURE
& SING-A-LONG
DECEMBER 10-24
Producing the Future
Their sTories are our sTory. We produce more Than movies. We produce filmmakers.
colum.edu/cinema
RheA BozzACChi (BA ’12)
Welcome
TO THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE!
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FEATURE PRESENTATIONS
CAMERAPERSON
IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE
KIZUMONOGATARI PART 2
THE HANDMAIDEN
TOWER
CHRISTINE
SEASONS
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COMMENTARY
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SERIES
CINEMA SCIENCE FIELD TRIPS
IS IT STILL FUNNY?
SILENT CINEMA
MATINEES: VIEWER’S CHOICE
STAGE TO SCREEN
MIDNIGHTS
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SPECIAL EVENTS
AN EVENING WITH NICK OFFERMAN
HIGHLANDER
BLOOD LIONS
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FEST
VIDEODROME
OASIS: SUPERSONIC
ROCKY HORROR HALLOWEEN EDITION
CHICAGO FESTIVAL OF ISRAELI CINEMA
TRANSREELIZATION FESTIVAL
ODD OBSESSION MOVIES MIDNIGHT SERIES
MANOS: HANDS OF FATE
ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL
WBEZ PODCAST LIVE TAPING
MUMFORD & SONS LIVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
AN EVENING WITH ANDY COHEN
SING-A-LONG SOUND OF MUSIC
STAR TREK 50TH ANNIVERSARY
DOC10 FESTIVAL PREVIEW
ANNUAL MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS SHOW
MUSIC BOX ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS
Director & Writer: vCArd
Collin SChiffli (BA ’09)
Director: AnimAls
Debut feature; winner 2014 SXSW Grand Jury Prize;
winner 2014 Chicago Film Critics Association
Audience Award
Director: Ghostophobia
Second feature (in development)
Debut feature (in production); initially developed
in Columbia College’s Semester in LA program at
Raleigh Studios, Hollywood
Writer: Cheat, Cheat, Bang, Bang: short film for
Fulton Market Films
Intern: Fulton Market Films, Chicago; Hutch
Parker Entertainment, LA; FilmEngine, LA
GARy MiChAel SChultz (BA ’01)
RoBeRt-CARniliuS (MfA ’15)
Director & Writer: JAspA Jenkins
2014 Student Academy Award finalist (winner
Midwest regional award)
Director & Writer: Pulse
Thesis short film (in production)
Director & Writer: McTucky Fried High
Comedic animated web series (in production)
Director & Writer: VinCent-n-roxxy
Unified Pictures production starring Anton Yelchin
and Megalyn Echikunwoke (in production)
Director & Writer: Devil in My Ride (2013)
Multiple award-winner now in wide Video On
Demand release
Co-Producer: Rudderless (2014)
William H. Macy’s feature directing debut starring Billy
Cruddup; premiered at 2014 Sundance Film Festival
Brian Andreotti, Director of Programming
Ryan Oestreich, General Manager
Cinema Art + Science
Buck LePard, Senior Operations Manager
Stephanie Berlin, Public Relations & Special Events Manager
Claire Alden, Group Sales and Membership Manager
Julian Antos, Technical Director
OPENS OCTOBER 21
OPENS OCTOBER 21
OCTOBER 21-29
OPENS OCTOBER 28
OPENS NOVEMBER 4
OPENS NOVEMBER 18
OPENS DECEMBER 2
OCTOBER 22
OCTOBER 22
OCTOBER 23
OPENS OCTOBER 29
OCTOBER 25
OCTOBER 26
OCTOBER 28-31
OPENS NOVEMBER 3
NOVEMBER 5
NOVEMBER 5-DECEMBER 3
NOVEMBER 11
NOVEMBER 13
NOVEMBER 14
NOVEMBER 17
NOVEMBER 21
OPENS NOVEMBER 25
NOVEMBER 27-30
DECEMBER 1
DECEMBER 10-24
DECEMBER 12-20
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
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& Craft Cocktails
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DIRECTED BY: Kirsten Johnson
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102 minutes
“
A transcendent documentary
experience”
–Indiewire
“
An extraordinary self-portrait
and an existential statement.”
–Rolling Stone
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina;
the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at
home: these scenes and others are woven into CAMERAPERSON, a tapestry of footage captured over
the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of
episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects,
the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction
of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and
ethical inquiry, CAMERAPERSON is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a
thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
OPENS OCTOBER 21
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IN DOWNTOWN EVANSTON!
CAMERAPERSON
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Opening
Night
Director
Ti West in
person!
IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE
DIRECTED BY: Ti West
STARRING: Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Karen Gillan
104 minutes
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A double-barreled blast!”
–We Got This Covered
Entertaining blend of thrills,
laughs and Western essentials”
–Collider
A mysterious drifter named Paul and his dog Abbie make their way
toward Mexico through the barren desert of the old West. In an attempt to shorten their journey, they
cut through the center of a large valley—landing themselves in the forgotten town of Denton—a place
now dubbed by locals as a “valley of violence.” The once popular mining town is nearly abandoned, and
controlled by a brash group of misfits and nitwits—chief among them, the seemingly untouchable, Gilly
who is the troublemaking son of the town’s unforgiving Marshal. An inevitable act of violence starts a
disastrous chain reaction, infecting the petty lives of all involved and quickly drags the whole town into
the bloody crosshairs of revenge.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
OCTOBER 22
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OCTOBER 21-29
HIGHLANDER
KIZUMONOGATARI PART 2: NEKKETSU
FEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK OFFERMAN
DIRECTED BY: Tatsuya Oishi
60 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
October 21 at 11:59pm
October 22 at Noon
October 24 at 7:30pm
October 27 at 7:30pm
October 28 and 29 at 11:59pm
In the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met
the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.
Koyomi saved Kiss-shot from the verge of death, but only at the
expense of becoming her minion and a vampire. After receiving advice from Meme Oshino, an expert
in the supernatural, Koyomi prepares to go into battle. Awaiting him are three powerful vampire
hunters—Dramaturgy, a giant vampire hunter who is a vampire himself, Episode, a half-vampire who
wields an enormous cross, and Guillotinecutter, a quiet man who specializes in killing vampires.
Will Araragi win…and would his victory mean that he must give up on his humanity?
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AN EVENING WITH
NICK OFFERMAN
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OCTOBER 22
Saturday, October 22 at 11pm
(Russell Mulcahy, 1986, 116 mins, 35MM)
The incomparable Nick Offerman introduces a special 30th Anniversary
presentation of one of his favorite films, HIGHLANDER! After Scottish
The greatest film about
becoming a man that I’ve
clansman Connor MacLeod discovers his true identity as a member of a
ever
seen”
legion of immortals, he embarks on a journey spanning continents and
–Nick Offerman
centuries, eventually landing in modern-day New York City. Connor faces
his ultimate test when other immortals begin to appear for the mythical
Gathering to claim the Prize, leading to a titanic showdown with the frightening and deadly Kurgan.
In the end, there can be only one!
Presented by The Book Stall
Saturday, October 22 at 7pm
Meet actor, humorist, and writer Nick
Offerman (PARKS AND RECREATION) as he
presents his new book Good Clean Fun, a
testament to the Offerman Workshop and an
homage to American elbow grease. Offerman
takes his readers behind the scenes of the
woodshop, teaches them to make their own
projects, and besots them with the infectious
spirit of the shop and its complement of
dusty wood-elves. Each ticket includes an
autographed copy Good Clean Fun, with
its bucolic yet
worldly wisdom
and additional
tomfoolery.
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BLOOD LIONS
Director
in
person!
Sunday, October 23 at 2pm
(Bruce Young, 2016, 84 mins, DCP)
BLOOD LIONS is a documentary feature film which follows Ian Michler, a South African environmental
journalist and safari operator, and Rick Swazey, an American hunter, on their journey to the heart of
darkness that lies within the predator breeding and canned hunting industries. It is a story that blows
the lid off the claims made by these operators in attempting to justify what they do in the name of
conservation.
Director Bruce Young, and international wildlife expert and CEO of Born Free USA, Adam M. Roberts,
will share insights and information about the South African predator breeding and canned hunting
industry gained while making the film. They will also discuss the international campaign to close the
industry down.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Screenings
Music Box
at the
OCT29-30 and NOV5-6
Kai
Abulele
New Live Score by Renée Baker’s
Chicago Modern Orchestra Project
October 22 at 7pm | Free Admission
Phantom Boy
EXPERIENCE M O V I E S
.org
for the Full Schedule go to
SATURDAY OCT29
SUNDAY OCT30
Iqbal Farooq and the Secret Recipe 9:30am
Daytrippers 9:45am
Phantom Boy 11:15am
Little Mountain Boy 12:45pm
Abulele 9:30am
Molly Monster 9:45am
Halloween: “Monsters and Mischief” 11:15am
Halloween: “Delusions and Illusions” 12:45pm
EXPERIENCE I M A G I N A T I O N
SATURDAY NOV 5
Kai 9:30am
Tasting Menu 9:45am
Man to Man, Redefined 11:00am
Bounders and Bunglers 11:15am
SUNDAY NOV 6
Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race 9:30am
Tatu and Patu 9:45am
Help, I Shrunk My Teacher! 11:00am
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out 11:15am
filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu
Stuart R.Abelson
Foundation
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OCTOBER 25
Conant Family
Foundation
11/5
The Bronze
Buckaroo
11/19
Dirty Gertie
from Harlem
U.S.A.
12/3
Eleven P.M.
University of Chicago
Film Studies Center
M A J O R C O R P O R AT E & F O U N D AT I O N S U P P O R T E R S
Stuart & Jesse Abelson
Foundation
African
American
Film
Pioneers
Series
bartonperreira.com
exclusively available at Custom Eyes
GAMUT MAGAZINE PRESENTS
VIDEODROME
Tuesday, October 25 at 7:30pm
(David Cronenberg, 1983, 89 mins, 35MM)
Join Gamut Magazine for the cult classic, VIDEODROME—a disturbing techno-surrealist film directed
by body horror auteur David Cronenberg, starring James Woods and Debbie Harry. Stay after the film
for a discussion hosted by journalist, filmmaker, author and WGN talk radio host, Amy Guth. She’ll be
joined by Richard Thomas—author, editor, teacher, and publisher, as well as Editor-in-Chief of Dark
House Press and Gamut Magazine; Patrick McDonald—film critic for HollywoodChicago.com, chief
guide for the Chicago Film Tour and a metaphoric clown; and artsploitation director and tenured
Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago, Julian Grant, who has produced and directed
feature films for HBO, ABC Disney, SyFy, Alliance Atlantis and more.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
OCTOBER 28-31
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OCTOBER 26
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
HALLOWEEN EDITION
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28-MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
OASIS: SUPERSONIC
Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm & 9:45pm
(Mat Whitecross, 2016, 117 mins, DCP)
An essential look at the meteoric rise of seminal ‘90s rock band Oasis, immersing the viewer in the
raucous rock stars’ fast-paced world of electrifying music, wild debauchery, and epic fraternal feuding.
From the Oscar-winning producers of AMY.
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OLDBOY
THE HANDMAIDEN
DIRECTED BY: Park Chan-wook
STARRING: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong
144 minutes
In Korean with English subtitles
Saturday, October 29
MIDNIGHT
Monday, October 31
9 PM
at the MUSIC BOX on THREE EXCITING NIGHTS!
R E AD S T
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“
The best film at Cannes this year.
Deliriously twisty.”
–Village Voice
“
An intelligent, funny erotic
thriller.”
–Vanity Fair
From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE and STOKER, comes a
ravishing new crime drama. Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of two women—a young Japanese
Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden,
but is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of a large inheritance. Inspired by the novel
Fingersmith by British author Sarah Waters, THE HANDMAIDEN borrows the most dynamic elements
of its source material and combines it with Park Chan-wook’s singular vision to create an unforgettable
viewing experience.
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Friday, October 28
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Halloween returns THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW to the Music Box Theatre. As archetypal
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
Loaf, rock-and-roller Eddie—a shadow cast of actors clothed in lingerie gyrate in front of the screen.
In the audience, a decades-long tradition of crowd participation carries on as guests are encouraged to
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 players
from Midnight Madness (www.midnightmadness.org).
Thursday | November 3
7 pm
Ido Haar’s
Presenting
Princess Shaw
with Princess Shaw in person for
a Q&A and LIVE mini-concert
Thursday | November 10
7 pm
The Chicago Premiere
of Oren Rosenfeld’s
Saturday | November 12
7 pm
The Chicago Premiere
of Elite Zexer’s
Saturday | November 12
9 pm
The Chicago Premiere
of Erez Tadmor’s
Preceded by a wine and hummus
tasting in the Lounge
Sundance Film Festival 2016
Grand Jury Prize Winner
The latest from the awardwinning director of Magic Men
Hummus! The Movie! Sand Storm
For tickets, trailers and more,
go to israelifilmchi.org
Wounded Land
All films in Hebrew and Arabic
with English subtitles.
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Grand
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Ju Awa
Winner
SXSW
TOWER
DIRECTED BY: Keith Maitland
82 minutes
“
TOWER is one of the most
essential films of the year”
–RoberEbert.com
“
A gripping combination of
oral history and stylized
reenactment.”
–The Hollywood Reporter
August 1 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode
the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower
and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what
was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival
footage with rotoscopic animation of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from
witnesses, heroes and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy. The
film highlights the fear, confusion, and visceral realities that changed the lives of those present, and the
rest of us, forever—a day when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
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MIDNIGHTS WITH
ODD OBSESSION MOVIES
ODD OBSESSION MOVIES is excited
to bring you a month of films near and
dear to them. The slate features the 30th
Anniversary Restoration of the horror
classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,
the man-eating creature feature Alligator,
the ferocious kung fu madness that is
Shaolin vs Lama, Under the Cherry
Moon starring the late master of style
Prince, and I Drink Your Blood,
presented uncut and uncensored!
November 5: Alligator
(Lewis Teague, 1980, 91 mins, 35mm)
November 12: Shaolin vs Lama
(Tso Nam Lee, 1983, 88 mins, 35mm)
November 18 & 19: 10 to Midnight
(J. Lee Thompson, 1983, 101 mins, 35mm)
November 26: Under the Cherry Moon
(Prince, 1986, 98 mins, 35mm)
December 3: I Drink Your Blood
(David E. Durston, 1970, 83 mins, DCP)
BRONSON VENGEANCE WEEK!
Tuesday, November 15, ODD OBSESSION brings you a double feature punch of street
fighting urban justice with Cannon Film’s sensational DEATH WISH 3 at 7:00pm
and the hard-boiled ROLLING THUNDER at 9:00pm.
On November 18 & 19, Bronson is back for a Midnight screening of Cannon Film’s
chilling thriller 10 TO MIDNIGHT presented in an archival 35mm print!
Death Wish 3
(Michael Winner, 1985, 92mins, 35mm)
Tuesday, November 15 at 7pm
The one and only Charles Bronson returns as the pacifist-turnedvigilante Paul Kersey as he helps a friend rid New York streets of
murderous gangs. When Bronson gets pushed too far (again) he
hands out his own brand of justice and this time he brings a missile
to the fight! Those punks never knew what hit them!
TRANSREELIZATION
A CELEBRATION OF TRANSGENDER FILM
Saturday, November 5 at 2pm
Now in its third year, this celebration of short films about the
transgender experience founded by Lana Wachowski (director/
producer of THE MATRIX movies, SENSE8, V FOR VENDETTA, and
more) has developed a cult following that has catapulted this once
small and intimate event to the prestigious Music Box Theatre. With intriguing and thought‑provoking
films curated for both a touching and educational experience, TransReelization is a one-of-a-kind event.
Best of all, proceeds of the event benefit Chicago House’s TransLife Center, which provides housing,
employment, legal, and healthcare services for the city’s trans community, a population that struggles
to find equal access to many of the critical services that so many others take for granted.
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Rolling Thunder
(John Flynn, 1977, 95 mins, 35mm)
Tuesday, November 15 at 9pm
Major Charles Rane (William Devane) is a Vietnam vet and former
POW given a hero’s welcome home, but when his wife and child are
murdered, he enlists his best friend to distribute their own brand of
revenge-fueled justice. Written by Paul Schrader.
10 to Midnight
(J. Lee Thompson, 1983, 101 mins, 35mm)
November 18 & 19 at Midnight
Charles Bronson stars as an honest-to-the-bone LAPD detective who
is pushed to the breaking point when a serial killer bends the legal
system to avoid punishment. It’s Bronson at his vengeful best!
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
MANOS: HANDS OF FATE
Friday, November 11 at 7:30pm
(Harold P. Warren, 1966, 70mins, DCP)
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Actress Jackey Neyman Jones and Author Laura Mazzuca Toops In Person!
A family on a desert excursion encounters cultists who use human hands as sacrificial offerings to their
god in MANOS: HANDS OF FATE, arguably the “worst movie ever made.” The film was, at its heart, a
home movie that just happened to be shared with the world. Jackey Neyman Jones, who starred as the
daughter Debbie, co-wrote Growing-Up With Manos Hands of Fate: How I Was The Child Star Of The
Worst Movie Ever Made, And Lived To Tell The Story with author Laura Mazzuca Toops.
ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2016
PRESENTED BY CHICAGO INSPIRING CONNECTIONS OUTDOORS
Sunday, November 13 at 5pm
From serious outdoor exploration to environmental heroism, the
Adventure Film Festival showcases gripping tales from the edge
of the believable. Witness gritty, profound, shocking, visceral, and
inspiring films that manifest the spirit of adventure. These journeys
and stories are where dreams are born and legends are made.
The Adventure Film Festival features 2016 award winners on a world tour, traveling from Boulder to
Chicago, New York, Santiago, and several major cities in between. All event proceeds go to Chicago
Inspiring Connections Outdoors, a community outreach program that provides opportunities for urban
youth to explore and protect the natural world.
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choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Join Anna
and a special guest for a live taping of the podcast, followed by
a film screening of the guest’s favorite film. In collaboration with
WBEZ’s Podcast Passport Series. More info at wbez.org/events.
NOVEMBER 17
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NOVEMBER 13
A podcast hosted by Anna Sale about the big questions and hard
MUMFORD & SONS LIVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA:
DUST AND THUNDER
Thursday, November 17 at 7pm & 9:30pm
(Dick Carruthers, 2016, 93 mins, DCP)
DUST AND THUNDER chronicles the meeting of South Africa with their long-standing favourite
British band, Mumford & Sons. Filmed live against the beautiful Pretorian outback, award-winning
director Dick Carruthers gets to the very heart of what makes Mumford & Sons such a special act
as the band performs new songs and classic hits in front of an exhilarated crowd. Made for the big
screen in stunning Ultra HD with 5.1 surround sound, this truly spectacular concert film may go down
as Mumford & Sons’ finest.
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THIS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, GIVE THANKS FOR
SOME OF YOUR “FAVORITE THINGS”
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CHRISTINE
DIRECTED BY: Antonio Campos
STARRING: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts
115 minutes
NOVEMBER 25-27 AND DECEMBER 3-4
FUN FOR
THE WHOLE
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FUN PA
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“
A masterful piece of filmmaking”
–The Playlist
Rebecca Hall gives the
performance of her career”
–The Guardian
Christine, always the smartest person in the room at her local Florida
news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things. An aspiring newswoman with an eye for
nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constantly butting heads with her boss, who
pushes for juicier stories that will drive up ratings. Plagued by self-doubt and a tumultuous home
life, Christine’s diminishing hope begins to rise when an on-air co-worker initiates a friendship which
ultimately becomes yet another unrequited love. Disillusioned as her world continues to close in on
her, CHRISTINE takes a dark and surprising turn. Based on true events, Campos’ intimate and sensitive
portrait of a woman on the brink is grounded by Hall’s impeccable and transformative performance.
AN EVENING WITH
ANDY COHEN
Presented by The Book Stall
Monday, November 21 at 7pm
Join author, Emmy Award-winner, producer, talk
show host, and man about town Andy Cohen as he celebrates
his new book, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy
Cohen Diaries. He’ll be in conversation with Nerdette Podcast’s
(and WBEZ Weekend host) Greta Johnsen!
Each ticket includes a copy of the new book, and Mr. Cohen
will be happy to sign them!
Mr. Cohen is the host of WATCH WHAT HAPPENS: LIVE, Bravo’s
late night, interactive talk show. Cohen is also the executive
producer of the wildly popular REAL HOUSEWIVES series,
and has written two New York Times’
Bestsellers: Most Talkative: Stories
from the Frontlines of Pop Culture
and The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep
Look at a Shallow Year.
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THE CLASSIC FILM WITH ON-SCREEN LYRICS SO
THAT EVERYONE CAN SING ALONG!
For nearly 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 25
1:00 PM AND 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3
11:30AM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26
1:00 PM AND 7:00 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
11:30AM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27
1:00PM
ADVANCE TICKETS
General: $12.50
Music Box Members: $9.50
Children 12 and under $8
Available on-line through the
Music Box Theatre website
DAY-OF TICKETS
General: $15
Music Box Member: $12
Children 12 and under $9
Available at box office
if show does not sell out in advance.
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FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
On
35MM!
SEASONS
DIRECTED BY: Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud
95 minutes
50TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE FEATURE
The Music Box celebrates five decades of STAR TREK with two of the Enterprise’s greatest big screen
adventures! In STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, an enemy from the past reemerges to seek revenge
on James T. Kirk, and may force him to make the ultimate sacrifice. Then, in STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE
HOME, the Enterprise must travel through space and time, back to 1980s San Francisco, in order to save
Earth from an alien probe.
Visit MusicBoxTheatre.com for the full Double Feature schedule.
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DOC10: TEN NON-FICTION GEMS,
TEN CHICAGO PREMIERES
FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 pm
Last year, DOC10 sold out all ten screenings of the best documentary gems of the
year—and the festival will be back March 30-April 2, 2017!
Join the Chicago Media Project for a special sneak preview of the upcoming film
festival: a one-night-only surprise screening event with a major new documentary, its director, and an
immersive experience that only non-fiction filmmaking can bring to an audience. DOC10 curates the
best, quirkiest, most cinematic documentaries for our non-fiction fans—don’t miss this chance to see a
great doc now, and find out what is planned for the line-up next spring.
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“
Truly beautiful. Captures
the poetry, humor and drama
of wildlife.”
–The Hollywood Reporter
“
Gorgeously cinematic.”
–Variety
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the
oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud
return to more familiar ground, the lush forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following
the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when, in a short period of time the ice retreated,
the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established and the beasts occupied their
new kingdom. It was only later that man arrived to share this habitat, first as migratory hunter/gatherers,
then making inroads as settled agriculturalists, and later more dramatically via industry and warfare.
SEASONS, with its exceptional footage of animals in the wild, is the awe-inspiring tale of the shared
history that inextricably binds humankind with the natural world.
FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
DECEMBER 10-24
THE MUSIC BOX’S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS 2016
2 DOUBLE FEATURES!
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 Buddy the Elf, John McClane, Gizmo and every working English actor
from the early 2000s.
That’s right, this year we’re doubling up with two Alternative Christmas double features! Fall in love and
stay young at heart with ELF and LOVE ACTUALLY (Who knew 2003 would gift us two new holiday
classics?). Or if you’re in the mood for some 1980s action, defend Nakatomi Plaza and the small town of
Kingston Falls with DIE HARD and GREMLINS!
DOUBLE FEATURE #1: MISTLETOE MAYHEM
DIE HARD
THE 33RD ANNUAL MUSIC BOX
CHRISTMAS SHOW
(John McTiernan, 1988, 133 mins, 35mm)
GREMLINS
One of the most popular and beloved Christmas traditions in Chicago is celebrating its
33rd anniversary this year. Come celebrate the holidays with the Music Box!
Each year, holiday revelers are greeted by none other than Santa Claus, live and in person. Santa welcomes
the audience and, accompanied by the theater organist, leads them in the singing of the most cherished
Christmas carols of all time. The lyrics are projected onto the theater’s screen so no one misses a chance
to sing their hearts out.
Then the audience sits back and enjoys a Christmas movie classic. Some folks like to keep the music going
and opt to see WHITE CHRISTMAS so they can sing the timeless lyrics of Irving Berlin along with Bing
Crosby, Danny Kay and Rosemary Clooney. Others prefer to cheer for Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey
and hiss Mr. Potter during a showing of the heart-warming IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946).
(Joe Dante, 1984, 106 mins, DCP)
Monday, December 12
4:30pm: Die Hard
7:00pm: Gremlins
9:30pm: Die Hard
Wednesday, December 14
5:00pm: Gremlins
7:15pm: Die Hard
9:45pm: Gremlins
Monday, December 19
4:30pm: Die Hard
7:00pm: Gremlins
9:30pm: Die Hard
And those truly filled with holiday spirit see BOTH films!
Advance tickets are:
Day of tickets (if available) are:
Single Feature: $13
Double Feature: $20
Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature
Single Feature: $15
Double Feature: $24
Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature
Saturday, December 10
12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: White Christmas
6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 9:45pm: White Christmas
Saturday, December 17
12:00pm: White Christmas
3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
6:30pm: White Christmas
9:45pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
Thursday, December 22
12:00pm: White Christmas
3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
6:30pm: White Christmas
9:45pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
Sunday, December 11
12:00pm: White Christmas
3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 6:30pm: White Christmas
Sunday, December 18
12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
3:15pm: White Christmas
6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
Friday, December 23
12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
3:15pm: White Christmas
6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
9:45pm: White Christmas
Friday, December 16
6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 9:45pm: White Christmas
Wednesday, December 21
3:15pm: White Christmas
6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
9:45pm: White Christmas
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Saturday, December 24
12:00pm: White Christmas
3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life
DOUBLE FEATURE #2: JOLLY HOLIDAYS
ELF
(Jon Favreau, 2003, 106 mins, 35mm)
LOVE ACTUALLY
(Richard Curtis, 2003, 135 mins, DCP)
Tuesday, December 13
5:00pm: Elf
7:00pm: Love Actually
9:45pm: Elf
Tuesday, December 20
4:45pm: Love Actually
7:30pm: Elf
9:30pm: Love Actually
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BLOOD AND SNOW
A Glimpse at the Sexually Charged THE HANDMAIDEN
By Steve “Capone” Prokopy
The novel on which director Chan-wood Park’s THE
HANDMAIDEN is based is Sarah Waters’ “Fingersmith,”
a literary descendant of Dickens’ “Oliver Twist.”
Set in Victorian-era London, it’s about a group of
abandoned children who are trained by a professional
scoundrel to fleece the rich, using every trick in the
book from pickpocketing to far longer and more
sinister cons. Park and co-writer Seo-Kyung Chung
have transformed 1800s England to 1930s Korea, in
the period of Japanese occupation, when passing for
Japanese—or at least speaking the language fluidly—
was considered a benefit among many native Koreans.
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THE HANDMAIDEN is told in three sections, the
second and third of which, I can tell you virtually
nothing about without ruining some exceptionally
clever writing. What can be said is that these later sections revisit a great deal of what is laid out in the first, but
from a different perspective that makes you question nearly everything we’ve already learned. And like many of
director Park’s previous works (SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, OLDBOY,
LADY VENGEANCE, THIRST, STOKER), there is a taste for revenge and comeuppance on display that borders on
masterful and certainly is quite delicious when served ice cold.
The mastermind of a scheme to relieve Japanese heiress Lady Hideko (Min-hee Kim) of her vast fortune from
under the nose of her domineering Uncle Kouzuki (Jin-woong Jo) belongs to Count Fijiwara (Jung-woo Ha from
THE YELLOW SEA), who maintains a stable of young street urchins to do his criminal bidding. But for this
particular confidence trick, he selects Sook-Hee (relative newcomer Tae Ri Kim) whom he trains in the ways
of a lady’s maid in order for her to get hired by the Lady and slowly become her confidante. Although the Count
has given Sook-Hee all the ammunition she needs to talk him up to her Ladyship, something unexpected happens
between the two women as they bond. They begin to have feelings for each other that could be the beginnings
of a love affair, throwing something of a wrench into the Count’s carefully worked out scam.
Over the course of THE HANDMAIDEN’s journey, it shifts from being a film about the making of a false love to a
tale of a very real one between these exquisitely drawn characters who both have issues with identity. Another
common theme in several of Park’s other movies is a fixation on unusual or unsavory sexual practices, and we come
to discover that the Uncle has been grooming Hideko to perform a very precise and strange fetish ritual that is
impossible to explain—you just have to witness it and try not to be seduced in the process.
As for the mysteriously second and third section of THE HANDMAIDEN, all you need to know is that Park doubles
down on the cliche that nothing is as it seems. We get a glimpse inside an insane asylum, some rather nasty torture
devices are brought out of storage, and things that were mildly sexy in the first act get even sexier and more erotic.
And the film doesn’t stop at being simply a psychosexual thriller; it has a wicked sense of humor and it reveals some
absolutes in the world of sex, which is that it can unlock inhibitions in the best and worst ways imaginable. For
every example of awakening sexuality being a force for good in someone’s life, we see it pervert and prove harmful
to another. This is easily Park’s most sexually charged work, which is a good thing, since his focus seems to be on
making sure the women get theirs before the men are even considered.
THE HANDMAIDEN is ambitious, hypnotic and elegantly constructed, even with all of its countless twists and
misdirections. And as much as the film is about good people attempting to exit this scenario intact, the greater
pleasure is seeing those that would harm slowly lose their power over others until they are empty husks that were
once human beings. It’s an astonishing achievement that should not only be seen, but viewed on the biggest screen
you can find.
Steve Prokopy is the Chicago Editor for Ain’t It Cool News (www.aintitcool.com), where he has contributed film
reviews and filmmaker and actor interviews under the name “Capone” since 1998.
He is also chief film critic for the Chicago-based arts outlet Third Coast Review (www.ThirdCoastReview.com).
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FIELD TRIPS
CINEMA SCIENCE WITH THE FIELD MUSEUM
The Field Museum heads to the Music Box Theatre on a few field trips!
Join us as we delve into the reality and science behind the silver screen!
THE MUMMY
Presented with Field Museum
expert Cassie Pontone
(Stephen Sommers, 1999, 125 mins, DCP)
Saturday, October 29 at Noon
An expedition of treasure-seeking explorers
unwittingly set loose the vengeful reincarnation
of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced
to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Cassie Pontone is an Assistant Collections
Manager of the Anthropology Collection at The Field Museum. Cassie works closely with the local Filipino
American community to co-curate The Field’s collection of over 10,000 objects from the Philippines,
connecting living culture to 20th century material objects. THE MUMMY is Cassie’s all time favorite
film—full of action, humor, historical inaccuracies, and it also provides an excellent opportunity to
discuss cultural representation.
IS IT STILL FUNNY?
Chicago film/entertainment writer Mark Caro puts supposedly timeless
comedies to the test and dares ask the question “Is It Still Funny?”
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I
LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE THE BOMB
(Stanley Kubrick, 1964, 95 mins, 35mm)
Wednesday, November 23 at 7:30pm
With the election finally over, let’s all enjoy some
light “Is It Still Funny?” escapism with Stanley
Kubrick’s romp about efforts to avert an accidental
nuclear holocaust. So far‑fetched now, right? Um…well…OK, we’re in black comedy territory here
with Peter Sellers’ President Merkin Muffley (that name!) leading the War Room efforts to call back
nuke‑carrying B-52 bombers en route to the Soviet Union and its doomsday machine. Sellers also plays
British Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake and ominous ex-Nazi Dr. Strangelove while George C. Scott’s Gen.
Buck Turgidson blusters, Sterling Hayden’s Jack D. Ripper warns of fluoridation, and Slim Pickens’ Major
T.J. “King” Kong prepares for the ride of his life.
The American Film Institute ranked “Dr. Strangelove” No. 3 on its 100 greatest comedies list, and it
was in the first group of films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation. Will this satire still
decimate its target?
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MIDNIGHTS
SILENT CINEMA
Classic silent films the way they were meant to be seen! Featuring a live musical score
on the famous Music Box organ by Dennis Scott, Music Box House Organist.
This holiday season, a Music Box Membership is the
gift that keeps on giving; with discounted tickets,
THE LAST LAUGH
bottomless popcorn, free members-only screenings,
(F.W. Murnau, 1924, 90 mins, 35mm)
Sunday, November 13 at Noon
and more. Your gift will continue to surprise the
Emil Janning plays an overly
proud hotel doorman who
loses his sense of pride when
his employers deem him
too old to continue his job.
Without the stately uniform
his job provided, his proud
stance becomes hunched
and crumpled, the buildings seem to crush him, and the respect of his
family and neighbors vanishes. The story’s parallels to Germany in the dire
aftermath of World War I are clear but not forced. THE LAST LAUGH has
become the go-to film school example of how German Expressionism can
be done with camera angles, movement and effects rather than artificial
sets à la THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920).
film lover in your life all year long!
MATINEE: VIEWER’S CHOICE
Saturday, November 19 & Sunday, November 20 at 11:30am
AMÉLIE
On
35MM!
(Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001, 122 mins, 35mm)
In French with English Subtitles
In September, we asked our loyal Music Box
fans to help us choose a Classic Weekend
Matinee in our first ever Viewer’s Choice
poll. Thousands of votes were cast. The
winner: AMÉLIE, the charming French
comedy featuring a unique and delightful
performance from Audrey Tautou.
A painfully shy waitress working at a
tiny Paris cafe, Amélie makes a surprising
discovery and sees her life drastically changed for the better. From then on, Amélie dedicates
herself to helping others find happiness in the most delightfully unexpected ways. But will she
have the courage to do for herself what she has done for others?
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at musicboxtheatre.com
or visit our box office!
Questions? Contact:
[email protected]
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FROM STAGE TO SCREEN
The Music Box proudly presents the greatest filmed theatrical
productions from around the world!
PRESENTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH
THEATRE COMPANY
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Directed by: Rob Ashford
Tuesday, Dec 6 at 7:30pm
PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
Sunday, Dec 11 at 11am
Directed by: Carrie Cracknell
Tuesday, Nov 1 at 7:30pm
Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John
Osborneʼs modern classic conjures the seedy glamour
of the old music halls for an explosive examination of
public masks and private torment. Rob Ashford directs
Kenneth Branagh as the unforgettable Archie Rice in
the final production for Plays at the Garrick season.
Sunday, Nov 13 at 11am
Helen McCrory (Medea and The Last of the
Haussmans at the National Theatre) returns to
the National Theatre in Carrie Cracknell’s critically
acclaimed production of Terence Rattigan’s devastating
masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles
in contemporary drama.
A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When
Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the
aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former
RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge.
With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long‑repressed passion. Behind the
fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
Directed by: Rufus Norris
Saturday, Nov 26 and Sunday, Nov 27 at 11am
Rory Kinnear is Mack the Knife in Bertolt Brecht and
Kurt Weill’s landmark twentieth-century musical,
adapted by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night-Time) and directed by Rufus
Norris (Everyman, London Road).
As London’s East End scrubs up for the coronation,
Mr. and Mrs. Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the
beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city’s
underground—and their daughter’s whereabouts.
With Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (Hamlet,
Othello, James Bond) as Macheath. Contains filthy
language and immoral behaviour.
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THE ENTERTAINER
For more on these productions, National Theatre
Live & Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, visit
MusicBoxTheatre.com
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MIDNIGHTS
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT MIDNIGHT
October 21 & 22 HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A
SERIAL KILLER
(John McNaughton, 1986, 83 mins, DCP)
October 28 & 29; THE ROCKY HORROR
December 3 PICTURE SHOW
(Jim Sharman, 1975, 100 mins, 35mm)
!
9pm show on Halloween
November 4 & 5 V FOR VENDETTA
November THE PIT
11 & 12 (Lew Lehman, 1981, 96 mins, DCP)
November LUCY
18 & 19 (Luc Besson, 2014, 89 mins, DCP)
November AKIRA
25 & 26 (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988, 124 mins, 35mm)
December 2 THE ROOM
(James McTeigue, 2005, 133 mins, DCP)
(Tommy Wiseau, 2003, 99 mins, 35mm)
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
(John McNaughton, 1986, 83 mins, DCP)
30th Anniversary, 4k Restoration and 5.1 audio mix
supervised by John McNaughton
Presented in partnership with Odd Obsession
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF
A SERIAL KILLER returns with a thrilling, cinematic presentation that cements its reputation as
one of the most harrowing, original American films of all time. This infamous local horror film
details the exploits of real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas (Michael Rooker), who confessed
to over 600 murders. Given an X rating by the MPAA!
V FOR VENDETTA
(James McTeigue, 2005, 133 mins, DCP)
Following world war, London is a police state occupied by
a fascist government, and a vigilante known only as V (Hugo
Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressors of the
world in which he now lives. When V saves a young woman
named Evey (Natalie Portman) from the secret police, he discovers an ally in his fight against
England’s oppressors.
THE PIT
(Lew Lehman, 1981, 96 mins, DCP)
New 2k
Restorat
Twelve-year old Jamie is one creepy kid. He
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has a perverse obsession with sex, his only
friend is an evil teddy bear, and he’s the only
one who knows about the hole in the forest
where he feeds raw meat to a ravenous pack of mutant troglodytes. But Jamie will teach them
all a lesson—the kids who teased him, the mean old lady down the street, even his pretty new
babysitter. Soon they—and his entire town—will face the flesh-eating horror of THE PIT!
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