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Friday 11/1
1:15 PM, 4:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
11:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
The Gate – Tibor Takács – 1987 – 85 min
35mm from private collections
presented by Metal Movie Night
Saturday 11/2
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Dangerous Business – Elaine May Matinees
A New Leaf – Elaine May – 1971 – 102 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman — 1975 — 100 min
35mm
Live shadow-cast by Midnight Madness
Sunday 11/3
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Dangerous Business – Elaine May Matinees
A New Leaf – Elaine May – 1971 – 102 min
35mm from Paramount Pictures
2:00 PM, 5:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
8:00 PM
Doc Films: The Devotional Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
Song and Solitude – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2006 – 21 min
Arbor Vitae – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2000 – 28 min
The Visitation – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2004 – 18 min
Threnody – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2004 – 25 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
8:00 PM
Chicago Film Society at the Music Box Theatre
The Patsy – King Vidor – 1928 – 84 min
35mm from the Library of Congress
Preceded by: Felix the Cat in “Pedigreedy” (Otto Messmer, 1928) – 7 min – 16mm
Live accompaniment by Jay Warren
Monday 11/4
3:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
Tuesday 11/5
3:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center: Propaganda & Counterculture Lecture Series
Missing – Costa-Gavras – 1982 – 122 min
35mm
Wednesday 11/6
3:30 PM, 9:45 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Simple Men – Hal Hartley – 1992 – 105 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Preceded by: Hal Hartley trailer reel – 10 min – 35mm
Thursday 11/7
3:30 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Anora – Sean Baker – 2024 – 139 min
New 35mm print from Neon Rated
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Subversive Histories – A Snapshot of Queer Cinema
Shinjuku Boys – Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams – 1995 – 53 min
16mm
Friday 11/8
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Heretic – Scott Beck, Bryan Woods – 2024 – 110 min
New 35mm print from A24
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center of the Arts
Zuckerbaby – Percy Adlon – 1985 – 86 min
35mm from the University of Chicago Film Studies Center
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Men in Black – Barry Sonnenfeld – 1997 – 98 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Saturday 11/9
1:55 PM, 4:15 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:40 PM
Music Box Theatre
Heretic – Scott Beck, Bryan Woods – 2024 – 110 min
New 35mm print from A24
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
Men in Black – Barry Sonnenfeld – 1997 – 98 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
Sunday 11/10
2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre
Heretic – Scott Beck, Bryan Woods – 2024 – 110 min
New 35mm print from A24
8:00 PM
Doc Films: The Devotional Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
The Arboretum Cycle – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2017-2018 – 137 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 11/11
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Columbia Pictures in the 1970s
The Last Detail – Hal Ashby – 1975 – 104 min
35mm
Tuesday 11/12
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Decoding Kafka – A Cinematic Interpretation
Class Relations – Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet – 1984 – 127 min
35mm
Wednesday 11/13
7:00 PM
Doc Films
Corn – Larry Gottheim – 1970 – 11 min
Mouches Volantes – Larry Gottheim – 1976 – 66 min
16mm from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Followed by a Q&A with Larry Gottheim
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
Moonlight and Pretzels – Karl Freund – 1933 – 80 min
35mm from Universal
Preceded by: “Jammin’ the Blues” (Gjon Mili, 1944) – 10 min – 35mm
Thursday 11/14
9:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: Rated Q
Brokeback Mountain – Ang Lee – 2005 – 134 min
35mm from Park Circus
Preshow drag performances
9:30 PM
Doc Films: Subversive Histories – A Snapshot of Queer Cinema
Fireworks – Kenneth Anger – 1947 – 14 min
Scorpio Rising – Kenneth Anger – 1963 – 28 min
16mm
Friday 11/15
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
Mnemosyne Mother of Muses – Larry Gottheim – 1987 – 16 min
16mm from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
Tree of Knowledge – Larry Gottheim – 1981 – 58 min
Followed by a Q&A with Larry Gottheim
7:00 PM
Doc Films: Women’s Paranoia – Cassandras and Conspiracies
The Stepford Wives – Bryan Forbes – 1975 – 117 min
35mm
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: Animation Adventures
Fantasia – James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and Ford Beebe Jr. – 1940 – 125 min
35mm from Disney
Saturday 11/16
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Animation Adventures
Fantasia – James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and Ford Beebe Jr. – 1940 – 125 min
35mm from Disney
Midnight
Music Box Theatre
The Room — Tommy Wiseau — 2003 — 99 min
35mm from Wiseau-Films
Sunday 11/17
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Dangerous Business – Elaine May Matinees
The Heartbreak Kid – Elaine May – 1972 – 106 min
35mm from the Academy Film Archive
8:00 PM
Doc Films: The Devotional Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
August and After – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2012 – 19 min
Pastourelle – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2010 – 16 min
Intimations – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2015 – 18 min
Apricity – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2019 – 22 min
Colophon – Nathaniel Dorsky – 2018 – 14 min
16mm from Canyon Cinema
Monday 11/18
7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
Little Murders – Alan Arkin – 1971 – 110 min
35mm from Disney
Post-film discussion with film historian/author Samm Deighan
Presented by Oscarbate
8:00 PM
Doc Films: Columbia Pictures in the 1970s
Fat City – John Huston – 1972 100
35mm
Wednesday 11/20
7:30 PM
Chicago Film Society at NEIU
All That Heaven Allows – Douglas Sirk – 1955 – 89 min
35mm from Universal Pictures
Preceded by: “Toccata for Toy Trains” (Charles & Ray Eames, 1957) – 14 min – 35mm from Library of Congress
Friday 11/22
6:45 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
Batman – Tim Burton – 1989 – 126 min
35mm from Park Circus
7:00 PM
Film Studies Center at the Logan Center for the Arts
Headlines and Hearsay
Ransom Notes – Kelly Egan – 2011 – 5 min
Miss Jesus Fries on Grill – Dorothy Wiley – 1973 – 12 min
16mm from Light Cone
Part of a shorts program, other titles presented digitally
9:30 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
The People’s Joker – Vera Drew – 2022 – 95 min
35mm from Altered Innocence
Director in person for post-film Q&A
Midnight
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, & Frank Paur – 1993 – 76 min
35mm from Park Circus
Saturday 11/23
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Dangerous Business – Elaine May Matinees
Ishtar – Elaine May – 1987 – 107 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
2:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
The People’s Joker – Vera Drew – 2022 – 95 min
35mm from Altered Innocence
Director in person for post-film Q&A
10:00 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
The Dark Knight – Christopher Nolan – 2008 – 152 min
35mm from Chicago Film Society Collections
Sunday 11/24
11:30 AM
Music Box Theatre: Dangerous Business – Elaine May Matinees
Ishtar – Elaine May – 1987 – 107 min
35mm from Sony Pictures Repertory
2:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, & Frank Paur – 1993 – 76 min
35mm from Park Circus
4:15 PM
Music Box Theatre: I Am the Night
Batman – Tim Burton – 1989 – 126 min
35mm from Park Circus
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