Film Calendar December 14, 2018 - February 14, 2019
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FILM CALENDAR DECEMBER 14, 2018 - FEBRUARY 14, 2019 COLD WAR A Pawel Pawlikowski Film Opens January 18 Chicago’s Year-Round Film Festival 3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago www.musicboxtheatre.com 773.871.6607 SHOPLIFTERS DISNEY THE FOUND POLICE STORY 1 & 2 OSCAR-NOMINATED 2018 PALME D’OR LIVE ACTION FILMS FOOTAGE FESTIVAL NEW 4K DOCUMENTARY WINNER DECEMBER 26- JANUARY 25 & 26 RESTORATIONS SHORTS OPENS DECEMBER 14 JANUARY 3 OPENS FEBRUARY 1 OPENS FEBRUARY 8 Welcome TO THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE! FEATURE FILMS 6 SHOPLIFTERS OPENS DECEMBER 14 11 MANDY DEC. 26-JAN. 3 11 CAPERNAUM JANUARY 4-17 12 BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY JANUARY 4-10 12 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT OPENS JANUARY 11 14 DRAGON BALL SUPER: BROLY OPENS JANUARY 16 15 COLD WAR OPENS JANUARY 18 17 POLICE STORY 1 & 2 FEBRUARY 1-7 16 OSCAR-NOM DOCUMENTARY SHORTS OPENS FEBRUARY 8 20 COMMENTARY SERIES 24 CLASSIC MATINEES 26 CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY 26 SILENT CINEMA 28 FROM STAGE TO SCREEN 30 MIDNIGHTS SPECIAL EVENTS 4 CHRISTMAS DOUBLE FEATURE DECEMBER 15-24 6 SOLSTICE DECEMBER 18 7 ALTERNATIVE XMAS DOUBLE FEATURE DECEMBER 19 & 20 7 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF DECEMBER 25 8 LIVE ACTION DISNEY DEC. 26-JAN. 3 14 FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL JANUARY 25 & 26 16 DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES JANUARY 29 18 VALENTINE’S DAY: CASABLANCA FEBRUARY 10 18 VALENTINE’S DAY: THE PRINCESS BRIDE FEBRUARY 13 & 14 Brian Andreotti, Director of Programming VOLUME 36 ISSUE 153 Ryan Oestreich, General Manager Copyright 2018 Southport Music Box Corp. 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 [email protected] Julian Antos, Technical Director and Assistant Programmer or call 312.243.8786 Kyle Westphal, Programming Associate Rebecca Lyon, Assistant Technical Director Cover Image from the film COLD WAR, opening January 18 at Music Box Theatre. Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport musicboxtheatre.com 773-871-6604 showtimes 773-871-6607 office 3 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS DECEMBER 15-24 ® candyality and the music box a southport tradition C A N D Y THE 35TH ANNUAL MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG & DOUBLE FEATURE One of the most popular and beloved Christmas traditions in Chicago is celebrating its 35th 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. And those truly filled with holiday spirit see BOTH films! Advance tickets are: Day of tickets (if available) are: Single Feature: $13.50 • Member Single Feature: $11.50 Single Feature: $15.50 • Member Single Feature: $13.50 Double Feature: $20 • Member Double Feature: $17 Double Feature: $24 • Member Double Feature: $21 Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature Saturday, December 15 Friday, December 21 Sunday, December 23 12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 12:00pm: White Christmas 12:00pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 6:30pm: White Christmas 6:30pm: White Christmas 9:45pm: White Christmas 9:45pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 9:45pm: It’s A Wonderful Life Sunday, December 16 Saturday, December 22 Monday, December 24 12:00pm: White Christmas 12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 12:00pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 6:30pm: White Christmas 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 9:45pm: White Christmas 4 Music Box Theatre December 2018-February 2019 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS OPENS DECEMBER 14 FEATURE FILM THE MUSIC BOX’S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS 2018 MISTLETOE MAYHEM December 19 & 20 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 season with John McClane in DIE HARD (John McTiernan, 1988, 133 mins, 35mm) & Kevin McCallister in Palme D’Or HOME ALONE (Chris Columbus, 1990, 103 mins, DCP). Winner - 2018 DIE HARD print courtesy of Chicago Film Society. Cannes Film SHOPLIFTERS Festival A Masterpiece” Wednesday, December 19 –Wall Street Journal “ 4:30pm: Die Hard DIRECTED BY: Hirokazu Kore-eda This wise and insightful film 7:15pm: Home Alone STARRING: Lily Franky, Ando Sakura, Matsuoka Mayu “ is delicate, poignant and 9:30pm: Die Hard 2018, 121 mins, DCP, In Japanese with English subtitles unexpectedly powerful.” –Los Angeles Times On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united Thursday, December 20 by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the 4:45pm: Home Alone young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and 7:00pm: Die Hard test their quietly radical belief that it is love—not blood—that defines a family. 9:45pm: Home Alone DECEMBER 25 SPECIAL EVENT Presented in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Partnership with JCC Chicago Tuesday, December 25 at 7pm (Norman Jewison, 1971, 181 mins, DCP) The Academy Award-winning musical about family, faith, pride, love and, yes, tradition! The movie adaptation of the Broadway smash centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. Rich in detail, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’s universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness. Featuring such beloved musical numbers as “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker”! 6 Music Box Theatre December 2018-February 2019 Features and Special Events 7 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL LIVE-ACTION EVENT DISNEY FILMS December 26, 2018 - January 3, 2019 The Music Box rings in the new year with some of our favorite live-action films from the Disney Vault, from old standbys to new classics. Fair warning, attending any of these presentations WILL make you feel like a kid again! BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (Robert Stevenson, 1971, 117 mins, 35mm) When young Charlie, Carrie and Paul move to a small village during World War II, they 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA discover their host, Miss Price (a divine (Richard Fleischer, 1954, 127 mins, 35mm) Angela Lansbury), is an apprentice witch! For its first CinemaScope production, the Mouse House turned to Richard Fleischer, son of Disney’s long- Although her early attempts at magic cre- time rival and the results are seaworthy and then some. (Fans of Fleischer’s VIOLENT SATURDAY and THE ate hilarious results, she successfully casts BOSTON STRANGLER shouldn’t shun this kiddie show.) Adapted from Jules Verne’s novel with rare brio a traveling spell on an ordinary bedknob, and infectious energy, 20,000 LEAGUES also boasts the most distinguished grown-up cast of any vintage and they fly to the fantastic, animated Isle Disney picture: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, and a killer squid! of Naboombu to find a powerful spell that will save England! Wednesday, December 26 at 6:30pm Wednesday, January 2 at 1:30pm Saturday, December 29 at 2:00pm Thursday, January 3 at 7:00pm Wednesday, December 26 at 1:00pm Wednesday, January 2 at 7:00pm Tuesday, January 1 at 11:45am Sunday, December 30 at 1:45pm Thursday, January 3 at 4:15pm Monday, December 31 at 4:45pm NEWSIES HOMEWARD BOUND: (Kenny Ortega, 1992, 121 mins, 35mm) A teenage Christian Bale (THE DARK THE INCREDIBLE KNIGHT TRILOGY, THE FIGHTER) sings JOURNEY and dances his way through NEWSIES! This (Duwayne Dunham, 1993, 84 mins, DCP) early-90s musical tells the true story of the 1899 New York City newsboys strike, The adventure begins when the loving own- as Bale leads a ragtag group of misfits in ers of bulldog Chance (voiced by Michael J. a rebellion against newspaper magnate Fox), Himalayan cat Sassy (voiced by Sally Joseph Pulitzer (A mustache-twirling Rob- Field), and Golden Retriever Shadow (voiced ert Duvall). A disappointment at the box by Don Ameche) are forced to leave them office on release, NEWSIES soon gained a in the temporary care of a friend who lives cult following, and was later adapted into hundreds of miles away. But after several days, the worried animals begin to think their family must be in a Tony-winning Broadway musical. trouble, so they decide to head for home. On their incredible journey across the ruggedly beautiful Sierras, they encounter unexpected surprises from man, beast, and nature alike. Wednesday, December 26 at 3:45pm Monday, December 31 at Noon Thursday, December 27 at 1:30pm Sunday, December 30 at 4:15pm Saturday, December 29 at 4:45pm Tuesday, January 1 at 2:30pm Friday, December 28 at 7:00pm Tuesday, January 1 at 4:30pm Sunday, December 30 at 7:00pm Saturday, December 29 at 11:30am 8 Music Box Theatre December 2018-February 2019 Features and Special Events 9 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS PLAYING DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 3 FEATURE FILM Back By Popular Demand! MANDY Nicolas Cage gives the “performance of a lifetime” –The Playlist HEAVYWEIGHTS DIRECTED BY: Panos Cosmatos (Steven Brill, 1995, 100 mins, 35mm) 2018, 121 mins, DCP Before Ben Stiller made THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, before Judd Apatow made THE 40-YEAR Pacific Northwest.