Film Calendar June 8 - August 9, 2018
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FILM CALENDAR JUNE 8 - AUGUST 9, 2018 DAMSEL, starring Robert Pattinson & Mia Wasikowska Opening June 29 Chicago’s Year-Round Film Festival 3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago www.musicboxtheatre.com 773.871.6607 AMERICAN CINEPOCALYPSE ROBIN WILLIAMS FREE LOONEY TUNES STEPHEN KING ANIMALS GENRE FILM FESTIVAL SERIES ON 35MM FEST OPENS JUNE 8 JUNE 21-28 TUESDAYS IN JULY JULY 14 & 15 JULY 27 & 28 Welcome TO THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE! bartonperreira.com bartonperreira.com exclusively available at Custom Eyes exclusively available at Custom Eyes FEATURE FILMS 5 AMERICAN ANIMALS OPENS JUNE 8 6 COLD WATER OPENS JUNE 8 6 MOUNTAIN OPENS JUNE 15 8 DAMSEL OPENS JUNE 29 10 THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS OPENS JULY 6 10 WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVIST OPENS JULY 13 12 THE KING OPENS JULY 20 12 MAQUIA OPENS JULY 27 14 THE CAPTAIN OPENS AUGUST 3 16 COMMENTARY SERIES 22 CLASSIC MATINEES 26 CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY 28 SILENT CINEMA 29 FROM STAGE TO SCREEN 35393539 N. N. SOUTHPORT SOUTHPORT AVE.AVE. CHICAGO, ILIL 6065760657 | 773.871.2773 871 2020020 30 MIDNIGHTS www.customeyes2www.customeyes2020.com020.com SINCE 2003 SPECIAL EVENTS 5 MUSIC BOX MOVIES AT GALLAGHER WAY MAY 16-SEPTEMBER 19 7 CINEPOCALYPSE JUNE 21-28 8 JUNUN JULY 5 9 TUESDAYS WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS TUESDAYS IN JULY 11 LOONEY TUNES ON 35MM JULY 14 & 15 11 SUMMER ON SOUTHPORT JULY 14 & 15 13 STEPHEN KING FILM FESTIVAL JULY 27 & 28 14 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL JULY 29-AUGUST 2 Brian Andreotti, Director of Programming VOLUME 36 ISSUE 150 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 Cover Image from the film DAMSEL, opening June 29 Rebecca Lyon, Assistant Technical Director at Music Box Theatre. See page 8 for more information. Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport musicboxtheatre.com 773-871-6604 showtimes 773-871-6607 office 3 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 19 SPECIAL EVENT MUSIC BOX THEATRE MOVIES AT GALLAGHER WAY Every Other Wednesday, May 16 - September 19 at 7:30pm Gather your friends and family and come enjoy Gallagher Way’s free summer movie series brought to you by Chicago’s premier venue for independent and classic films, the Music Box Theatre. Running every other Wednesday through September, join us as we screen classic films including GREASE, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, HOME ALONE, TWISTER and more. All screenings take place at Gallagher Way, located at 3637 N Clark Street, Chicago. Visit GallagherWay.com for more information and events. There is no cost for Music Box Theatre Movies at the Gallagher Way, join us for free. OPENS JUNE 8 FEATURE FILM READ RAY PRIDE’S COMMENTARY ON PAGE 16 AMERICAN ANIMALS A riveting college-boy crime “caper that tiggers along on pure movie-movie adrenalin, DIRECTED BY: Bart Layton before U-turning into a sober- STARRING: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Ann Dowd ing reflection on young male 116 mins, DCP privilege and entitlement.” –Variety The unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. When Spencer and Warren, two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Kentucky, leave for college, the realities of adult life begin to dawn on them. Determined to live lives that are out BUY YOUR COPY TODAY AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of the college library. Enlisting two more friends, accounting major Eric and fitness fanatic Chas, and taking their cues from heist movies, the gang meticulously plots the theft. Unfolding from multiple perspectives, and innovatively incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, writer-director Bart Layton (THE IMPOSTER) takes the heist movie into bold new territory. @musicboxfi lms musicboxfi lms.com Features and Special Events 5 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS OPENS JUNE 8 FEATURE FILM COLD WATER New 4K Restoration READ PAT MCGAVIN’S COMMENTARY ON PAGE 18 DIRECTED BY: Olivier Assayas STARRING: Cyprien Fouquet, Virginie Ledoyen 1994, 92 mins, DCP, In French with English subtitles An acclaimed early work by Olivier Assayas that has long remained unavailable, the deeply felt coming-of-age drama COLD WATER at long last makes its way to U.S. theaters. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles and Christine, whose open rebellion against family and society threatens to tear them apart, as Christine is sent to an institution by her parents and Gilles faces an uncertain future after running into trouble at school. With a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period, and provides the backdrop for one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film, COLD WATER is a heartbreaking immersion into the emotional tumult of adolescence. OPENS JUNE 15 FEATURE FILM MOUNTAIN ««««. A sublime rush of “ adrenaline and orchestral beauty.” –The Guardian DIRECTED BY: Jennifer Peedom 74 mins, DCP A ravishing feat of “vertiginous filmmaking.” Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would –The Hollywood Reporter have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, wingsuiters and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane’s acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind, and a classical score from the Australian Chamber Orchestra accompanies this majestic cinematic experience. 6 Music Box Theatre June-August 2018 Features and Special Events 7 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS OPENS JUNE 29 FEATURE SPECIAL FILM EVENT TUESDAYS WITH ROBIN Every Tuesday in July at 7pm This July, the Music Box celebrates the work of the incomparable Robin Williams, with weekly screenings of films starring the Oscar-winning actor and comedian. Included in the series: The animated Disney classic ALADDIN; a 25th Anniversary presentation of the family blockbuster MRS. DOUBTFIRE; Terry Gilliam’s magical New York fantasy THE FISHER KING; Bobcat Goldthwait’s pitch-black comedy WORLD’S GREATEST DAMSEL Delightful…Mia Wasikowska “can do no wrong.” DAD; and the action-adventure based on the beloved children’s book JUMANJI. DIRECTED BY: David Zellner and Nathan Zellner –New York Magazine STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner Beautiful and 25th 113 mins, DCP “unpredictable.” –The Guardian Samuel Alabaster (Robert Pattinson), an affluent pioneer, ventures Anniversary! across the American Frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska). As Samuel traverses the Wild West with a drunkard named Parson Henry (David Zellner) and a miniature horse called Butterscotch, their once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel. A loving reinvention of the western genre from the Zellner brothers (KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER), DAMSEL showcases their trademark unpredictability, off-kilter sense of humor, and unique brand of humanism. July 3 ALADDIN JULY 5 SPECIAL (Ron Clements and John Musker, 1992, 90 mins, DCP) EVENT July 10 MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Chris Columbus, 1993, 125 mins, DCP) Preceded JUNUN by Radiohead’s DAYDREAMING July 17 Thursday, July 5 at 9:30pm on 35MM THE FISHER KING (Terry Gilliam, 1991, 137 mins, DCP) DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson STARRING: Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, The Rajasthan Express (2015, 54 mins, DCP) Spring 2015, the Maharaja of Jodhpur, India hosts Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Nigel Godrich, Paul Thomas Anderson and a dozen Indian musicians. The team assembles a makeshift studio at the Maharaja’s Fort, and over the following three weeks create the joyous collaboration that becomes the music and film of JUNUN (madness of love). Junun is a cross-cultural, cross religious meeting point between the mystical Islam of Sufi, Qawwali, and Rajasthani Gypsy musicians interwoven with devotional poetries in Urdu, Hebrew, and Hindi. Composed by Shye Ben Tzur, an Israeli musician and July 24 poet who lived for 15 years in India, the music was crafted and shaped by the influences of Jonny July 31 Greenwood and Nigel Godrich, and captured on film by Paul Thomas Anderson. The results deliver WORLD’S the close camaraderie of artistic collaboration and a sonic, visual and sensory experience that will JUMANJI GREATEST DAD intrigue and capture your imagination. (Joe Johnston, 1995, 104 mins, DCP) (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2009, 97 mins, 35mm) 8 Music Box Theatre June-August 2018 Features and Special Events 9 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS OPENS JULY 6 FEATURE JULY 14 & 15 SPECIAL FILM EVENT Winner - Special Jury Award - Sundance Film Festival THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS A documentary that A READ STEVE PROKOPY’S plays like a nerve- COMMENTARY ON PAGE 20 “ SUMMER ON DIRECTED BY: Tim Wardle jangling thriller.” –The Wrap SOUTHPORT 96 mins, DCP SPECIAL! Tim Wardle’s acclaimed documentary THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS LOONEY TUNES ON 35MM! is the most amazing, incredible, remarkable true story ever told. Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by To coincide with the annual Summer on Southport street festival, we’re presenting a series of Warner three different families.