FILM CALENDAR OCTOBER 19 - DECEMBER 13, 2018

SUSPIRIA Opens November 2

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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

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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 27 SILENT CINEMA 28 FROM STAGE TO SCREEN BRING YOUR FILMS TO THE PARKS 30 MIDNIGHTS

ACCEPTING LOCALLY-PRODUCED & SPECIAL EVENTS 6 THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN OCTOBER 21 CHICAGO-FOCUSED FILM SUBMISSIONS 6 EYESLICER HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 23 7 AN EVENING WITH SALLY FIELD OCTOBER 24 8 ROCKY HORROR HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 26-31 OCTOBER 15 - DECEMBER 7 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 15 SOMM 3 NOVEMBER 27 For five years, the Chicago Park District has brought local films to local 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 Ryan Oestreich, General Manager Copyright 2018 Southport Music Box Corp. MusicBoxTheatre.com Submit your film at bit.ly/ChicagoOnscreen 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 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 ICIA 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: 773-871-6604 showtimes 773-871-6607 office www.ChiParkPoints.com www.nightoutintheparks.com 3 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 OPENS OCTOBER 19 FEATURE A PAGE OF FILM MADNESS Opening Weekend Q&As live score by with Director Alloy Orchestra Jimmy Chin

FREE SOLO One of the most arresting “documentaries of the year. See the October 19, 7pm film on as big a screen as possible.’” DIRECTED BY: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin –Vanity Fair 2018, 97 mins, DCP University of Chicago Alex Honnold’s Free Solo climb From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi “should be celebrated as one of Logan Center for the Arts (MERU) and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer the great athletic feats of any Jimmy Chin comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate and unflinching kind, ever.” 915 E. 60th St. –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.

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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 Thrilling and definitive” –Variety For 33 months, from 1977 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the “ 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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OCTOBER 21 SPECIAL OCTOBER 24 SPECIAL EVENT EVENT

THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN One Night Only This Event AN EVENING WITH SALLY FIELD is Sold Out 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 SPECIAL OPENS OCTOBER 26 FEATURE EVENT FILM

Academy Award Official Entry - Best Foreign Language Film - Sweden

READ STEVE PROKOPY’S COMMENTARY ON PAGE 22 THE EYESLICER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Tuesday, October 23 at 7pm BORDER An exciting, intelligent mix of Touring punk rock TV show THE EYESLICER has returned with their craziest and most ambitious “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 Featuring a dozen segments of spine-tingling surrealist terror, THE EYESLICER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL –Variety 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. Nothing short of breathtaking. 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 “One of the year’s best.” 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 –Screen Anarchy 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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FEATURE OPENS OCTOBER 26 Nov 1—— Nov 9 FILM

Presented by 35th Annual Chicago JOHN CARPENTER’S THE FOG New 4K Facets. International FilmRestoration! Children’ Children's Film Festival s 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

FilmSPECIAL FesFEATUREtival OCTOBER 26-31 OPENS NOVEMBER 2 EVENT FILM

Special Early Screening on Halloween!

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW HALLOWEEN EDITION! From the Director of CALL FRIDAY OCTOBER 26-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 ME BY YOUR NAME 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 5 Stars! A spectacularly minions—including decrepit butler Riff Raff; patched-together golden boy Rocky; and, played by Meat “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 Lutz Ebersdorf, Chloe Grace Moretz Savagely beautiful” Place,” follow the exploits of Brad and Janet (Damn-it) with the help of a friendly Shadowcast of 2018, 155 mins, DCP “–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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OPENS NOVEMBER 16 FEATURE FILM

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 An enchanting story” For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer “–Vanity Fair ever tells her own story—in her own words. Told through performances, TV 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.

OPENS NOVEMBER 9 FEATURE NOVEMBER 18 SPECIAL FILM EVENT

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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NOVEMBER 19 SPECIAL give the gift of EVENT the music box! 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 Monday, November 19 at 7pm a curated (Matt Riggieri & Nick Kovacic, 2018, 78 mins, DCP) mezcal 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.

NOVEMBER 20 SPECIAL EVENT

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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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NOVEMBER 23-25 AND DECEMBER 1-2 SPECIAL NOVEMBER 27 SPECIAL EVENT EVENT

THIS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, GIVE THANKS FOR SOME OF YOUR “FAVORITE THINGS” FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!! FUN PACKS INCLUDED! COSTUME CONTEST!

Featuring a Q&A with SOMM 3 Director & Cast! 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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OPENS NOVEMBER 30 FEATURE FILM

Academy Award Official Entry - Best Foreign Language Film - South Korea

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 A haunting, beautiful “tone poem” BURNING is the searing examination of an alienated young man, –IndieWire 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 Yeun, THE WALKING DEAD, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU), a wealthy and sophisticated young man WORLD WAR II PSYCHODRAMA.” 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.

DECEMBER 4 SPECIAL EVENT

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- TH spectful presentation of shtetl life that also acknowledges the pull of modernity, AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 27 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 @musicboxfi lms musicboxfi lms.com Features and Special Events 17 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

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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 6:30pm: White Christmas THE 35TH ANNUAL MUSIC BOX Saturday, December 8 12:00pm: White Christmas Friday, December 21 CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG 3:15pm: It’s a Wonderful Life 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 misses a chance to sing their hearts out. 9:45pm: White Christmas Monday, December 24 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 SPECIAL EVENT THE MUSIC BOX’S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS 2018 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 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.

Cast and Crew in DOUBLE FEATURE #1: JOLLY HOLIDAYS WILD HONEY attendance!

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)

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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) Print Courtesy of The Chicago Film Society

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20 Music Box Theatre October-December 2018 Features and Special Events 21 COMMENTARY BORDER OPENS OCTOBER 26. SEE PAGE 7 FOR DETAILS. ONE IN, questions of gender are both present and nebulous, in ways that only heighten the story’s fantastical ele- 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 (especially for those looking for something especially unique around Halloween) in its refusal to conform to any MAGICAL NORDIC REALISM 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 GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER and bullied because of her less-than-flattering looks. She has a painful-looking overbite, stained teeth, a protruding 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. MONROVIA, INDIANA MUSEO NOV 2 - 8 NOV 16 - 29 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 nearby lake, in something of a cleansing ritual more than a casual swim. Tina is in tune with her surroundings in a “CLASSIC WISEMAN.” — SCREEN INTERNATIONAL way she’s probably not aware of, but nature seems to be the only place where she doesn’t feel judged. 164 N State • siskelfilmcenter.org 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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H EST CLASSIC MATINEES TC AT SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 11:30am A E B W L I UNIVERSAL HORROR L N A E

The Music Box and DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts resurrect the M R most iconic monsters, murderers, and madmen ever captured on 35MM. This S Y 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 • O • P K E E MURDERS IN N 7 E THE RUE MORGUE DAYS A W (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 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 DABLON THE MUMMY (Karl Freund, 1932, 73 mins, 35mm) With the stellar box office returns from DRACULA VINEYARDS and FRANKENSTEIN, Universal tried (and not for the last time, either) to create a horror franchise from scratch. Mixing the newfound stardom of Boris Karloff, the undead appeal of the still-potent Winery & Tasting Room Tutankhamen craze, and a century-spanning 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- 111 W. Shawnee Rd. • Baroda, MI • 49101 shirt fiancé—was never thrown into such stark relief. • 24 Music Box Theatre October-December 2018 269-422-2846 DABLON.COM CONTINUING SERIES

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, more, all on glorious celluloid. For more information, and safer in the 1950s. The exception 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 SILENT CINEMA the genre. Nicky (John Cassavetes) owes a small sum to the mafia and turns to his childhood friend Classic silent films the way they were meant to be seen! Featuring a live musical score 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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FUNNY GIRL: THE MUSICAL PRESENTED BY TRAFALGAR RELEASING Directed by: Michael Mayer candies Tuesday, November 27 at 2pm chocolates Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s caramels • turtles West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical FUNNY GIRL comes to the Music Box, featuring candy bars Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn” (The Times). & more! FUNNY GIRL is semi-biographical, based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedienne CONTACT US TODAY Fanny Brice (a role made famous by Barbra Streisand on Broadway and in the 1968 film adaptation), and her [email protected] stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Filmed in London, and featuring a host of iconic (773) 942-6386 and timeless musical numbers including “People,” “I’m the 4704 N. DAMEN AVE • CHICAGO Greatest Star,” and “Don’t Rain On My Parade.” “Irresistible charm, wit and warmth” – Metro

KING LEAR PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Directed by: Jonathan Munby Thursday, November 29 at 2pm Jonathan Munby directs this “nuanced and powerful” (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play KING LEAR, anchored by Ian McKellen’s “extraordinarily moving por- trayal” (The Independent). Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, KING LEAR sees two aging fathers—one a King, one his courtier—reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless am- bition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bit- ter ends. Filmed in the West End. “Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.” – Daily Telegraph

28 Music Box Theatre October-December 2018 CONTINUING SERIES NOV 1 – DEC 2, 2018 MIDNIGHTS FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT MIDNIGHT FRANKENSTEIN October 19 & 20 JENNIFER’S BODY November LITTLE SHOP (Karyn Kusama, 2009, 102 mins, 35mm) 16 & 17 OF HORRORS (Frank Oz, 1986, 102 mins, 35mm) October 26 & 27, THE ROCKY HORROR by Manual Cinema December 1 PICTURE SHOW November AKIRA adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley (Jim Sharman, 1975, 100 mins, 35mm) 23 & 24 (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988, 124 mins, 35mm) concept by Drew Dir November 2 & 3 DEADBEAT AT DAWN 30TH ANNIVERSARY (Jim Van Bebber, 1988, 80 mins, DCP) devised by Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, & Julia Miller November 9 & 10 HEATHERS November 30 THE ROOM (Michael Lehman, 1988, Rare (Tommy Wiseau, 2003, original music by Kyle Vegter & Ben Kauffman 103 mins, 35mm) 99 mins, 35mm) 35mm Print! Production sponsor

JENNIFER’S BODY (Karyn Kusama, 2009, 102 mins, 35mm) Sexy temptress Megan Fox is hotter than hell as Jennifer, a gorgeous seductive cheerleader who takes evil to a whole new level after she’s pos- SPECIAL EVENT! sessed by a sinister demon. Steamy action and gore galore ensue as the male student body suc- cumbs to Jennifer’s insatiable appetite for human flesh. Now it’s up to her best friend (Amanda Sey- fried) to stop Jennifer’s reign of terror before it’s too late! See it first! Eat, drink, and DEADBEAT AT DAWN (Jim Van Bebber, 1988, 80 mins, DCP) be scary! Dare to join us Written by, directed by and starring Jim Van OCTOBER 31ST! Bebber, DEADBEAT follows the story of Goose– a gang leader whose girlfriend is brutally slaugh- tered when he attempts to leave the thug life 5535 S ELLIS AVE IN HYDE PARK behind. Pulled back into the gang, who’ve now FREE PARKING GARAGE NEXT DOOR formed an uneasy alliance with the thugs that butchered his girl, Goose sees an opportunity to GROUP AND STUDENT DISCOUNTS exact his brutal, deadly revenge. CourtTheatre.org LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Frank Oz, 1986, 102 mins, 35mm) A nerdy florist (Rick Moranis) finds his chance (773) 753-4472 for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. The Midnight Madness Shadowcast you know and love from our ROCKY HORROR screenings will be on hand to make this screening a special interac- tive event, not to be missed.

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