FILM CALENDAR DECEMBER 16, 2016-FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE, opening January 6 Chicago’s Year-Round Film Festival 3733 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago www.musicboxtheatre.com 773.871.6607 FIDDLER ON INDIANA JONES BUSTER KEATON ULTRAMAN TONI ERDMANN THE ROOF ADVENTURES SHORT FILMS DOUBLE FEATURE OPENS JANUARY 27 DECEMBER 25 DECEMBER 26-29 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 15 AT 2PM AT 11:30AM " IRRESISTIBLE! " DARKLY FUNNY, A TOUCHING, COMIC TRAGIC, AND ULTIMATELY CROWDPLEASER." HEARTWARMING." - VARIETY - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BUY YOUR COPY TODAY AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE @musicboxfi lms musicboxfi lms.com Welcome TO THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE! FEATURE PRESENTATIONS 7 THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT OPENS DECEMBER 16 8 NERUDA OPENS DECEMBER 30 10 SILENCE OPENS JANUARY 6 12 ONE PIECE FILM: GOLD JANUARY 10-15 15 TONI ERDMANN OPENS JANUARY 27 16 THE RED TURTLE OPENS IN FEBRUARY 18 COMMENTARY SERIES 24 MATINEES 26 SILENT CINEMA 27 IS IT STILL FUNNY? 28 STAGE TO SCREEN 28 EXHIBITION ON SCREEN 30 MIDNIGHTS SPECIAL EVENTS 5 ANNUAL MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS SHOW DECEMBER 10-24 6 MUSIC BOX ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 12-20 7 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF DECEMBER 25 8 INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES DECEMBER 26-29 9 MARTIN SCORSESE SERIES DECEMBER 30-JANUARY 5 12 THY FATHER’S CHAIR JANUARY 4 13 ULTRAMAN DOUBLE FEATURE JANUARY 15 13 ODD OBSESSION MOVIES MIDNIGHT SERIES JANUARY 13 & 14 14 CHICAGO FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS JANUARY 23 & FEBRUARY 6 15 SOUND OPINIONS AT THE MOVIES JANUARY 18 16 HARRY POTTER MIDNIGHT’S PARTY FEBRUARY 3 & 4 Brian Andreotti, Director of Programming VOLUME 34 ISSUE 141 Ryan Oestreich, General Manager Copyright 2016 Southport Music Box Corp. MusicBoxTheatre.com Buck LePard, Senior Operations Manager Stephanie Berlin, Public Relations & Special Events Manager Published by Newcity Custom Publishing Newcitynetwork.com Claire Alden, Group Sales and Membership Manager For information, email [email protected] Julian Antos, Technical Director or call 312.243.8786 Cover Image from the film SILENCE, coming to Music Box Theatre January 6.. See page 10 for more information. Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport musicboxtheatre.com 773-871-6604 showtimes 773-871-6607 office 3 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS DECEMBER 10-24 THE 33RD ANNUAL MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS DOUBLE FEATURE & SING-A-LONG 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. And those truly filled with holiday spirit see BOTH films! Advance tickets are: Day of tickets (if available) are: Single Feature: $13 Single Feature: $15 Double Feature: $20 Double Feature: $24 Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature Children under 13: $10 or $15 double feature Saturday, December 10 Saturday, December 17 Thursday, December 22 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 11 Sunday, December 18 Friday, December 23 12:00pm: White Christmas 12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 12:00pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: White Christmas 6:30pm: White Christmas 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 9:45pm: White Christmas Friday, December 16 Wednesday, December 21 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 3:15pm: White Christmas Saturday, December 24 9:45pm: White Christmas 6:30pm: It’s A Wonderful Life 12:00pm: White Christmas 9:45pm: White Christmas 3:15pm: It’s A Wonderful Life Features and Special Events 5 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 (John McTiernan, 1988, 133 mins, 35mm) GREMLINS (Joe Dante, 1984, 106 mins, DCP) Monday, December 12 Wednesday, December 14 Monday, December 19 4:30pm: Die Hard 5:00pm: Gremlins 4:30pm: Die Hard 7:00pm: Gremlins 7:15pm: Die Hard 7:00pm: Gremlins 9:30pm: Die Hard 9:45pm: Gremlins 9:30pm: Die Hard DOUBLE FEATURE #2: JOLLY HOLIDAYS ELF (Jon Favreau, 2003, 106 mins, 35mm) LOVE ACTUALLY (Richard Curtis, 2003, 135 mins, DCP) Tuesday, December 13 Thursday, Dec 15 Tuesday, December 20 5:00pm: Elf 4:45pm: Love Actually 4:45pm: Love Actually 7:00pm: Love Actually 7:30pm: Elf 7:30pm: Elf 9:45pm: Elf 9:30pm: Love Actually 9:30pm: Love Actually 6 Music Box Theatre December-February 2017 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS OPENS DECEMBER 16 FEATURE FILM Golden Globe Nominee! Best Foreign Language Film THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael Irreverent and wildly inventive.” STARRING: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve “–Variety 112 mins In French with English subtitles Irresistibly laugh-out-loud and “feel-good.” God exists, and He’s a jerk. He lives in Brussels and never gets out of –The Hollywood Reporter His pajamas. He takes sadistic delight in dreaming up new “laws” to torment humanity, and He’s a petty tyrant to his ten year-old daughter, Ea. Having had enough of her Father’s abuse, Ea leaks to the entire world—by text message—the only thing He has over them: their inevitable death date. Ea, after escaping and with her Father in pursuit, gathers apostles and writes her own New Testament to fix the mess her Father has made of humanity. Her disciples learn to celebrate life and love, and provide us with Jaco Van Dormael’s dark, witty and eccentric answer to the loaded question: what would you do if you knew exactly how much time you had left to live? DECEMBER 25 SPECIAL EVENT Rock The FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Shtetl! Sunday, December 25 at 6pm (Norman Jewison, 1971, 181 mins, DCP) Celebrate the first day of Hanukkah with 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 milk- man, 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”! Features and Special Events 7 FEATURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS DECEMBER 26-29 SPECIAL EVENT THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES! Say goodbye to 2016 with cinema’s most daring & dashing college professor! From Steven Spielberg & George Lucas, the Music Box presents the adventures of Indiana Jones, from his unforgettable introduction in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (4K Restoration!) to his descent into darkness in THE TEMPLE OF DOOM to his rollicking father-son escapades in THE LAST CRUSADE. Full Schedule at MusicBoxTheatre.com OPENS DECEMBER 30 FEATURE FILM From the READ PAT MCGAVIN’S director of COMMENTARY ON PAGE 18 JACKIE and THE CLUB NERUDA 2016 Official OSCAR Entry – Chile - Best Foreign Language Film DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larrain STARRING: Luis Gnecco, Gael Garcia Bernal A handsomely crafted and boldly “ idiosyncratic contemplation of 108 minutes a great artist” In Spanish & French with English subtitles –The Hollywood Reporter Beloved poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. Meanwhile, in Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows, and artists led by Pablo Picasso clamor for Neruda’s freedom. Neruda, however, sees the struggle with his police inspector nemesis as an opportunity to reinvent himself. He cunningly plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse ever more perilous.