For the last two decades, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films. It currently has the largest theater space operated full time in the city. The Music Box Theatre is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation. SMBC, through its Music Box Films division, also distributes foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States.
NOW PLAYING AT THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE:
4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS
This emotionally and cinematically gripping film is the 24-hour journey of two women as they negotiate for an illegal abortion in Romania during the final days of the communist regime. Mishaps, miscommunication and heartwrenching turns prevail as the young women descend into a nightmare of suspense.
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STILL LIFE
Still Life is the emphathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society. Great chances have come to the town of Fengjie. Due to the Three Gorges hydro, the 2,000 year old town is slowly flooding, and countless families have to relocate before it is submerged forever. For a miner and a nurse who have come to Fengjie searching for long-lost family, a decision must be made about what is worth salvaging in their lives and what they need to leave behind..
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT 11:30am:
MAGIC MATINEE
Magic Matinee with magician Sean Masterson
February 2 - March 2.
Advance tickets at Ticketweb only. Day-of tickets at theater box office.
Back by popular demand, Sean Masterson's theatrical magic show promises sleight-of-hand manipulation, audience participation and a levitation. The Chicago Tribune declared, "Masterson's slight of hand tricks with tales to boot are spellbinding." A Laurel and Hardy silent short serves as the opening act and the whole extravagenza is accompanied by Mark Noller on the theater organ.
MODERN TIMES
Chaplin's sentimental, satirical swipe at the mechanization of everyday life is the last of the great silent feature comedies. Among the film's many famous setpieces is the scene when Charlie becomes a guinea pig for an efficiency-promoting feeding machine gone amok. (Charles Chaplin, 1936, 87m)
MIDNIGHTS:
LABRYINTH
Teenage Sarah makes the big mistake one night of wishing her baby brother away - now she must navigate the diabolical Labyrinth and confront the goblin king Jareth in order to rescue him. Another Jim Henson visual feast, featuring songs by David Bowie. (Jim Henson, 1986, 102m)
THE MIST
Fear and paranoia may be the most dangerous threat to the residents of a small town beset upon by a horde of demonic creatures. Based on the novella by Stephen King. (Frank Darabont, 2007, 127m)
