Festival Venue: Music Box Theatre

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Festival Venue: Music Box Theatre

The Music Box Theatre is a historic movie theater located in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1929, it has been operating continuously as an art-house and repertory cinema since the early 1980s. The Chicago International Film Festival is proud to present our Opening Night screenings at the Music Box Theatre as well as co-presenting several screenings as part of the Music Box of Horrors series.

Music Box Theatre

3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
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The Music Box Theatre lit up with neon and marquee lights at night
An empty 1920s-era movie theatre interior with a large red scalloped curtain covering the screen.

Public Transit, Parking & Accessibility

The Southport Brown Line Station is within 0.5 miles of the venue and is an accessible station with an elevator between street level and the platform. The #152 CTA bus stop is 0.2 miles from the theater. Southport is a metered parking street. Free street parking is available on and west of Ashland Ave and north of Irving Park.

Theater 1 is equipped with a recently installed T-Coil hearing loop system.

Select Screenings at Music Box Theatre

Wed Oct 16 6:30pm
4 black men around a dining table looking off camera left.

Black PerspectivesOpening Night

The Piano Lesson

Malcolm Washington  |   United States

Fri Oct 18 6:30pm

Special Presentation

Maria

Pablo Larraín  |  Italy, Germany, United States

Sun Oct 20 5:00pm
A woman (Selena Gomez) lit in red stands in front of a room lit with green, blue, purple, and orange lights.

Spotlight

Emilia Pérez

Jacques Audiard  |   France

Mon Oct 21 6:30pm
A red-headed woman jogs down a street at night, dogs following her.

CenterpieceComedy

Nightbitch

Marielle Heller  |   United States

Tue Oct 22 6:30pm
A blonde woman wearing red lipstick and a red polka-dot dress stands agains a leaf-print papered wall.

Black PerspectivesSpecial Presentation

Blitz

Steve McQueen  |   United Kingdom

Sun Oct 27 5:30pm
A young man holds a young woman lovingly, their livingroom behind them.

Closing Night

Here

Robert Zemeckis  |  United Kingdom, United States