CHICAGO -- Ninety five years ago, majestic movie palaces graced Chicago neighborhoods. They were both beautiful and elaborate, and many had magnificent organs and organists, making movie-going a ...

2026 is shaping up to be a great year for Midwestern moviegoers. The Music Box Theatre, Chicago’s movie palace that has been entertaining the Windy City since 1929, has announced major expansion plans ...

CHICAGO – Chicago’s legendary Music Box Theatre in Lakeview ranks among the most beautiful movie theaters in the world, according to Time Out. Time Out recently updated its list of the most beautiful ...

"We have the ability to give the experience of 35mm, 70mm, 16mm... We care about it." Theater association Cinema United has revealed the first of their 2025 videos in their Behind the Screens series, ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival returns July 17-21 to the iconic Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Celebrating bold new work by women and nonbinary filmmakers, the five-day ...

“The Magic City”: Stir-crazy parents, take note: Manual Cinema is letting the kids in on their mesmerizing brand of fun with its adaptation of a 1910 novel by Edith Nesbit. Combining puppetry, music ...

I t’s a great time for sapphics in Chicago—maybe not as good as it was five months ago, when there were more federal protections and resources allocated for women, nonbinary people, and the LGBTQ+ ...