This week’s Chicago-Style Crossword theme is: Architecture. Here’s your clue: 1A: Frank Lloyd ___ (architect born and raised in Oak Park) Answer now: trib.al/aCW9Q6l

boba fett in the original trilogy: [exists on screen for four seconds] every heterosexual male born between 1965 and 1980: i want to be and also have sex with this man. my entire life will bend around this fact

The Music Box Theatre is thrilled to announce the installation of a BRAND NEW SOUND SYSTEM in our main theatre!

Firing up the technicolor plant again so that the most talented director possible can make a movie where the main character drives a combine harvester through a nazi rally.

A lot is going sour in the world but this Geese albums rips

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

Spooky season starts with X-Files & @jimmymoop.bsky.social 🛸🧙🎃💕

As I head into ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, one of the downright prettiest essays I’ve read in a while 💕 www.pastemagazine.com/movies/paul-...

An eepy sleepy gentleman 😴

We’re so thrilled to announce the ⭐️ Premiere ⭐️ of our new Music Box Policy Trailer, created just for us by the amazing performance collective, design studio, and film production company Manual Cinema!

WOULD

1998 being 27 years ago doesn’t sit right with me

Cover by Ken Bald.

excited about this news

New print refresh from @kevinwada.bsky.social 🥵💕

Chicago queers: I’m desperate for a remount of ALIEN QUEEN. Can we convince Grelley Duvall & Co. to restage?? youtu.be/mj4he_-aacA?...

Nearly six dozen Chicago musical acts have signed onto this boycott campaign / open letter urging other local musicians to pull their music from Spotify. More on this in my @chicagoreader.com story chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Fort Lauderdale Beach said Gay Rights 🌈🌴

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King 🎃 👑

Terrific article by Ray Pride in Newcity on why Chicago’s art house theater audiences are getting younger and younger - fills you with hope in trying times! www.newcityfilm.com/2025/09/23/c...

A wild ride through a sensation that's been telling moviegoers "Don't dream it, be it" for 50 years, STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR opens this Thursday! With Live Preshow Performance by the @mmrhps.bsky.social on Opening Night🫦 Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

FINAL DESTINATION - BLOODLINES: What an opening! Scoring ‘Shout’ to the clickety-clack of death’s trap was devilishly delectable. I’m afraid I’m immune to most of its other charms & carnage. I love this stupid series, but it didn’t need the legacy treatment. 🧵

happy first day of fall 🍂

Good morning (fade in: autumn)

I think I have Post-AVATAR Depression Syndrome, but for SUPERMAN (2025)

After all these years, finally a trip to the National Museum of Mexican Art 🇲🇽💕 w/ @notmatcha.bsky.social

I love when people have whimsy

Heartbreaking read, the sad reality of our Chicago film criticism scene: www.pastemagazine.com/movies/film-...

Love my spider friend that I’ve seen the past few nights, always with a new web each night 🕸️🕷️

Dewmar Campire Record Company is filling the Halloween record void in our little black hearts with their nostalgic creations.

Get Tickets Now for Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, presented in 70MM at the Music Box! Opens September 26th - Early screening on September 25th Showtimes & Advance Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Bruh

It just struck me with this latest photo shoot but Neko Case would make an excellent Mrs. Lovett 🥧🎶

Every gen z with a perm

Hunx & His Punx at the Empty Bottle - it’s been too long! 🥹🏳️‍🌈🎸🎶 w/ @jimmymoop.bsky.social

Current mood

Happy National Voter Registration Day! Register or update your registration online by going to: ova.elections.il.gov 🗳️

RIP actor/director/producer/icon Robert Redford. The impact he on film and up-and-coming filmmakers with @sundance.org is immeasurable.

live your life such that when you die people post pictures of you looking hot as fuck

An icon era of TV criticism comes to end at Rolling Stone - join Alan’s newsletter! 💕

He was a bona fide Movie Star in a way rarely achieved. Our world remains richer because of his work.

20 Films to Watch During Mes de la Patria 🇲🇽 View the list and follow Magnolia Magazine on Letterboxd: boxd.it/OBn0o

POV: my job is asking me to do the things it pays me to do