Entry No. 60 — the Chicago file — filed under: after-dark

Music Box Theatre Midnight Movies

This atmospheric 1929 movie palace still has a ceiling rigged to mimic a twilight sky with drifting clouds and twinkling stars, and on Friday and Saturday nights it screens cult films at midnight long after the rest of the city has gone home. The midnight slate leans into the strange: Rocky Horror (with a live shadowcast), The Room, and rotating themed cult collections. By day it is Chicago's enduring home for independent, foreign, and oddball cinema.

The move: Catch a Saturday midnight cult screening, then debrief the weirdness over a late drink in Lakeview.

📍 Before you go Midnight screenings run Fridays and Saturdays; specific titles rotate, so check the calendar.

• 📍 Lakeview, Chicago
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Low-key
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: 3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-23