HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Thursday, December 12 at 7:30pm | Join us for a block of classic holiday cartoons from the golden age of animation featuring newly restored episodes from the legendary Fleischer Studios.
While You Were Sleeping – Dec. 13
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE x SO FETCH | 35MM SCREENING | Friday, December 13 | A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
Home Alone – Dec. 14
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Dec. 15
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | 35MM SCREENING | Sunday, December 15 at 3:00pm | When Jack Skellington, Halloweentown’s beloved pumpkin king, accidentally stumbles on Christmastown — all bright colors and warm spirits — he gets a new lease on life: he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role.
Bell, Book and Candle – Dec. 15
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Sunday, December 15 at 7:00pm | A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead. Snow, tinsel, a black cat, and an underground witches’ speakeasy club! With Kim Novak, James Stewart, Jack Lemon, and Elsa Lanchester.
The Music Room – Dec. 16
95 YEARS OF THE LITTLE | Monday, December 16 at 7:00pm | Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
Watkins & The Rapiers: The Great Christmas Tree Caper – Dec. 18
LITTLE CONCERT SERIES | Wednesday, December 18 | Live in concert, it’s the Watkins and the Rapiers Holiday concert spectacular! Songs, merriment, and more cheer than you can shake a candy cane at!
One Take: The Short List – Dec. 19 & 21
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, December 19 and Saturday, December 21 | Locally-produced short documentary films, featuring work from Boris Sapozhnikov, Jackie McGriff, Vinh Nguyen, and Robert Bilheimer.
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point – Dec. 20 & 22
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | LIMITED RUN | Friday, December 20 and Sunday, December 22 | A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
Anastasia – Dec. 21 & 23
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Saturday, December 21 and Monday, December 23 | The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.
Die Hard – Dec. 21
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE | Saturday, December 21 | New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) — and excellent-phone-answering daughter Lucy McClane — on Christmas Eve. At the company holiday party, festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages — but him.
Prima Facie – Dec. 15 & 22
NT LIVE | Sunday, Dec. 15 at 11:30am and Sunday, Dec. 22 at 6pm | Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play.
Eno – Jan. 7
ONE TAKE | Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 7pm | A groundbreaking generative documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno, a film that’s different every time it’s shown.
The Corruption of Chris Miller – Jan. 9
JANUARY GIALLO | Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins.
Fargo – Jan. 13
STAFF PICKS | Monday, Jan. 13 at 7:30pm | The Coen Brothers’ 1996 Oscar-winning dark comedy revolves around a botched kidnapping and the small-town police officer (Frances McDormand) who investigates it.