1 The Florida Project (Chicago Film Society at Music Box) Sean Baker presents the debut 35mm print of the best American feature of 2017. July 22
2 Escape From New York (Music Box) Snake Plissken returns in a 4K restoration, supervised by the hardly idle elder John Carpenter. Opens July 5
3 Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood Quentin Tarantino’s three-hour re-creation of Hollywood dreams of winter and summer 1969 mingles pop culture, a candy-store window’s worth of women’s dirty bare feet and the Manson family murders. Opens July 26
4 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Music Box) John Cameron Mitchell’s 2001 filming of his song cycle returns in a 4K digital remaster. Open July 19
5 Midsommar Ari Aster follows the nighttime terrors of “Hereditary” with a sunny sojourn to Scandinavia by a couple to a summer festival. Opens July 3
Ray Pride is Newcity’s Senior Editor and Film Critic. He is a contributing editor of Filmmaker magazine.
Ray’s history of Chicago Ghost Signs is planned for publication next year. Previews of the project are on Twitter and on Instagram. More photography on Instagram.
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