If you've attended one of the Roadshow screenings of The Hateful Eight at the Music Box Theatre within the past month, you know that watching a 70mm film in the theater is an amazing experience. Next month, the Music Box will screen even more movies in the extra-large format when its annual 70mm Film Festival returns from February 19 to March 10. This edition of the festival is being dubbed "the Ultimate Edition" due to the fact that all films will utilize the theater's new 41-foot screen and 7.1 channel sound system, which debuted during the venue's The Hateful Eight screenings.
The lineup of films included in the festival has expanded considerably this year, including new additions such as The Wild Bunch, Cleopatra, Krull, Ghostbusters, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Inherent Vice, West Side Story, Interstellar and Starman.
Returning 70mm favorites include Lawrence of Arabia, The Master, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Vertigo, Brainstorm and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Ticket sales and showtimes will be announced in the coming weeks, but individual tickets will cost $13 ($10 for members) or $70 for a full festival pass ($60 for members).