Blog Posts That Mention Music
Chicago, Home of Great Music and Newspapers
Chaz Ebert
Cinematic Albums of the 2020s: Music That Feels Like a Movie
Cortlyn Kelly
Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is Big on Romance, Music, and Spice
Sherin Nicole
11 Times That D’Angelo Made a Movie Better with his Music
Craig D. Lindsey
Ari Aster Talks with Chaz Ebert About “Eddington” at Music Box
Chaz Ebert
Music to Make A Man Fly: The Power of John Williams’ Theme to “Superman”
Charlie Brigden
A (Not So) Brief History of Silent Film Influences on Pop Music
Marya E. Gates
Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music
Chaz Ebert
10 Music Documentaries You Should See After The Greatest Night in Pop
Tim Grierson
How Martin Scorsese Uses Music to Enhance His Visions
Caroline Madden
Streetcorner Symphony: The Music of Mean Streets
Aaron Aradillas
TIFF 2023: Stop Making Sense, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Brian Tallerico
Noir City Returns to the Music Box in Chicago
Laura Emerick
A True Marriage of Picture and Music: Benjamin Millepied on Carmen
Robert Daniels
New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams
Tomris Laffly
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival to Have First In-Person Screenings at the Music Box Theatre
Matt Fagerholm
Music in the Movies at Ebertfest 2023
The Editors
How the World of Classical Music Has Responded to TÁR
Laura Emerick
Calling All Youth Music Mixologists from Chicago: Enter the Lyric’s Opera Remix Competition
The Editors
A Love Letter to Musicals: Schmigadoon!’s Director, Co-Writer, and Cast on the New Musical Series
Nell Minow
We Can Sing Again: Nine Movie Musicals Coming Out in 2021
Susan Wloszczyna
Mr. Soul! Nominated for Three NAACP Image Awards, Debuts Exclusive Music Video for Show Me Your Soul by Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway
The Editors
Netflix’s Musical Series Julie and the Phantoms Infrequently Charms
Roxana Hadadi
Revisiting My 2017 Article, My Daughter Loves Country Music, In Light of Mickey Guyton’s song, Black Like Me
Chaz Ebert
Music and Family Combine in Apple TV’s Wonderful Central Park
Brian Tallerico
Ken Burns’ Country Music Series is Thought-Provoking, Joyful
Allison Shoemaker
Music Box Memories: A Legendary Theatre Celebrates 90 Years
Brian Tallerico
The Musical History Behind the James Bond Gun Barrel Sequences
Charlie Brigden
Music, Life, and Everything Between: Quincy Jones and Alan Hicks on Quincy
Vikram Murthi
Great Movies Return to the Big Screen at Music Box’s 70mm Film Festival
Nick Allen
Star Trek: Discovery Returns to Series’ Musical Roots
Charlie Brigden
Cinepocalypse Comes to the Music Box in Chicago
Brian Tallerico
My Daughter Loves Country Music
Chaz Ebert
The Big Knockover: “Noir City: Chicago” Brings Heist Films to the Music Box Theater
Laura Emerick
The Heart of the Film: Matt Schrader and Marco Beltrami on “Score: A Film Music Documentary”
Laura Emerick
Video Interview: George Lepauw on CIMMfest (Music and Movies)
Chaz Ebert
A musical soul: Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017
Matt Zoller Seitz
Stars, Music, Movies and Compassion Converge: Ebertfest 2017 Preview
Chaz Ebert
Death, Sex & Money at the Music Box
The Editors
Outstanding, Black Music: Raphael Saadiq on “Underground,” “Insecure”
Craig D. Lindsey
Music is Crucial to Every Film: John Legend on “Southside with You”
Nick Allen
Ebertfest, Musicality Honored at HFPA’s Annual Grants Banquet
Matt Fagerholm
Mark Caro Presents “Is It Still Funny?” at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre
The Editors
Chicago International Music and Movies Festival 2016 Preview
Nick Allen
“70mm Film Festival: The Ultimate Edition” Arrives at Chicago’s Music Box Theater
Peter Sobczynski
The Arrogance Got Eaten Up By The Music: Armen Ra and Matt Huffman on “When My Sorrow Died: The Legend Of Armen Ra And The Theremin”
Glenn Kenny
TIFF 2015: “The Music of Strangers” & “Thru You Princess”
Tina Hassannia
SDCC 2015: Superhero Music Composers at Comic-Con
Nell Minow
Painting with sound: the music of James Horner, 1953-2015
Matt Zoller Seitz
Ebertfest 2015 Comes Alive With the Sound of Music
Chaz Ebert
Musical Planned on the Life of Roger Ebert
Brian Tallerico
Music Box Films Releases New Poster For “Beloved Sisters”
The Editors
It’s Gonna Feel All Right: The Musical and Cinematic Legacy of “A Hard Day’s Night”
Matt Zoller Seitz
News: Music Box Theatre in Chicago Announces “Son of 70MM Film Festival”
The Editors
Scoring Dystopia: Composer Ryan Amon Discusses His Music for “Elysium”
Nell Minow
Psych The Musical: Notes from Comic-Con 2013
Jana Monji
February 3, 1959: The day the music died
Roger Ebert
Jonathan is three and loves great music
Roger Ebert
♫ Nestor Torres and the spirit in the music
Roger Ebert
Napoleon conquers Radio City Music Hall
Roger Ebert
50 greatest music films ever
Jim Emerson
Catchiest movie theme music of 2009
Jim Emerson
A contrarian music video
Jim Emerson
The Monument Valley: Music as film criticism
Jim Emerson
At least newspapers are more profitable than movies or music!
Jim Emerson
A Serious Man and His Music
Jim Emerson
The musician: John Darnielle on criticism
Jim Emerson
Scorsese and music as storytelling: Shine a Light
Jim Emerson
Words and music
Jim Emerson
Dialogue as music
Jim Emerson
The spheres of the music
Roger Ebert
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Keeps Boldly Swinging in Tone in Season 4
Clint Worthington
It’s Just You and Me Now, Sport: On “Manhunter: The Final Cut”
Peter Sobczynski
Flashback: Chaz Ebert on Watching a Christopher Nolan Movie During the Pandemic
Chaz Ebert
Celebrating the Life of George E. Johnson, Sr. (1927-2026), a Friend and Builder of Black Possibility
Chaz Ebert & Sonia Evans
MUBI Fest 2026: Better Together
Zachary Lee
KVIFF 2026: Wrap-up and Awards
Robert Daniels
KVIFF 2026: Lover, Not a Fighter, If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Only Beautiful Things to Look At
Robert Daniels
Netflix’s Aggressively Wholesome “Little House on the Prairie” Plays It Safe
Lacy Baugher
This Is Not Art, This Is Life: Ross McElwee on “Remake” and “Sherman’s March”
Matt Zoller Seitz
KVIFF 2026: The Guest, Dao, The Match
Robert Daniels
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
Nell Minow
Through the Window: 10 Times That Foreign Directors Have Looked at America
Brian Tallerico
Annecy 2026: The City of Animation
Max Borg
“Elle” Does Its Best to Smell Like Teen Spirit
Jen Chaney
Home Entertainment Guide June 2026: Hoppers, Crime 101, The Mastermind, More
Brian Tallerico
The Honor of an Absolute Lifetime: Rod Lurie on “Lucky Strike”
Nell Minow
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