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On November 28th at 11:15pm, I will be co-presenting South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut in 35mm with @chas.finster as part of his series, The Late Show. Over the last couple of years, the Music Box has counter-programmed an unconventional musical alongside their Sound of Music Sing-Along shows (Phantom of the Paradise in 2024, Across the Universe in 2025). As I suggested we find another musical, we floated a few ideas before landing here - a perfect film for this time slot. Here’s the thing - on paper, this is not usually the type of film I’d champion. Crass, vulgar, and occasionally offensive, this film might’ve lost me if it wasn’t so clever, sincere, and genuinely funny, embracing both its satire and its stupidity. The easiest way for a movie musical to win me over is for it to LOVE that it’s a movie musical (more rare than you’d think!!!). South Park makes fun of many things, but it never makes fun of the fact that it’s a musical, and that’s a lot of why I think it works. Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman’s work is funny, catchy, and complex, serving the film beautifully. I cannot wait to help share the film on a beautiful 35mm print this Thanksgiving! It’s gonna be super, thanks for asking!

(Also, fun fact, this was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. I watched it on early YouTube broken up into ten parts 😅) by @chas.finster

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Next Saturday @musicboxchicago I’m teaming up with Music Box of Horrors to present the bloody, bawdy good time DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT in glorious 35mm. You’ve never seen this classic vampire tale until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Mel Brooks.

October 3rd, 10pm (special early Late Show start time! ) by @chas.finster

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This month, The Late Show returns to the big house for TWO NIGHTS of explosive rock n roll excellence. TENACIOUS D in THE PICK OF DESTINY on 35mm. Featuring a kick-ass Tenacious D pre-show filled with socks-rocking live footage, rare short films, and more delectables than you can shake a flaming guitar strap at!

Sept 11th & 12th, 11:45pm, in glorious 35mm! by @chas.finster

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2 months ago

Forget The World Cup! Screw The All-Star Game! My next show @musicboxchicago is a tribute to genuine integrity and dignity in athletic competition, BASEketball!

The Late Show makes its Theater 3 debut with this ballsy sports saga starring the wizards behind South Park and written/directed by the maniacs behind Airplane! And The Naked Gun.

Saturday, August 8th, Midnight ⚾️🍺🙌 taken in Music Box Theatre by @chas.finster

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3 months ago

My narcissism knows no bounds 🌞 taken in Music Box Theatre by @chas.finster

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The next screening for The Late Show @musicboxchicago is the gag-errific, gleefully vulgar turn of the millennium parody NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE. No trope is safe! 🏈📚

June 27th, Midnight, on 35mm by @chas.finster

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5 months ago

My next show @musicboxchicago is a cinematic journey unlike any other. A pioneering adventure into the heart of the unknown and an affirmation of the American Dream.

Of course I’m talking about HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE.

May 9th, Midnight, 35mm!

Crave-worthy cinema! by @chas.finster

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6 months ago

Breathtaking trailer for our JOE DIRT midnight show edited by @selmajezkova2.0

I couldn’t be more excited to present this beloved classic to an audience (presented in 35mm no less!).

Thank you @musicboxchicago for letting me fly my freak flag!

This Valentine’s Day! Tix in bio taken in Music Box Theatre by @chas.finster

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9 months ago

Favorite Movies I Saw For The First Time in 2025

Kramer vs. Kramer (Benton, 1979)
Out of the Blue (Hopper, 1980)
The Big Clock (Farrow, 1948)
Horse Feathers (McLeod, 1932)
The Brutalist (Corbet, 2024)
Kinds of Kindness (Lanthimos, 2024)
A Life of Her Own (Cukor, 1950)
Deprisa, deprisa (Saura, 1981)
Cisco Pike (Norton, 1972)
They All Laughed (Bogdanovich, 1981)
The Dead Thing (Kane, 2024)
Blue Collar (Schrader, 1978)
Eephus (Lund, 2024)
Narrow Margin (Hyams, 1990)
The Great Dictator (Chaplin, 1940)
Limelight (Chaplin, 1952)
The Boys From Brazil (Schaffner, 1978)
Le Notti Bianche (Visconti, 1957)
Excalibur (Boorman, 1981)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Silver, 1979)
Sinners (Coogler, 2025)
The Mother and the Whore (Eustache, 1973)
Trap (Shyamalan, 2024)
The Sugarland Express (Spielberg, 1974)
The Grapes of Wrath (Ford, 1940)
True Grit (Hathaway, 1969)
The Player (Altman, 1992)
A Married Couple (King, 1969)
The Passionate Friends (Lean, 1949)
Routine Pleasures (Gorin, 1986)
Superman (Gunn, 2025)
Earth (Dovzhenko, 1930)
Over The Edge (Kaplan, 1979)
Burning (Lee, 2018)
Crumb (Zwigoff, 1994)
Mad God (Tippett, 2021)
One Battle After Another (Anderson, 2025)
Secret Honor (Altman, 1984)
Highway Hypnosis (Camp, 1984)
In The Mouth of Madness (Carpenter, 1994)
The Mastermind (Reichardt, 2025)
Blue Moon (Linklater, 2025)
Old (Shyamalan, 2021)
Friday Night Lights (Berg, 2004)
The Bishop’s Wife (Koster, 1947)
You Can Count On Me (Lonergan, 2000)
Marty Supreme (Safdie, 2025) by @chas.finster

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I’m very excited to present my first show @musicboxchicago in February.

A heartwarming and life-affirming film from my youth which shaped my values and who I am:

JOE DIRT! This Valentine’s Day, Midnight Show, on 35mm, in the big theatre!

Bring a friend! Bring a lover! Bring your favorite meteor!

Tix in bio

Mullets encouraged by @chas.finster

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Good news, everyone! I am now employed as House Manager @musicboxchicago. Excited doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel to be working at one of the greatest theaters in the world—one whose programming and exhibition I’ve been a fan of since I was a little kid pouring through showtimes in the Chicago Tribune.

Thank you to everyone who helped me get here!

It’s great to be back in a theatre. This feels like a homecoming—especially being back in Chicagoland.

This also means I’m moving to the city! So friends new and old, get at me!

I’m a Chicagoan now and the view is fantastic!

📽️🌇🤩 taken in Music Box Theatre by @chas.finster

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Favorite Movies I Saw For The First Time In 2024:

La La Land (Chazelle, 2016)
Signs of Life (Herzog, 1968)
The Zone of Interest (Glazer, 2023)
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, 1982)
Two Lovers (Gray, 2008)
The Dark Glow of the Mountains (Herzog, 1985)
To Leslie (Morris, 2022)
The Last Waltz (Scorsese, 1978)
Dune: Part Two (Villenueve, 2024)
Days of Heaven (Malick, 1978)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Herzog, 1997)
Dream Scenario (Borgli, 2023)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
Sasquatch Sunset (Zellner, 2024)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (Reijn, 2022)
The Bridges of Madison County (Eastwood, 1995)
Challengers (Guadagnino, 2024)
Bros (Stoller, 2022)
Certain Women (Reichardt, 2016)
Comrades: Almost A Love Story (Chan, 1996)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nichols, 1966)
Nowhere (Araki, 1997)
The Sea Wolf (Curtiz, 1941)
The Pumpkin Eater (Clayton, 1964)
The Heiress (Wyler, 1949)
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar (Kidron, 1995)
Son of Frankenstein (Lee, 1939)
The Leopard Man (Tourneur, 1943)
One From The Heart (Coppola, 1982)
Rancho Notorious (Lang, 1952)
Night On Earth (Jarmusch, 1991)
Hundreds of Beavers (Cheslick, 2022)
Juliet of the Spirits (Fellini, 1965)
Secret Sunshine (Lee, 2007)
A Room With A View (Ivory, 1985)
The Souvenir Part II (Hogg, 2021) by @chas.finster

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