Windy City Double Feature Picture Show

17/03/2023

It’s Friday, so let’s go to the movies with & as they look back at an AIP counter-culture double of PSYCH-OUT (1968) and the debut of Billy Jack in THE BORN LOSERS (1967) that opened at the Studio Theatre on March 8, 1968.

Listen to this episode from Windy City Double Feature Picture Show on Spotify. This week, Adam and Mike look back at an AIP counter-culture double of PSYCH-OUT (1968) and the debut of Billy Jack in THE BORN LOSERS (1967) that opened at the Studio Theatre on March 8, 1968.

07/03/2023

Chicago’s very own programmer and critic John Dickson joins Adam and Mike as the trio look back at the Clint Eastwood thriller two-fer, PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) and THE BEGUILED (1971) that opened at the Chicago Theatre on March 8, 1972.

Listen to this episode from Windy City Double Feature Picture Show on Spotify. Music Box programmer and critic John Dickson joins Adam and Mike as the trio look back at the Clint Eastwood thriller two-fer, PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) and THE BEGUILED (1971) that opened at the Chicago Theatre on March 8...

16/02/2023

On February 16, 1962 Frank Capra’s A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES and Jean-Luc Goddard’s BREATHLESS opened at Chicago’s Tivoli Theater, once located in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the city.

Revisit this classic episode!

Listen to this episode from Windy City Double Feature Picture Show on Spotify. Chicago film historians Adam Carston and Mike Vanderbilt take their cinematic time machine back to 1962 for some old school Hollywood sentimentality and a shotgun blast of New Wave from France with A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES...

10/02/2023

You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre…on February 10, 1984 you could come to Chicago when PIECES debuted including midnight screenings at the Woods!

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06/01/2023

A different kind of double feature was happening at Chicago and Northwest Indiana Sizzlers on January 6, 1978.

06/01/2023

Season 3 starts here! Mike Vanderbilt & Adam Carston are joined by historian and author Justin Humphries as they look back at the very British double of Ken Russell’s THE BOY FRIEND (1971) & GET CARTER (1971) that opened at Olympic on March 31, 1972.

Listen to this episode from Windy City Double Feature Picture Show on Spotify. Mike and Adam kick off Season 3 with a look back at the very British double feature of Ken Russell's THE BOY FRIEND (1971) and Michael Caine in GET CARTER (1971) that premiered at the Olympic Theater on March 31, 1972. Th...

16/12/2022

On December 16, 1977, the Foxfield Theaters opened up in St. Charles, IL with showings of LED ZEPPELIN’S THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (1976), PETE’S DRAGON (1977), and SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977).

Featuring three screens, the largest auditorium sat 700 moviegoers. Demolished 2015.

09/12/2022

On December 9, 1977 DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977) screened alongside GRIZZLY (1976) around Chicagoland, including the 41 Outdoor Theatre in Hammond, Indiana!

We look back at this William Girdler double on a classic episode.
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