Windy City Double Feature Picture Show

Michael Vanderbilt
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Film historians Mike Vanderbilt and Adam Carston look back at the rich history of the double feature from a very Chicago point of view, exploring not only the history of the films but the stories of the theaters that screened them.

  1. 03/17/2023

    Psych-Out (1968) + The Born Losers (1967)

    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.

    1h 52m

  2. 03/06/2023

    Play Misty For Me (1971) + The Beguiled (1971)

    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.

    2h 28m

  3. 02/17/2023

    Rififi (1955) + Diabolique (1955)

    This week we look back at a double feature of two iconic French thrillers, Jules Dassin's RIFIFI and DIABOLIQUE that opened at the Carnegie on February 15, 1957.

    1h 59m

  4. 01/21/2023

    Time Bandits + Time Walker + The Sword & The Sorcerer

    Adam and Mike take on their first triple feature the fantasy trifecta of Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS (1981), the star mummy midnight movie TIME WALKER (1982), and Albert Pyun's barbarian-sploitation epic THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER (1982) that opened at the Devon Theatre on January 14, 1983

    2h 44m

  5. 01/06/2023

    The Boy Friend (1971) + Get Carter (1971)

    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. They're joined by historian, author, raconteur, and returning champion, Justin Humphries.

    2h 17m

  6. 11/29/2022

    Kansas City Confidential (1952) + The Lusty Men (1952)

    This week, Adam and Mike are celebrating Noirvember with a terrific cops, robbers, and cowboys double feature of KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952) and Robert Mitchum and Susan Heywood in THE LUSTY MEN (1952), the former of which had its world premiere in Chicago seventy years ago this month!

    2h 4m

  7. 11/04/2022

    Day Of The Animals (1977)+Grizzly (1976)

    This week, Mike and Adam look back at the William Girdler "when animals attack double" of DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977) and GRIZZLY (1976) that opened at the 41 Outdoor Theater on December 9, 1977.

    1h 52m

  8. 10/05/2022

    Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966) + Plague Of The Zombies (1966)

    It's our annual Music Box Of Horrors episode! This year, we are bringing a Hammer horror double feature to Chicago's Music Box Theatre with DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS and PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES which originally played Chicago at the Capitol Theatre on the south side, complete with a giveaway of Dracula fangs and zombie eyes!

    1h 49m
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Film historians Mike Vanderbilt and Adam Carston look back at the rich history of the double feature from a very Chicago point of view, exploring not only the history of the films but the stories of the theaters that screened them.

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