Windy City Double Feature Picture Show

Windy City Double Feature Picture Show

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Windy City Double Feature Picture Show episodes

  • 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.

    2 hr 29 min
  • 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

    2 hr 44 min
  • 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.

    2 hr 17 min
  • 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!

    2 hr 4 min
  • 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!

    1 hr 49 min
  • Little Darlings (1980) + Meatballs (1979)

    Summer's over, but Mike and Adam are going to camp for a double feature of LITTLE DARLINGS (1980) and MEATBALLS (1979) that premiered at the Dolton Theatre on June 27, 1980.

    But they're not going alone, they're bringing along writer, archivist, and pinball wizard, Rachel McPadden for a deep dive into this snobs versus slobs, teen sex farce double!

    2 hr 53 min

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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…