Movies in the park are a Chicago summer tradition — we have fond memories back in the day of watching the old “West Side Story” in Grant Park on a projection screen. Now movies are shown on a 40-foot LED display at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, with up-to-date titles like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
This summer’s series, presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, kicks off in July and runs through the recent Academy Award winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the end of August. All movies play Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. (Gates open at 5 p.m., free admission, with entrances at Randolph Street and Monroe Street, more information at chicago.gov).
July 11: “Fast Five” (2011, 130 minutes, PG-13): Set in Rio de Janeiro as part of the “Fast & Furious” cycle.
July 18: “Turning Red” (2022, 100 minutes, PG): Disney’s coming-of-age animated movie is about 13-year-old Meilin and the chaos of adolescence.
July 25: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022, 161 min, PG-13): The sequel to Marvel’s hit finds the nation of Wakanda at a crossroads.
Aug. 1: “Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” (2021, 118 minutes, PG-13): In the summer of 1969, the Harlem Cultural Festival had performances by Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King and others.
Aug. 8: “Clueless” (1995, 97 minutes, PG-13): A totally ’90s update of Jane Austen, starring Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash and Brittany Murphy.
Aug 15: “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022, 130 minutes, PG-13): Tom Cruise is back as the naval aviator who saved cinema last summer. “Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash.”
Aug. 22: “Barbershop” (2002, 102 minutes, PG-13): The classic Chicago comedy is set on a day in the life of a South Side barbershop. Starring Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer.
Aug. 29: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022, 139 minutes, R): Following overworked Evelyn Wang everywhere as her laundromat and her marriage teeter on the brink of collapse.