Elgin Cinema News Today

The soundtracks to Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘El Topo’ and ‘The Holy Mountain’ are a perfect accompaniment to the films.

Here’s what else happened in Chicago and around Illinois in coronavirus-related news. News Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times A new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus has made its way to Illinois. The city and state health departments announced Friday the first Illinois case of the strain initially identified in the United Kingdom. Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine identified the case “through sequencing analysis of a specimen from bio-banked samples” of positive ...

Google Maps Two suburban movie theaters are reopening seemingly in defiance of a state order that closed theaters across Illinois months ago due to the growing number of coronavirus cases in Illinois. “The wait is finally over! Our doors open back up Friday afternoon!,” Marcus Elgin Cinema, 111 S. Randall Rd., posted on its Facebook page before listing the do’s and don’ts of visiting in person. Joining Elgin Cinema in reopening is Marcus Addison Cinema, 1555 W. Lake St. in Addison, as w...