FACETS

⏰ Film Trivia is TOMORROW! ⏰

Join us at 4pm for an afternoon of cinematic competition featuring categories on low-budget success stories, iconic Letterboxd reviews, screen legend Joan Crawford, and drag in film.

Study up, assemble your team, or just show up ready to guess!

🎹💔 THE PIANO TEACHER (2001) - 25th Anniversary Screening - Friday, June 26

Twenty-five years later, Michael Haneke's adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek's novel remains one of the most provocative, influential, and psychologically devastating films of the 21st century. Anchored by Isabelle Huppert's fearless Cannes-winning performance, THE PIANO TEACHER continues to challenge, disturb, and inspire audiences and filmmakers alike.

Tickets are selling fast for this special anniversary screening. We'll also have exclusive shirts by .hohman available at the event.

🎟️ $14 single | $20 double feature with AUDITION (1999) — tickets in our 🔗🔝

🎬 Sunday’s Best returns to FACETS on Sunday, June 28!

Curated by Tyler Michael Balentine, this ongoing series spotlights Chicago’s Black filmmakers through an afternoon of shorts, conversation, and community.

1:00 PM - Films by Muffy Film Productions
4:00 PM - Films by Sanicole
6:30 PM - Films by Harvey Pullings II

Each screening includes a special introduction and post-show Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $14 general, $10 members, or get an all-access pass for $30!
🎟️ https://facets.org/programs/tyler-michael-balentine-presents-sundays-best-june-2026/

🚨 ANIME CLUB PRESENTS RETURNS JULY 9–26 🚨

Our 5th annual celebration of anime visionaries, cult favorites, and boundary-pushing Japanese cinema is bigger than ever - spilling beyond Anime Club and taking over TWO of our monthly series with special editions of Cold Sweat and Family Sundays.

🐱 July 9 – ALL CATS, ALL NIGHT! Pt. II (Members & Pass Holders Only)
🌐 July 11 – SUMMER WARS + WOLF CHILDREN
🐐 July 17 – Cold Sweat: MYSTERY MIIKE NIGHT
🎸 July 18 – TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE + LINDA LINDA LINDA
📺 July 25 – PERFECT BLUE + Intro by Cat Voleur / EGG / PULSE
🐟 July 26 – PONYO + Animation Lab

Tickets & passes: https://facets.org/programs/anime-club-presents-2026/

Just Announced: OPTICAL NOISE July-September 🚨

Friday, July 10
🔪 I’M GOING TO KILL YOU: ALEX PHILLIPS’S MOVIES w/ filmmaker **kpuke
in person

Thursday, August 14
💔 REVISITING DESIRE: A BETH B RETROSPECTIVE + video Q&A w/ filmmaker

Thursday, September 11
⚖️ THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR + PUNISHMENT PARK

🎟️ $14 single | $20 double feature — tickets in our 🔗🔝

The rest of the ESSENTIALS lineup is here 🎥✨

Our new series dedicated to the films that shaped cinema continues through the end of the year, bringing some of the most beloved, influential, and transformative works ever made back to the big screen—free for FACETS members.

7/1 - PATHER PANCHAL (1955)
8/5 - TOKYO STORY (1953)
9/2 - CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (1974)
10/7 - ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (1974)
11/4 - JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975)

And we're not done yet—the final ESSENTIALS screening of the year will be selected by audience vote! 🎟️🎟️🎟️ in 🔗🔝

🎶 Celebrate the legends who changed music forever at the ADIFF Chicago 2026 Black Music Program on Saturday, June 6.

Travel through the history of Black music with three unforgettable films:
1:00 PM – ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958) – Featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, and Ella Fitzgerald in a tribute to blues pioneer W.C. Handy
3:00 PM – TEDDY PENDERGRASS: IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME (2018) – The Chicago Premiere of this documentary chronicling the triumphs and challenges of the iconic R&B star
5:00 PM – THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS SCOTT (2025) – The Emmy-nominated documentary about jazz virtuoso, activist, and Hollywood trailblazer Hazel Scott, featuring a Q&A with the director

A powerful day of music, history, and the artists whose influence continues to resonate around the world. 🎟️ https://facets.org/programs/the-disappearance-of-miss-scott/

This Wednesday, June 3rd ESSENTIALS continues with one of the most influential political films ever made.

Gillo Pontecorvo's THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) remains a thrilling, urgent, and astonishingly modern work, blurring the line between documentary and fiction to recreate the Algerian struggle for independence with unmatched immediacy.

The film also holds a special place in FACETS history. As Board Member David Edelberg recalls:

“You needed to be there. Inside an abandoned church... we sat on seriously uncomfortable rock hard backless wooden benches and watched this very first Facets film. Projected onto (as I remember) a king size bed sheet... by a very young Milos Stehlik...”

🎟️ Free for FACETS members
🎟️ Tickets available for the public: https://facets.org/programs/the-battle-of-algiers/