Pather Panchali
Wednesday, July 1
Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955) arrives in our ESSENTIALS series as one of the most luminous and influential debuts in cinema history—free for FACETS members.
Jawbreaker (Chicago Premiere)
Thursday, July 2
Optical Noise presents the defining documentary about the legendary Swedish punk band Anti-Cimex followed by a live performance by the band WARFILTH.
All Cats, All Night Pt. II
Thursday, July 9
One of Anime Club’s most memorable nights returns with a new lineup of surprises for a members and series pass holder-exclusive celebration of anime's greatest feline icons, oddballs, and existential weirdos.
Anything That Moves
Friday, July 10
A Chicago bike-courier and sex worker finds himself the primary suspect when his customers begin turning up murdered. Followed by Q&A with writer/director Alex Phillips.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Friday, July 10
A Chicago bike-courier and sex worker finds himself the primary suspect when his customers begin turning up murdered. Followed by Q&A with writer/director Alex Phillips.
Nuestra Tierra (Our Land)
July 11-19
The first feature-length documentary from acclaimed Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel, Nuestra Tierra (Our Land) uses the death of an indigenous leader to take a cold, hard look at the racist foundations on which her country has been built.
Blue Heron
July 11-19
Described by writer-director Sophy Romvari as her attempt to "capture just how fallible memory is," her feature film debut Blue Heron pushes the boundaries of temporal filmmaking as it traces both a fissure point for a fragile family and the ultimate strength of the ties that bind.
Mother Mary
July 12-19
Not a ghost story or a love story, but certainly residing in that realm, Mother Mary, David Lowery's latest cinematic conjuring, combines his fascination with obsession, desire, and the supernatural with the opulent, cruel, and isolating world of modern pop idolatry.
Anime Club Presents 2026
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Summer Wars
Saturday, July 11
Kicking off the 5th annual Anime Club Presents series is one of the most requested films in the club's history: Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars, finally making its way to the FACETS screen.
a temple of great cinema
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A film screening to an empty cinema is high parody.
An ironic stab at humanity’s ultimate populist artform.
Cinema needs an audience to live.
A community to sustain itself.
Drawing power from our collective witnessing.
Our collective processing.
Bringing new life into being.
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