Celebrating Film Icon Milos Stehlik
On July 6, 2019, FACETS’ founder, Milos Stehlik, passed away after a six-month battle with lung cancer. His legacy will forever impact film culture in Chicago and beyond.Founder and director of FACETS, Milos Stehlk, legacy left far reaching changes
Revolution is Reborn in Electra My Love
Made up of only twelve very long takes, Miklós Jancsó’s film transforms a classic myth into a powerful political fable. Miklós Jancsó’s Electra, My Love (1974) is very much a film of its time, an artistic reaction to Soviet oppression in the years
Raymundo Gleyzer: A Revolutionary Filmmaker and the Revolution
Raymundo Gleyzer attacked the authoritarian Argentinean government with revolutionary cinema. “I don’t believe in revolutionary cinema. I believe firmly in the revolution.” Here we have, in writing, the artistic philosophy of radical Third Cinema pioneer Raymundo Gleyzer. The Argentinean filmmaker spent his career telling stories
The Mountains and Memoirs of Luc Moullet
The Sieges of Alcazar and The Man of the Badlands bookend the fascinating career of Luc Moullet. Though he may be one of the less-decorated foot soldiers of the French New Wave, Luc Moullet is an integral member of that legendary legion of artists.
Lessons From Local Filmmakers
As an aspiring filmmaker, you can learn a lot from these iconic local artists.We tend to think of filmmaking as something exclusive to Hollywood. But plenty of directors from the Chicago area have made their best work while living in
Rama Burshtein’s Real Religious Women
Fill the Void depicts the Chassidic world from a female perspective with sensitivity and artistry. Orthodox Judaism is typically represented in cinema one of three ways: There’s the “Yentl” approach, in which the Orthodox world remains frozen in Old Country Shtetlach even as their
Four Ways That You’re Already a Filmmaker
So, kid, you want to be a filmmaker? Well, it looks like you might be one already.Filmmaking can seem like an unreachable profession when you’re miles away from Hollywood, without thousand dollar equipment. But with the help of modern technology,
The Favourite, Lesbian Representation, and the Male Gaze
The Favourite is one of the least sexy films ever made about lesbian relationships. And somehow, it’s directed by a man. Last week, The Favourite (2018) was nominated for ten Academy Awards. It’s an excellent film that certainly deserves the awards and press. It is also
A Woman Without Love: The Early Promise of an Iconic Auteur
More than a decade prior to the release of Belle de Jour, Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel directed this Mexican melodrama about the effects of infidelity on a family. https://youtu.be/KvhiILFqGJMAt first it may not seem as if there is much that distinguishes
Director Oleg Sentsov is a Hostage of Putin Regime
The World Cup in Russia has brought attention to injustices in the film world. Milos Stehlik discusses the case of a director imprisoned since 2014 under false pretenses in Russia. In a recent interview Facets founder and artistic director Milos Stehlik