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January 17, 2024
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FACETS ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY PROGRAMS FEATURING ANIME CLUB, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA!, & TRIVIA NIGHT SCREENINGS
Press Release
CHICAGO—FACETS is excited to announce more February 2024 special programming featuring Anime Club & SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! double features, and a Film Trivia screening. Thursday, February 8, Anime Club hosts a members only screening of Adolescence of Utena (1999) and Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993). On Friday, February 16, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! presents a double feature of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992). Closing out the month on Thursday, February 29, FACETS Film Trivia returns with an after-trivia screening of The Love Witch (2016). Tickets are $12 /single ticket & $15 /double feature ticket, with FACETS Members saving 15% on all ticket levels.
Full descriptions, synopses, trailers, and ticketing can be found on FACETS’ website here.
FACETS ANIME CLUB – MAGICAL GIRL NIGHT!
Thursday, February 8, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
On Thursday, February 8, FACETS Anime Club presents a members only double feature of Kunihiko Ikuhara’s iconic entries in the “Magical Girl” subgenre based on beloved TV series, Adolescence of Utena (1999) and Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993).
We’ll be running drink specials raffling off a special event poster and curated anime prizes. Hang out in The Studio before after the screenings to chat about the films, watch some OVAs and let us know what other anime you’d like to see on the big screen.
DOUBLE FEATURE SCHEDULE
Adolescence of Utena – Thursday, February 8, 7:00 pm
Sailor Moon R: The Movie – Thursday, February 8, 9:00pm
MONTHLY ANIME CLUB
This Film Club Member ($15 /month or $150 /year) exclusive perk includes 2 free tickets to our monthly screening series that encourages community building and discussion around all things anime. Become a member today to join a community of cinephiles with exclusive access to rare, hard-to-find films and be the first to know about to all FACETS anime-related programming.
SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! – MIRANDA + LAURA
Friday, February 16, 7:00pm & 9:30pm
Friday, February 16, 2024, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! presents a post-Valentine’s double feature of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) at 7pm and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) at 9:30pm exploring the sister locations of Hanging Rock and Twin Peaks and the kindred spirits of Miranda St. Clare and Laura Palmer.
We’ll have Victorian Lemonade and damn fine cherry pie for sale at our concession stand, a Black Lodge photo booth with red curtains and zig-zag flooring, a mini horror pop-up market with spooky gifts for you and yours, and fantastic giveaways before both screenings!
Picnic at Hanging Rock and Twin Peaks share themes of love and heartbreak, the quaintness of small-town life, wonder and terror evoked by the natural world, touches of the surreal and the supernatural, sexuality ripe for queer interpretation, and the disappearance or death of a teenage girl who is angelic in the minds of the characters who remember her. Watching these powerful psychological horror films side by side, you’ll suspect David Lynch and Mark Frost took the long tour of Hanging Rock before founding Twin Peaks.
A meditation on innocence, loss, and the inquisitive mind, Picnic at Hanging Rock begins with the exchange of Valentine’s Day cards at an Australian boarding school for girls in 1900. The girls venture to a labyrinthine geological formation known as Hanging Rock, and a few of them disappear into the landscape without a trace. Companion to Hanging Rock is Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, rooted in a similar mystery, the question of who killed homecoming queen Laura Palmer. This prequel film is a deluge of horrifying answers that places Laura (heart locket and all) at the center of the story in depiction of her final days.
This screening is sponsored by House of Monsters and programmed by John McDevitt, FACETS’ Community Engagement Manager.
DOUBLE FEATURE SCHEDULE
Picnic at Hanging Rock – Friday, February 16, 7:00 pm
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Friday, February 16, 9:30pm
THE LOVE WITCH – TRIVIA NIGHT SCREENING
Thursday, February 29, 9:00pm
FACETS Film Trivia is back with our classic brand of infotainment quiz show fun, followed up by an after-trivia screening of Anna Biller’s tribute to 1960’s Technicolor thrillers, The Love Witch (2016).
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
TRIVIA NIGHT SCHEDULE
Free Film Trivia – Thursday, February 29, 7:00 pm
The Love Witch – Thursday, February 29 9:00pm
MONTHLY FILM TRIVIA
Join fellow cinephiles in FACETS‘ lounge every last Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm for a free Film Trivia night. Test your film knowledge against your friends & fellow cinephiles for both bragging rights and take-home prizes. Questions from the arthouse to the multiplex. From current cinema news to the nitrate nights of yesteryear. We’re here to push your brain ’til the celluloid snaps. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s trivia at 24 frames a second.
Follow us on Instagram (@facetsfilmtrivia) for trivia clues & news!
FACETS Memberships
Become a FACETS Member today to receive free cinema tickets, exclusive access to FACETS Anime Club, special discounts, including up to 15% on all purchases and exclusive access to the organization’s video rental catalog of hard-to-find Blu-rays, DVDs, and VHS tapes. Learn about our membership tiers and sign up today at www.facets.org/members.
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About FACETS
Established in 1975, FACETS expands perspectives and affirms a shared humanity through inclusive engagement with film. FACETS‘ mission is to create cinematic experiences for youth and adults that foster vital conversations and community action through film exhibitions, media education, and film resources. Learn more at facets.org
FACETS presents the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), the largest children’s film festival in the world and an Oscar®-qualifying children’s film festival. Learn more at facets.org/cicff