FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2024
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Paul Gonter, paul@facets.org
FACETS ANNOUNCES MAY TRIVIA NIGHT SCREENING
Press Release
CHICAGO—FACETS is thrilled to announce the upcoming Film Trivia Night screening coming up on Thursday, May 30. Martin Scorsese’s 1985 comedy After Hours screens at 9pm after Film Trivia, presented by CineRomero productions. Trivia is free to attend, and screening tickets are $12 /General Admission & $10 /FACETS Members.
Full descriptions, synopses, trailers, and ticketing can be found on FACETS’ website here.
AFTER HOURS – TRIVIA NIGHT SCREENING
Thursday, May 30
FACETS Film Trivia is back at 7pm on Thursday, May 30th with our classic brand of infotainment quiz show fun, followed up by a very special after-trivia screening of Martin Scorsese’s underrated 1985 comedy After Hours at 9pm.
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight—pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home.
With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese—abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard—directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. (Criterion)
Film Trivia takes place in the FACETS Lounge and is programmed by CineRomero Productions.
Film Information
Directed by Martin Scorsese, USA, 1985, Blu-ray, 97 mins.
TRIVIA NIGHT SCHEDULE
Free Film Trivia – Thursday, May 30, 7:00 pm
After Hours – Thursday, May 30, 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