CHICAGO, IL–As FACETS celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025, the iconic Chicago nonprofit art house cinema is unveiling exciting changes, including a new name, a fresh slate of programming and ambitious plans for growth. Known for its pioneering role in international cinema and its world-renowned video library, FACETS is embracing the future while staying true to its mission of

Charles Coleman, Film Program Director of FACETS Cinema, provides us with a list of his favorite films from 2024, which are not selected in order of importance. All We Imagine As Light and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat will be shown at Facets in January, so please check the schedule for playdates and showtimes. La ChimeraFilmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders, Happy as Lazzaro), creates a

FACETS’ Film Program Director, Charles Coleman, provides us a list of his favorite films from 2023. The list, which is not in order of importance, features Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, and Todd Haynes' May December, screening at FACETS this January & February.Fallen Leaves directed by Aki KaurismäkiAward-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Shadows

We may in the final stretch of CICFF39, but the magic isn’t finished yet! There’s still time to have new experiences in both fictional and documentary realities, whether you want to get lost in a brilliantly-written screenplay or learn about a new topic as a family.Our first fully in-person festival since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,

On Tuesday, September 13th, the passing of cinematic icon Jean-Luc Godard was announced. Michael Phillips has a full appreciation published at the Chicago Tribune which includes excerpted words from Charles Coleman, our Film Program Director here at FACETS, among others. Here, we're publishing his full comments to commemorate the life and influence of Godard, someone whose enthusiasm

Since its founding in 1975–whether it be through educational film camps for children or through weekly screenings of classics, indie gems, and more–FACETS aims to help the surrounding community experience cinema as not just entertainment but as a source of education, a lens into another world, or a point of connection.In 1984, FACETS founded the Chicago International