Facets' Daily Find

Fight (or wallow in) the post-holiday blues with a stunning clip from Bela Tarr's Damnation.

Facets' Daily Find

The fingers. They hypnotize.

Facets' Daily Find

A short from the Czech Republic for the holiday travelers: Cesky Den, directed by Genevieve Bailey!

Programming the Perfect Christmas Marathon

Looking for new blood to spice up your Christmas movie marathon? Then head over to The Onion A.V. Club, where Facets Cinematheque Program Director Charles Coleman and Facets Editor Phil Morehart recommend a bevy of holiday weirdies and obscurities, from Santa-infused Martian adventures and holiday bombs starring Hulk Hogan to wintery superhero adventures and differing takes on Dickens' classic!

Facets' Daily Find

Space Nazis attack! In 2018!

Facets Features' Daily Find

Mad hours are spent at Facets Features headquarters scouring the web's nooks, crannies and deep recesses for interesting shorts, movie trailers and tidbits of cinemania. We do this out of extreme wanderlust, curiosity, and a sadistic desire to crack each other up. Now it's time for you, dear readers, to join the action.

Visit Facets Features every day for a new clip. We hope to regale with all sorts of awesomeness--interesting shorts from around the world, must-see trailers, oddball Youtube clips, rare archival footage from cinema past and more!

Let's start the action all adorable-like with a clip of actor Brian Cox (Manhunter, Zodiac, Troy) teaching his toddler the finer points of the Bard's best.


-Phil Morehart

Help Hallie figure out what happened at the end of Swimming Pool.

Last night I indulged in Ozon's beautiful film that's gained notoriety for its steamy sex scenes and mysterious ending. I'm all for ambiguity in the final moments of film— in fact, it is the mark of some of my all time favorite movies. (Rosemary's Baby, Adaptation, Blow-Up) However, the ending of Swimming Pool has me completely stumped and frustrated.

Was Julie an impostor or a hallucination? Was Sarah's novel inspired by her or did it create her? No explanation seems to adequately suit the haunting finale, so I'd like to reach out to you. Offer up your ideas and interpretations, and help me figure out what the hell I just watched!


-Hallie