This Week at Facets: June 5-11!

We have a great line-up of features at Facets Cinematheque this week! Sincerely boffo.

Carlos Reygadas' masterpiece Silent Light returns for a special week-long engagement. I don't throw the words "masterpiece" around often, but Reygadas' film deserves it--if anything, for its beautiful six-minute opening shot charting a starry night's slow, multi-hued slip into morning sun.

Not yet convinced? Check the trailer...



Silent Night runs from Friday, June 5th - Thursday, June 11th. Visit the Cinematheque online for further details, tickets and more.

On the wackier side, Facets Night School continues on Saturday, June 6th with Regurgitating a Cult Classic: The Hidden Feasts of Eat the Rich.

Facets staffer Lew Ojeda serves up the revolutionary comedy of bad manners, Eat the Rich--a wild, anarchistic, cannibalistic banquet of buffonery straight from Thatcher's England in the '80s. Fascist ministers, Russian spies, would-be Leftist rebels, inept terrorists and goofy freedom fighters are all skewered in Peter Richardson's hilarious political satire set around a restaurant that serves man...literally! Features appearances by Paul and Linda McCartney, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Lemmy from Motorhead, Koo Stark, Bill Wyman, Jools Holland and Sandie Shaw and music by Motorhead!

Again, trailer time:



The action begins at MIDNIGHT, Saturday June 6th. Lecture, film screening, post-screening discussion, DVD raffle, pre-show grindhouse trailers--all for only $5. Arrive early for a slice of Lew's special cake!

Visit Facets Night School online for further details, tickets and more!

Coming next week: The 7th Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival!

See you there!


- Phil Morehart