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Facets Night School returns with ten wild new lectures! The summer 2010 session has a twist, though--the lectures will be delivered by guest hosts, as opposed to Facets' staff. All are friends of Facets, Night School regulars, local filmmakers, scholars and more--each eager to contribute to the Night School action!
Saturday, June 5 - Pam Grier, Switchblade Sisters & Spider Babies:An Introduction to Jack Hill
Film writer Jason Coffman examines the weird horror comedy Spider Baby
Saturday, June 12 - The Good, the Bad and the Django
Writer Michelle Zaladonis dives into the underrated spaghetti western Django
Saturday, June 19 - Mourning into Dancing:From Queen of the Weepies to Icon of Screwball Comedy
Film scholar Steven Reginald looks at the classic screwball comedy Theodora Goes Wild
Saturday, June 26 - Advertising, Wonder Foods & Other Nasty Businesses:The Stuff Behind The Stuff
Filmmaker Maria Gigante dissects the media manipulations of The Stuff
Saturday, July 3 - We're OFF for the holiday! Careful with those fireworks.
Saturday, July 10 - Neverseen: The Mystery at the Center of Teeth
Louisville arts/film programmer Tracy Heightchew chews on the teenage body-horror of Teeth
Saturday, July 17 - Open the Gate: Heavy Metal as a Gateway to Ritual and the Satanic Panic in The Gate
Musician/film scholar Terrence Hannum opens the secrets of The Gate
Saturday, July 24 - Slightly Scarlet: My Sister Is a Kleptomaniac
Projectionist Julian Antos reflects on the underrated noir of Slightly Scarlet
Saturday, July 31 - Reform School Girls:Frivolous, or Meditation on Modern Correctional Challenges?
Attorney Katherine Anthony puts the lock-down on the wild women-in-prison flick Reform School Girls
Saturday, August 7 - "A Self-Caressing Twerp of Dubious Provenance":The Agony and Ecstasy of Prince's Under the Cherry Moon
Music writer/studio engineer Andrew Horton makes a case for Prince's much-maligned musical Under the Cherry Moon
Saturday, August 14 - My Cat Could Eat a Whole Watermelon: On the Road with Rubin and Ed
Video artist/DePaul media instructor Sharon Mooney looks inside the warped buddy/road-trip film Rubin and Ed
Each student receives an educational packet for the films full of notes, essays, articles, a bibliography for further reading and more with admission. DVD give-aways and pre-class grindhouse trailers round out the night! All classes are held at Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago IL.
For details, additional info and more, visit: http://www.facets.org/pages/nightschool.php |
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