In case you missed it, I’m guest programming the Must-Watch Indies series at FACETS in Chicago starting in April! Each month I’ll be programming 2-3 contemporary independent films that are singular works made outside the Hollywood studio system. My first slate of films starts screening on April 11th! I’m also excited to announce we’ve got some guests confirmed for a few of the screenings!

💦 Co-presented by Cinema Femme, Kristen Stewart’s visceral adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, which features striking performances from Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, and Kim Gordon, screens Saturday April 11th with a post-screening conversation between me and Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, Saturday April 18th, Sunday April 19th, and Thursday April 23rd. Tickets and Showtimes: facets.org/programs/the…

📹 CHICAGO PREMIERE!!! From the filmmakers behind Boys State (2020) and Girls State (2024), Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s fiercely political documentary TEENAGE WASTELAND about civic corruption, teenage gumption, and the legacies we leave behind us, will make its Chicago debut on Sunday April 12th, and also screens Saturday April 18th and Sunday April 19th. Tickets and Showtimes: facets.org/programs/tee…

🕹️ From the co-director of Strawberry Mansion (2021), Albert Birney’s lo-fi fantasy horror sci-fi adventure OBEX is an ode to the analogue days before the internet and a comedic clarion call about the dangers of letting screen life become our only life. The film screens Saturday April 11th, Sunday April 19th, and Thursday April 23rd featuring a post-screening Q&A with co-writer, producer, and DP Pete Ohs! Tickets and Showtimes: facets.org/programs/obex