Facets Cinematheque News Today

In early 2019 Facets founder Milos Stehlik was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Now he takes stock of his legacy and the evolution of the medium he loves

Now streaming on: Im pretty much paraded out. The high point for me was the Fourth of July 25 years ago in Three Oaks, Mich., where Shriners performed an intricate choreography while riding their power mowers. But I now believe Philadelphias Mummers Parade must be worth attending every year. The marchers arent hauling ads for Pepsi or anchoring giant inflated Ronald McDonald balloons. They march because of fierce generational pride. This I learn from Tom Quinns "The New Year Parade," an appeali...

Theres an opening overhead shot of the Brazilian rain forest, dense and limitless. As a tourist boat slides along a river, indigenous tribesmen materialize on the banks to regard it reproachfully. They hold bows and arrows and dont seem fond of these visitors. But hold on; one of the young men has a layered haircut with a blond top. As recently as the 1970s, when Herzog filmed "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" in such a forest, these Indians would have been "real." But the time is the present, and th...