C-U Blogfidential

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s NEW all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about Dreamscape Cinema budget fundraising, Nina Paley surprises, and the 75th birthday of the Normal Theater!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Disenfranchisement leads to self-empowerment as the fictional grandson of Eugene V. Debs goes up against a nemesis in an Indiana political race in THE DRUNK, a Midwest-filmed indie from Tanoos Fleschner Pictures.

In the first edition of C-U Blogfidential’s NEW all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about Shatterglass Studios achievements, Sine Fine Films activity, “Cinema-Scoping” resurrection, and the Roger Ebert documentary!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The music keeps on playing as area filmmaker Bob Zimmerman readies what may be the first-ever full-length documentary on Champaign-Urbana rock musicians, OUT OF NOWHERE!

In this edition of “The Double Life of a Cinéaste,” author Tyler Tharpe wonders if vibrant digital bits and rumored economic savings will unceremoniously steal him away from analog celluloid as his filmmaking medium of choice.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we offer you Holiday Movie Gift Advice (TM) free of charge, bestow upon you several intriguing links for a song, and suggest to you many reasonably priced movies now playing and renting!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we direct your attention towards ROAD film work, point you to a cry for help from the Onarga Theater, and press “auto shuffle” on our list of movies now playing/renting near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Dark Maze Studios of Champaign lives by the sword of the ninja in one current series, SPACE NINJA, and one upcoming, NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, while exploring remakesploitation of Peckinpah in a new DEJA VIEW. Whew!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” the rebirth of MICRO-FILM News Blog moves up, the publication of C-U Confidential ’99 moves back, filming begins on THE HAUNTED HOUSE, and movies continue to play/rent near you!

As part of our reminder that the DVD edition of LEADING LADIES is available as of today, Tuesday, September 13, 2011, we reproduce an update provided by the film’s producers describing the project’s milestone moments so far. Enjoy!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” “The Short Form” becomes a bit longer as the action kicks up a notch in the C-U including a notable passing, an impending festival, awards nominations, and the movies now playing/renting near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Once upon a time in 2010, Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions of Champaign produced a comedy-action short called ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972 which eventually gave birth to ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1973 not too long ago in 2011. Got it? Good.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we share LEADING LADIES DVD news, hint at a new Heroic Age in local movie-making, trust NCSA to depict THE TREE OF LIFE truthfully, and horde the titles of movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we hook you up with THE DRUNK, press you to feel the PARANOIA, beg you to raid your closet for Seventies threads, and hope you pay mind to all the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we unearth a COMMUNIST plot, find a good reason to JUMP IN, improvise a CHARLESTON happy dance, introduce new film fest possibilities, and relish the movies now playing/renting near you!