C-U Blogfidential

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about our brand-new YouTube channel, the wrap of MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELLER, a NCSA opportunity for students, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about the doings of Dark Maze Studios, a South Africa documentary project, the boom and bust of Bloomington-Normal theaters, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about future plans for REVOLTING, the next Champaign Movie Makers meeting, unhappy Lorraine Theater news, a new IFV Web site, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about first-time showings of WEREWOLF CEMETERY IV, REVOLTING, and ONE ROACH FOR SEAMUS along with an MTV casting call, award-winning spec spots, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about opportunities on Dreamscape’s MY DOG, THE SPACE TRAVELER, a video job at The217.com, the schedule for the Route 66 Film Festival, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In the premiere of C-U Blogfidential’s new all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about a Chicago benefit for the B-N indie USING, the 21 Film Project contest, the public I article about local film fests, an orphaned local film DVD, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

We finally hear the clik-clak of deadly STILETTOS courtesy of Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, beginning with an on-line trailer that recently appeared without warning.

Decatur area native and former Champaign resident Alaric Rocha returns downstate this weekend to shoot his latest short film, WINTER IN LOUISIANA.

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the M2 Building in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, December 22, 2009.

The DVD release for the production A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, filmed on the University of Illinois campus in the spring of 2009 by current and former UIUC students, has been pushed back to the spring of 2010.

Dark Maze Studios of Champaign, IL, announces several developments including the on-line release of the PRESS START ADVENTURES Holiday Special, the upcoming series SPACE NINJA, and the opening of their Cafe Press shop!

Dark Maze Studios of Champaign, IL, reveals their first teaser poster for PRESS START 2 CONTINUE, which is currently in production.

You’ve heard of speed dating, yes? Well, then, how about an exciting round of “speed casting” for the indie film FINDING VIRGINIA, starting at 5 p.m. today, Friday, October 16, 2009, at the Capital Area Career Center in Springfield, IL? Madness!

Thomas C. Card and Pounded Pavement Productions need to find a few good film people for before and behind the camera. Christopher DeSouza and Next Process Films need to find a few good film people for behind and (presumably) in front of the camera. Your humble editor and C-U Blogfidential suggest that you investigate their needs.

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Premonition Pictures movie, A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, coming to DVD on December 16, 2009, after being completely shot in Champaign-Urbana earlier this year.