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IOW: Only the Freekin’ best!

Friday, November 5th, 2010

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Let’s take a quick look at the award-winning entries that typified the horrific variety presented at this year’s Freeky Creek Short Film Festival: BEDTIME FOR TIMMY, SIDE EFFECT, and THE WINTER STALKER!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 11.04.2010

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about a George Hickenlooper moment, the Freeky Creek FF that was, the Drunken Zombie FF that will be, the IMC Film Fest yet to come, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

True-to-life films to play DPL

Monday, November 1st, 2010

The Danville Public Library of Danville, IL, has announced the films that will be shown during its “Real Vs. Reel” film series which begins November 8, 2010, with Orson Welles’ CITIZEN KANE.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.28.2010

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about FARM, ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972, “GEEKS AND ZOMBIES,” the Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival, and what movies are now playing/renting near you! Holy guacamole!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.21.2010

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about one more REVOLTING, an Innocent Words DVD drive, a portfolio photo opportunity, a new N-G movie column, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Films to get Freeky at the Creek

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Joe Taylor of Sleepy Creek Vineyards in Fairmount, IL, has announced the entries that will be shown during the Freeky Creek Short Film Festival on October 29-31, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.15.2010

Friday, October 15th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we discuss THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY with Jay Rosenstein, encourage walking, engage in talking, and reveal what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Cautionary health doc to hit Art

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Scientist and author Sandra Steingraber and Toronto filmmaker Chanda Chevannes have scheduled the first stop of their Illinois tour for the new documentary, LIVING DOWNSTREAM, at the Art Theater in Champaign on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.07.2010

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we bitch about unkempt work spaces, we moan about neighbor apathy towards local film, and we tell you what movies are now renting/playing near you!

“Zombie” fest to nosh on Peoria

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Nearly 50 years after H.G. Lewis first proved it, success comes to those indie horror flicks that know how to “bleed in Peoria” when the third annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival tosses cookies on the carpets of The Peoria Theater on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.30.2010

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you where LEADING LADIES and REVOLTING will play soon, how to help Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions make their next short, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.25.2010

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about LEADING LADIES, REVOLTING, FARM, RAGSTONE AVENUE, CONTAGION, THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY, and what movies are now playing/renting near you! Hot damn!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.17.2010

Friday, September 17th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about this week’s AMBER ROSE preview, this weekend’s Route 66 and Latin American film fests, next week’s Freeky Creek deadline, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.10.2010

Friday, September 10th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you what happened to A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, how we upgraded our new YouTube channel, which publications profiled friends of CUBlog, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Multimedia “Home” hits in Sept.

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Military veteran Thomas R. Jones translates his war experiences to the stage in a new multimedia performance called “A Long Way Home” at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in downtown Springfield, IL, running September 10-12, 2010.