C-U Blogfidential

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE and STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP will spook patrons of the Avon Theatre in downtown Decatur, IL, on Friday, January 19, 2006, beginning at 10:30 p.m.

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

Classic and contemporary Hollywood will continue lighting up the silver screen of the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign thanks to the News-Gazette’s on-going Film Series.

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

The Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana, IL, hosts this year’s Mongoose Productions festival on Saturday, November 25, 2006, at 8 p.m.

Coming Soon: “Hitchcock Movies-Part Two” film class at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (11/16/06-???), THE HEART OF THE GAME at the Normal Theater, Normal, IL (11/16-19/06), After Dark Horrorfest at the Beverly Cinemas, Champaign, IL (11/17-21/06), UMRAO JAAN at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/18-19/06), and the re-opening of the Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL (11/22/06).

MERRY CHRISTMAS!, the current project from Champaign’s Blue Bassoon Pictures, will premiere on Sunday, December 17, 2006, 5 p.m., in the University of Illinois’ Lincoln Hall Theater.

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

Coming Soon: Negativland’s “It’s All In Your Head FM” at OPENSOURCE Art, Champaign, IL (11/3/06), DON at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/4-5/06), and filmmaker Tony Palmer speaking at the School of Music, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/6/06).

Festival passes for the next Overlooked Film Festival, taking place at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on April 25-29, 2007, go on sale today!

MICRO-FILM scares up yet another MICRO-FILM Movie Show! This time, we present a horror double-bill featuring DRAWING BLOOD and SEX MACHINE at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s in Champaign, IL, on Saturday, October 28, 2006.

Tonight, October 20, 2006, 9 p.m., The Highdive in downtown Champaign hosts a free concert by local band JigGsaw that will be videotaped for future release, while LIX presents a midnight revival of AMERICAN PSYCHO a few blocks away at Boardman’s Art Theatre.

Coming Soon: Tournees French Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/13-19/06), Brainsmart Productions Film Festival at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, Champaign, IL (10/15-16/06), Human Rights Film Festival at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (10/19-26/06), and THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY at the Natural History Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/27/06).

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, October 4, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

Coming Soon: LAGE RAHO MUNNA BHAI at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (9/23-24/06), the Manhattan Short Film Fest at the Normal Theatre, Normal, IL (9/23/06), DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (1920) also at the Normal Theatre (9/28/06), and several Luis Bunuel films at the Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL (9/28/06, 10/19/06).