C-U Blogfidential

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!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: In this second of three installments featuring images culled from our archives pertaining to the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond, we highlight (mostly older) random activity!

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!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Ah, the ephemera of the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond we sometimes forget we have… In this first of three installments featuring images culled from our archives, student bodies of area colleges represent!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we give props to CUBlog & CUZine contributors past, wish out loud for future contributors to make themselves known to us, and reveal much movie-related opportunity brewing near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Although media activists Stephanie Stean and Paul Holze have relocated from the C-U to Tucson, Arizona, we’re updating the status of their life-in-South Africa documentary, THE STORY OF HAPPINESS, including what it has to do with YouTube’s push to propagate original content! Also, we like them lots, so just try and stop us.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we highly suggest that you appear in a robot movie, take a photo class in Iceland, help a design firm shoot green screen, camp out at a UI movie marathon, and patronize the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we think you should applaud LEADING LADIES, attend FALLING UP, try out for the Indy/C-U indie, apply for a video editing job, and soak up as many of the movies now playing/renting near you as possible!

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest wraps up with a brand-new conclusion as editor Jason Pankoke tells you why C-U Blogfidential willingly abstained from taking in Roger Ebert’s Film Festival last week.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest continues as editor Jason Pankoke speaks to us from 10 years ago! In this sixth entry, he checks out non-festival films CHEMISTRY 101, SHOT, and SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE while everyone else loves EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest continues as editor Jason Pankoke speaks to us from 10 years ago! In this fifth entry, he lives life ON THE ROPES by also entertaining Mark Borchardt and several University of Illinois students.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest continues as editor Jason Pankoke speaks to us from 10 years ago! In this fourth entry, he makes a day of it by screening PANIC, GIRL ON THE BRIDGE, NOSFERATU, and 3 WOMEN.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest continues as editor Jason Pankoke speaks to us from 10 years ago! In this third entry, he admires MARYAM and SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR while taking care of business during STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES and SUCH A LONG JOURNEY.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest continues as editor Jason Pankoke speaks to us from 10 years ago! In this second entry, he hustles to keep up MICRO-FILM appearances and sits in on 2001’s final act.

Our exclusive EbertFlashBackFest begins with a brand-new introduction as editor Jason Pankoke hints at a detached yet symbiotic relationship between C-U Blogfidential and Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, illustrated to a degree by his Ebertfest experiences from 10 years ago.