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Select movie listings for May 30-June 5, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

Will LIFE ITSELF be one of the rare breakout documentary hits at the box office? Who can say! At least we finally know when we can see it again in Champaign-Urbana after it stunned the Roger Ebert faithful on opening night of “Ebertfest” 2014…

Select movie listings for May 23-29, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! GO GO GODZILLA!!!

We worked on it. Really, we did! Our summer non-vacation now springs to life as we move to finish C-U Confidential Issue 8. Will you be moved enough to advertise in our Little Film Digest That Could?

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at Shatterglass Studios near downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Focus will be on useful pre-production skills and Pens to Lens film projects.

In this edition of “The Double Life of a Cinéaste,” author Tyler Tharpe rejoices as he discovers first-run 35mm prints are still available despite the threat of digital conversion perpetuated by the exhibition industry.

Sometimes it is imperative to discuss the nitty gritty concerning Champaign-Urbana movies, including production costs. Today, we take a brief look at the crowdsource campaigns for LOWLIFES, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s, and THE GARDEN OF CHLOE.

Select movie listings for May 16-22, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! GO GO GODZILLA!!!

Select movie listings for May 9-15, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Select movie listings for May 2-8, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

It’s been a few years, but Champaign-Urbana will play host this summer to a film production that didn’t originate here. Read on for our first thoughts about Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones, and FOOD. (P.S. They’re casting, too!)