The School for Designing a Society in Urbana will host its first-ever Interdependent Film Festival beginning tonight, Thursday, July 31, 2014,at the Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana, featuring the work of local women filmmakers.
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Select movie listings for July 25-31, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Today, PDF stands for “pretty darn fascinating” as we point you towards a free ePDF promotion of film book publisher Michael Wiese’s unorthodox autobiography, “Onward & Upward.” You can read, dearest readers, can you not?
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From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: “They may not look like much, but they’ve got it where it counts, kid.” ~ Han Solo on the new Third Stone gag video promoting this year’s Red Hot Summerfest at Cowboy Monkey and SOMA Ultralounge
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Select movie listings for July 18-24, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the third filing, Sierra Marcum empathizes with a young Saudi girl who only wants a bike in WADJDA.
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In the second of several (belated) CUBlog reports examining Champaign-Urbana film events from recent months, Confidential agent Lauren Laws reports on film feminism as created through the efforts of University of Illinois students, alumni, and staff.
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Select movie listings for July 11-17, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the second filing, Brian Paris navigates the crest of emotion that greeted LIFE ITSELF.
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New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the first filing, editor Jason Pankoke elects for dependency even as an independent.
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Confidential agent Z files the first of several (belated) CUBlog reports examining Champaign-Urbana film events from recent months. In this story, a downtown Champaign gallery goes against type with its programming.
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From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: No need anymore to rely solely on iPods and ear buds to hear the best of local indie rock and rap, kids! The new UI-7 show CU HEADPHONES has you covered with Elsinore and everyone else.
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Select movie listings for July 4-10, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!
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Roger Ebert’s likeness will become a permanent fixture outside the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign as of today. Isn’t our community all the richer for it?
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