Calendar du C-U: June 10-16
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
6/10/16-6/16/16
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Tuesday, June 14: Christopher Lavery (cover model, Freaky Film Festival) … celebrate!
10 Years Ago … Saturday, June 17, 2006: Champaign movie studio Dreamscape Cinema follows up the successful local debut of their flagship title SHEEBA in March with the world premiere of sophomore release DISCONNECT. The time travel drama starring Steffany Huckaby, Michael Muhney, Amanda Troop, Holmes Osbourne, Eddie Jones, and Tami Erin makes its 7 p.m. debut at Foellinger Auditorium on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana. DISCONNECT would closely follow its predecessor into the United States entertainment marketplace by a few weeks in early 2011 as a DVD edition issued by Osiris Entertainment. Dreamscape founder Robin Christian served as writer and director for this offering. As reported on 6/6/06, 2/19/11 at CUBlog.
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ downtown location TBA, Monticello, IL: Monticello Parks & Recreation and Dreamscape Cinema present “Monticello Movie Nights” feat. MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER* (6/10, 8 p.m., free)
@ Homer Opera House, Homer, IL: Screening of documentary on Champaign drop-in center for the homeless, THE PHOENIX: HOPE IS RISING* (6/12, 6 p.m.)
@ Quality Beer, Champaign, IL: Champaign Screenwriters mixer (6/16, 8 p.m.)
FLICKER OF THE WEEK
Ephemera and artistic expression that address the recently passed avant-garde composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad (1940-2016) will be the focus of the next Hallways Microcinema, an ongoing series curated and hosted by Eastern Illinois University professor David Gracon. If you can imagine, the front door of his undisclosed venue – consider it the closest equivalent for films to an unadvertised indie rock “house show” you might run across in Champaign-Urbana – opens up to a lengthy hallway with enough room for attendees to sit side-by-side and a few rows deep while easily taking in the action at its far end. Hallways has invited media makers, authors, and musicians to appear at events, sometimes via Skype, and allows for an intimate experience of modern intelligentsia shared by up to 20 people at a time. In the spirit of cross-pollinating disciplines, the program “Outlier” will present a mélange of short subjects and interview segments that provide an introduction to Conrad, whom Gracon considers a mentor from his formative years as an undergraduate studying at SUNY-Buffalo, bridged by performances from Urbana outfit Obsolete Synthesis. Gracon has cautioned on Facebook that this Hallways, set to begin at “9 p.m. sharp” on Sat., 6/11, may be the last Hallways in the current location, so no moment like the present to rate his overall effort as “FOW” for keeping the faith on the esoteric end of the cinema spectrum. Be sure to follow the link above so you can join the group and learn about Gracon’s future plans in cultural presentation, while watching the Webisphere for news and reviews of the documentary, TONY CONRAD: COMPLETELY IN THE PRESENT, which opened last week’s Chicago Underground Film Festival as a world premiere.
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: THE LOBSTER (6/10 on), The Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation and the Art present “Cinema Judaica” feat. AN AMERICAN TAIL (6/11, 6/12, 12 p.m.) and RABIN: THE LAST DAY (6/12, 7:30 p.m.), WHEN WE WERE KINGS w/discussion (6/13, 7:30 p.m.), FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (6/10, 10 p.m., free)
@ Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, Champaign, IL: The Orpheum and Provision Elevator Advertising present “Champaign Cinema under the Stars” feat. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (6/10, 8:30 p.m.), WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S (6/11, 8:30 p.m.)
@ Wabash Park, Rantoul, IL: Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce presents “2016 Movies in the Park Series” feat. THE GOOD DINOSAUR (6/10, dusk)
@ ???, Champaign, IL: Hallways Microcinema Vol. 18, “‘Outlier,” feat. experimental film by Tony Conrad, performance by Obsolete Synthesis (6/11, 8:30 p.m., free, BYOB) Facebook
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Reel Deals presents “RomCom16” feat. THE PRINCESS BRIDE (6/13, 6/14, 7 p.m.), HEAVEN CAN WAIT (6/15, 6/16, 7 p.m.), THE GOODBYE GIRL (6/17, 7 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: NOW YOU SEE ME 2, THE MEDDLER, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (6/10 on), FINDING DORY (6/16, 7 p.m.), “Overlooked Films” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 6/16-8/4, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: Beyond Normal Films presents THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (6/10, 7 p.m.) and BORN TO BE BLUE (6/15, 7 p.m.), PRETTY IN PINK (6/10, 10:30 p.m.), BOY & THE WORLD (6/12, 7 p.m.), B-104 FM presents FOOTLOOSE (6/16, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: WARCRAFT, NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING (Screen 1), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (Screen 2) (6/10 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL: THE CONJURING 2, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, WARCRAFT (3-D & 2-D), THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP, ME BEFORE YOU, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (3-D & 2-D), X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (6/10 on), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (6/11, 6/14, 10 a.m.), FINDING DORY (6/16, 7 & 9:25 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (6/10-6/12, 6/15)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (6/10-6/12), UP (6/11, 11 a.m., free)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Screen 1), THE CONJURING 2 (Screen 2) (6/10 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents ZOOTOPIA (6/10-6/12)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: THE CONJURING 2, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, WARCRAFT (3-D & 2-D), ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, THE JUNGLE BOOK, ME BEFORE YOU, NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING, POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (3-D & 2-D), X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (6/10 on), EPIC (6/16, 10 a.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: THE CONJURING 2, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, WARCRAFT (IMAX 3-D, 3-D & 2-D), ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, THE JUNGLE BOOK, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP, ME BEFORE YOU, MONEY MONSTER, POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (6/10 on), Fathom Events and Columbia Pictures present GHOSTBUSTERS (1984; 6/12, 2 & 7 p.m.), Goodrich presents “Flashback Cinema” feat. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (6/12, 6/15, 2 & 7 p.m.), RIO (6/13-6/15, 10 a.m.), Fathom Events, SpectiCast, and Nexo Digital present “Teatro Alla Scalla: The Temple of Wonders” (6/16, 7 p.m.), FINDING DORY (6/16, 7 & 9:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: THE CONJURING 2, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, WARCRAFT (3-D & 2-D), ME BEFORE YOU, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (3-D & 2-D), X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (6/10 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: ZOOTOPIA, HAIL CAESAR!, 13 HOURS, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, TOUCHED WITH FIRE, COLONIA, ONE MORE TIME, MR. RIGHT, JARHEAD 3: THE SIEGE, more! (6/7 on)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (6/10-6/12, 6/14, 6/16)
@ Mike n’ Molly’s, Champaign, IL: Closed
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
6/18: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents THE BLOB (1958)
@ McFerrin Park Annex, Hoopeston, IL, 8:30 p.m., free/donation
NEW! 6/21: Champaign Movie Makers meeting
@ WILL-TV, Campbell Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/21-10/23: 2nd annual Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
NEW! 10/22: Normal Short Film Fest
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
7/7: THE BOSS; 8/4: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE; 8/21: “Quad Day” edition – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
NEW! Monticello Parks & Recreation presents “Monticello Movie Nights”
@ downtown location TBA, Monticello, IL, activities 6-8 p.m., film 8 p.m., free
6/10: MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER*; 6/17: HOME; 7/1: MINIONS; 7/15: THE PEANUTS MOVIE; 7/29: INSIDE OUT; 8/5: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/25: Reader’s Choice – IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD; 7/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
NEW! Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce presents “2016 Movies in the Park Series”
@ Wabash Park, Rantoul, IL, dusk
6/10: THE GOOD DINOSAUR: 7/15: INSIDE OUT; 8/12: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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