Calendar du C-U: August 19-25
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
8/19/16-8/25/16
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Saturday, August 20: Breelyn Mehrtens (make-up artist, WANDA AND PICKLES DISCOVER THE EARTH, Pens to Lens 2016) … Tuesday, August 23: Luke Boyce (executive producer, LISTEN, Pens to Lens 2016), Shannon Beranek (event staff, Bachelor Pad Magazine) … celebrate!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: Call for Entries for the 7th annual New Art Film Festival* (7/25-8/31) Information
FLICKER OF THE WEEK
INDIGNATION (Summit Entertainment/Roadside Attractions) looks to be an elegant and affecting period drama from writer/director James Schamus about a Jersey teen (Logan Lerman) who goes to college in Ohio during the Fifties, while KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (Focus Features) is the latest stop motion/CGI animated adventure from Laika – in other words, the closest thing to a work of art in a movie theater near you – featuring the voices of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, and Ralph Fiennes in an Asian-styled fable directed by Travis Knight. A bonus rock-and-roll phantasmagoria that may tempt you is Brian DePalma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (20th Century Fox), recasting the Doctor Faustus legend as a music industry send-up featuring William Finley in the title role as well as Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, and Gerrit Graham; the film bombed initially just as THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW would do for Fox a year later, but has taken much longer than ROCKY to find belated audience appreciation. The Art Theater Co-op in Champaign unleashes PHANTOM at 10 p.m. on Sat., 8/20, and Thurs., 8/25, and plays INDIGNATION for the rest of their schedule this week, while KUBO defends his samurai legacy in wide release. You can also enjoy INDIGNATION at the Avon Theatre in Decatur. “FOW” is hereby fin.
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: INDIGNATION (8/19 on), Secret Screening 011: [Strangely enough, the ones you want to catch will be up on the big screen instead of your phone!] (8/19, 10 p.m., free), PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (8/20, 8/25, 10 p.m.)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING (8/20, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Quad Day Cinema” feat. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (8/21, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: INDIGNATION, PETE’S DRAGON, SUICIDE SQUAD (8/19 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: ADAM’S RIB (8/19, 8/21, 7 p.m.), GALAXY QUEST (8/19, 10:30 p.m.), THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS (8/20, 7 p.m.), KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (8/21, 7 p.m., English dub), Midwest Songwriters Sessions (8/22, 8 p.m.), ONLY YESTERDAY (8/24, 7 p.m., Japanese language w/English subs), WBNQ presents MEAN GIRLS (8/25, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, SUICIDE SQUAD (Screen 1), BAD MOMS, FREE STATE OF JONES (Screen 2) (8/19-8/20)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL: BEN-HUR (3-D & 2-D), KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (3-D & 2-D), WAR DOGS, BAD MOMS, JASON BOURNE, NINE LIVES, PETE’S DRAGON, SAUSAGE PARTY, SUICIDE SQUAD (8/19 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (8/19-8/21, 8/24)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE (8/19-8/21)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (Screen 1), PETE’S DRAGON (Screen 2) (8/19-8/21)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (8/19-8/21)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: BEN-HUR, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (3-D & 2-D), WAR DOGS, BAD MOMS, JASON BOURNE, LIGHTS OUT, NINE LIVES, PETE’S DRAGON, SAUSAGE PARTY, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, STAR TREK BEYOND, SUICIDE SQUAD (8/19 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: BEN-HUR (3-D & 2-D), KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (3-D & 2-D), WAR DOGS, BAD MOMS, FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS, GHOSTBUSTERS, JASON BOURNE, NERVE, NINE LIVES, PETE’S DRAGON, SAUSAGE PARTY, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, STAR TREK BEYOND, SUICIDE SQUAD (IMAX 3-D, IMAX & 2-D) (8/19 on), Goodrich presents “Flashback Cinema” feat. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (8/21, 8/24, 2 & 7 p.m.), Fathom Events and RiffTrax.com present “RiffTrax Live! MOTHRA” (7/23, 7:30 p.m., encore presentation)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: BEN-HUR (3-D & 2-D), KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (3-D & 2-D), WAR DOGS, PETE’S DRAGON (3-D & 2-D), SAUSAGE PARTY, SUICIDE SQUAD (3-D & 2-D) (8/19 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (s7), ONCE UPON A TIME (s5), GOTHAM (s2), more! (8/16 on)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: PETE’S DRAGON, THE BFG (8/19-8/20)
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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
8/26-8/27: Flatlands Dance Film Festival
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL
9/6: Blu-ray release: GRANDVIEW, U.S.A.*
+ Kino Lorber Studio Classics, New York, NY
9/15-9/16: THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE w/live music accompaniment
@ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7:30 p.m.
9/21-9/25, 9/28-10/2: “The Unreliable Bestiary: BEAR – Fall Chapter”
@ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL (offsite performance)
NEW! 10/14-10/16: Lincoln Film Festival
@ Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
10/21-10/23: 2nd annual Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
10/22: Normal Short Film Fest*
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
10/30: 7th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 6-11 p.m.
11/4-5: 15th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
4/19-23, 2017: 19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
8/20: POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING; 8/21: “Quad Day” edition – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
8/27: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY; 9/17: CASABLANCA; 10/24-10/28: “Five Nights of Hitch!” feat VERTIGO, THE BIRDS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, REAR WINDOW, PSYCHO; 11/26: Reader’s Choice TBA; 12/12-12/17: “The Best Christmas Movies Ever!” feat. THE BISHOP’S WIFE, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/21/17: DRACULA; 2/4/17: SWING TIME; 3/25/17: THE GENERAL; 4/15/17: DUCK SOUP; 5/27/17: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24/17: HIGH NOON; 7/22/17: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26/17: THE WIZARD OF OZ
UPDATE! Urbanalove presents “Summer Movie Nights”
@ parking lot, Busey Bank, downtown Urbana, IL, sunset, free
9/3: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
NEW! Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free w/i-card
8/26, 8/27: NOW YOU SEE ME 2; 9/2, 9/3: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE; 9/9, 9/10: FINDING DORY; 9/16, 9/17: LIGHTS OUT; 9/23, 9/24: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC; 9/30, 10/1: STAR TREK BEYOND; 10/7, 10/8: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS; 10/14, 10/15: WAR DOGS; 10/21, 10/22: SUICIDE SQUAD; 10/28, 10/29: DON’T BREATHE; 11/4, 11/5: JASON BOURNE; 11/11, 11/12: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS; 12/2, 12/3: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN; 12/9, 12/10: THE QUEEN OF KATWE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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