Calendar: Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2016
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
10/30: Michael Murphy (former owner, Mike ‘n Molly’s)
10/31: Jake Aurelian (creator, RIPPER THE CLOWN SHOW)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
10 Years Ago … Saturday, October 28, 2006: Opteryx Press of Champaign hosts a “MICRO-FILM Movie Show” of low-budget horror cinema for Halloween including DRAWING BLOOD, directed by the Wolinski Brothers, and SEX MACHINE, directed by Christopher Sharpe, in the upper level of Mike ‘n Molly’s in downtown Champaign. This is their fourth screening of the year at the popular bar, all curated and hosted by editor/publisher Jason Pankoke, and also the last standalone MF event to date.
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
Sure, we could have just taken a little NAFF and coasted on trumpeting our own event in this space, but that would have been a bit disingenuous. We’ll instead keep it short and sweet in picking the best of the rest! An acclaimed Swedish drama with both empathy and bite, A MAN CALLED OVE (Music Box Films), is directed by Hannes Holm and stars Rolf Lassgård in the title role as a stern widower who unexpectedly warms to new neighbors; it returns to the Art Theater Co-op for a one-week split run with Mick Jackson’s DENIAL (Bleecker Street) starting tonight, Fri., 10/28. Also showing this evening is the locally-made documentary THE PHOENIX: HOPE IS RISING* (Center Street Productions), which covers the last-minute move of the Phoenix Daytime Drop-in Center for the homeless to 34 E. Green St., Champaign, from its now-demolished Neil St. location; a talk about the plight of these individuals served by the Phoenix will follow the free 6 p.m. screening at the Stratford Park Bible Chapel, 2801 W. Kirby Ave., Champaign. Lastly and certainly beastly, we revisit THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (20th Century Fox) to point out additional dates we neglected to share in the prior “FOW.” Students from Lincoln College will perform alongside ROCKY at the Lincoln Grand 8 in Lincoln tomorrow, Sat., 10/29, at 10:30 p.m., while the Effingham Performance Center in Effingham offers customers a complimentary goodie bag but no dancing troupe for its own 10 p.m. show, also on Sat., 10/29. Dr. Scott! Rocky! “FOW” is hereby fin!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Media that Hits Close to Home
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
C-U Confidential presents 7th annual New Art Film Festival* feat. BEFORE ‘I DO’ (10/30, 6-11 p.m., free) Schedule
@ Quality Beer, Champaign, IL
Champaign Screenwriters mixer (11/3, 8 p.m., free)
@ Stratford Park Bible Chapel, Champaign, IL
THE PHOENIX: HOPE IS RISING* w/discussion (10/28, 6 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
DENIAL (10/28 on), A MAN CALLED OVE (10/28-10/31, 11/2-11/4), 7th annual New Art Film Festival* (10/30, 6-11 p.m., free), “Shocktober 2016” feat. DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979; 10/28, 11/4, 10 p.m.) and “All Nite Movie Marathon” incl. DAWN OF THE DEAD, CREEPSHOW, additional films TBA (10/29, 10 p.m.)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
INFERNO, THE ACCOUNTANT, BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, DEEPWATER HORIZON, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, KEVIN HART: NOW WHAT?, MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (10/28 on), AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL (10/28, 11/2), DOCTOR STRANGE (11/3)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
LIGHTS OUT, NERVE, CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, SKIPTRACE, MR. CHURCH, PAPA: HEMINGWAY IN CUBA, COMPLETE UNKNOWN, FIGHT VALLEY, BEING CHARLIE, PHANTOM OF THE THEATRE, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR, more! (10/25 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
DENIAL, INFERNO, THE ACCOUNTANT, BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, DEEPWATER HORIZON, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, KEVIN HART: NOW WHAT?, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, STORKS, SULLY (10/28 on), HALLOWEEN (1978; 10/30-10/31, 11/2), RiffTrax Live: CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962; 10/31, recorded), KIRK CAMERON: REVIVE US (11/1), NEWTOWN LIVE: A NATIONAL CONVERSATION (11/2, 6:30 p.m., documentary + live town hall meeting), RUSH: TIME STAND STILL (11/3, 7:30 p.m.), DOCTOR STRANGE (11/3)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 205 (11/1, 6 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. DON’T BREATHE, Pine Lounge (10/28, 10/29, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents “Five Nights of Hitch!” feat. PSYCHO (1960; 10/28, 7 p.m.)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
INFERNO, THE ACCOUNTANT, BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK, MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (10/28 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE HOLLARS, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, THE ACCOUNTANT (10/28 on), HOCUS POCUS (10/28, 10:30 p.m., free), TRICK ‘R TREAT (10/29, 10:30 p.m., free)
@ Coleman Hall, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
12th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival feat. CHI-RAQ, BETWEEN TWO RIVERS (11/3-11/5, free)
@ Effingham Performance Center, Effingham, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10/29, 10 p.m.)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL
Closed for the season!
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS, BEFORE ‘I DO’*, INFERNO, THE ACCOUNTANT, BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (10/28 on), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/Lincoln College shadow cast (1975; 10/29), DOCTOR STRANGE, TROLLS (11/3)
@ The Lincoln Square Theatre, Decatur, IL
THE CONJURING 2 (10/29)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
LIGHTS OUT (10/29-10/30)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/Theatre of Ted (ISU) shadow cast (1975; 10/28-10/29), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (10/29, free), THE MUMMY (1932; 10/39), DRACULA (1931; 10/31), A FACE IN THE CROWD (11/1), Normal Humor presents “Illinois State Night Live” (11/3)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (10/28-10/30, 11/2)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (10/28-10/30), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (10/29, 11 a.m., free)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL
PETE’S DRAGON, THE BFG (Screen 1), OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (Screen 2) (10/28-10/29)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN
BLAIR WITCH, DON’T BREATHE (10/28), BLAIR WITCH, DON’T BREATHE, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM (10/29)
@ various, St. Louis, MO
25th annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (11/3-11/13)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/4-11/5
15th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/11-11/12
Penny Dreadful Players presents The Flick by Annie Baker
@ Channing-Murray Foundation, Urbana, IL, 7:30 p.m.
2/21/17-2/26/17
39th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/30/17-4/6/17
19th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19/17-4/23/17
19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
11/16: ALL EYES AND EARS
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
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: QUEEN OF KATWE
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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