Calendar: January 20-26, 2017
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!
1/20: Thomas Polk (director, THE STAR PRINCE, Pens to Lens 2016)
1/26: Mike Watt (author, Son of the Return of Movie Outlaw)
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
Six more films open or go wide this weekend to fill up first-run screens; happily, the content seems varied in this field as two genre films, one light Christian yarn, one auteur epic heavy in faith and conscience, one biography of a controversial businessman, and one tenderly-observed period drama attempt to find their viewing tribes. In honor of the Women’s March on Washington (D.C.) tomorrow, we highlight three features exploring the strength of women in different decades of the 20th century. That includes the period drama, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (A24 Films/Annapurna Pictures), which opens at Goodrich Savoy 16 today, Fri., 1/21; directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup, the ensemble piece takes place in 1979 and depicts how a single mother and her teenage son develop a surrogate family of sorts that inhabits their turn-of-the-19th-century home in Santa Barbara, CA. Also beginning its local run today at the Art Theater Co-op is JACKIE (Fox Searchlight Pictures/LD Entertainment), a reflection of President John F. Kennedy’s death as experienced in the immediate aftermath by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman); this lushly cinematic interpretation is directed by Pablo Larraín and also features Peter Sarsgaard, Richard E. Grant, and John Hurt as well as Crudup and Gerwig. Scheduled at the AMC Parkway 8 in Springfield as part of the annual Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series is THE INNOCENTS (Music Box Films/Mandarin Cinema), a starkly photographed examination of tenacity among women in the most trying moments. Directed by Anne Fontaine with a refreshing number of lady professionals taking primary roles behind and before the camera, THE INNOCENTS retells a real-life incident that occurred in 1945 Poland at the end of World War II; a French Red Cross nurse named Mathilde (Lou de Laȃge) is convinced to leave her station and visit a countryside monastery in order to help several nuns who were forcibly impregnated by Soviet soldiers. Sponsored by Springfield Art Association, the Molly Schlich Series will present THE INNOCENTS on Sun., 1/22, 1 & 4 p.m., and Tues., 1/24, 7 p.m. If you are unable to participate publicly this weekend in our nation’s capital or closer to home, consider marching to these venues and demonstrating with your dollars and attentions the necessity and worth of quality female-centric storytelling such as this. “FOW” is hereby femme.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
JACKIE (1/20 on), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) w/live accompaniment by Andrew Alden Ensemble (1/25)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
SILENCE, SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, THE BYE BYE MAN, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, LIVE BY NIGHT, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, SLEEPLESS (1/20 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, TRAIN TO BUSAN, THE HOLLOW POINT, DEATH RACE 2050, more! (1/17 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE FOUNDER, THE RESURRECTION OF GAVIN STONE, SILENCE, SPLIT, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, THE BYE BYE MAN, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, LIVE BY NIGHT, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOANA, MONSTER TRUCKS, PASSENGERS, PATRIOTS DAY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, SLEEPLESS (1/20 on), The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette (1/21, simulcast; 1/25, recorded), CITIZEN KANE (1/22, 1/25), SAILOR MOON R THE MOVIE (1/23-1/24)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 205 (1/24, 6 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. HACKSAW RIDGE, Pine Lounge (1/20, 1/21, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: DRACULA (1931; 1/21), Films of Francis Ford Coppola: THE GODFATHER (1/24, 1/26)
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 Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL
Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series
THE INNOCENTS (1/22, 1/24)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, LIVE BY NIGHT, PATRIOTS DAY, SING, SLEEPLESS (1/20 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, PATRIOTS DAY (1/20 on), Film Class: “Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense” (Thursdays, 1/26-3/16, sign up at Avon)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, THE BYE BYE MAN, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, SING (1/20 on), A DOG’S PURPOSE (1/26)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
PETE’S DRAGON (1/20-1/22)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MOONLIGHT (1/20, 1/22), THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (1/20-1/21), THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (1/21, free), MISS HOKUSAI (1/21, subtitled), The Normal Humor Comedy Hour (1/23, free), THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (1/26)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
MONSTER TRUCKS (1/20-1/22, 1/25)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PASSENGERS (1/20-1/22)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/21-2/26
39th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/30-4/6
19th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19-4/23
19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
NEW! 4/20-4/23
9th annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Chicago, IL
NEW! 5/31-6/4
24th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
2/14: PUNCH; 3/14: PLAYING WITH FIRE: WOMEN ACTORS OF AFGHANISTAN; 4/11: DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN
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
1/20, 1/21: HACKSAW RIDGE; 1/27, 1/28: MOANA; 2/3, 2/4: DOCTOR STRANGE; 2/10, 2/11: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM; 2/17, 2/18: THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN; 2/24, 2/25: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY; 3/3, 3/4: PASSENGERS; 3/10, 3/11: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY; 3/17, 3/18: LA LA LAND; 3/24, 3/25: MOONLIGHT; 3/31, 4/1: THE BYE BYE MAN; 4/7, 4/8: THE FOUNDER; 4/14, 4/15: SING; 4/21, 4/22: BASTARDS; 4/28, 4/29: SPLIT
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/21: DRACULA; 2/4: SWING TIME; 3/25: THE GENERAL; 4/15: DUCK SOUP; 5/27: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24: HIGH NOON; 7/22: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ
Springfield Art Association presents
The Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series 2017
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
1/22, 1/24: THE INNOCENTS; 1/29, 1/31: RADICAL GRACE; 2/5, 2/7: MISS HOKUSAI; 2/12, 2/14: DHEEPAN; 2/19, 2/21: DON’T THINK TWICE; 2/26, 2/28: THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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