Calendar: Jan. 27 ’17–Feb. 2 ’17
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!
1/30: Eric Watkins (composer, HELLO FEAR, Pens to Lens 2016)
2/1: MMAFT (logo designer, The Art Theater Co-op)
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their 2017 awards nominations earlier this week, encouraging studios to push Oscar hopefuls back into theaters and not only crowd all those first-run January classics in release right now but also three additional newbies that begin nationwide play today. Yikes! Most certainly, take the opportunity to catch at least one critics’ darling you may have missed before or sit tight for three more minutes and read our alternative suggestions to the alternatives! We start with our good friend “Professor” Skip Huston, who is once again introducing cinema history’s finest to inquiring minds during his current Avon Theater class, “Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense,” for eight consecutive weeks on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.; the series technically began yesterday evening, Thurs., 1/26, but the Avon might still be willing to sign you up at a prorated cost if you visit the box office in bustling downtown Decatur! We continue with the simultaneous scheduling of three brand-new Indian films and a bonus set-in-India romp on area big screens. They include KAABIL (FilmKRAFT Productions, Carmike 13, 1/27 on, Hindi language), a romance-revenge tale from director Sanjay Gupta that stars Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam as visually impaired performers who fall in love; RAEES (Zee Studios, Carmike 13, 1/27 on, Hindi Language), director Rahul Dholakia’s crime story set in the Eighties about a bootlegger played by Bollywood superstar Shah Runk Khan; PUSHPAKA VIMANA (Katsuri Media, Normal Theater, Sun., 1/29, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m., Kannada language), a sentimental drama in which a mentally impaired man (Ramesh Aravind) is wrongly imprisoned and kept away from his daughter (Yuvina Parthavi as a child, Rachita Ram as an adult) that is also the feature debut of director S. Ravindranath, and BUDDIES IN INDIA (China Lion Film Distribution, Goodrich Savoy 16, 1/27 on, Mandarin language), a comedy-adventure directed by and starring Wang Baoqiang as a man who travels with a friend (Bai Ke) to the Rajasthan state in northern India to recover his late father’s will. We end with a pair of limited-release thrillers that generated buzz in various quarters and can be watched via home formats as of Tues., 1/24: THE HANDMAIDEN (Amazon Studios/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), Park Chan-Wook’s lush and unpredictable con artist yarn set in 1930s Korea, and THE MONSTER (A24 Films/Lionsgate), Bryan Bertino’s exercise in suspense that pits a damaged mother (Zoe Kazan) and her daughter against a hideous and symbolic creature in the woods. “FOW” is hereby fin.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
JACKIE (1/27 on), BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (1/27-1/29, 2/1-2/2), CAMERAPERSON w/discussion (1/31, 7 p.m., free)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
A DOG’S PURPOSE, GOLD, KAABIL, RAEES, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, ARRIVAL, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOANA, MONSTER TRUCKS, MOONLIGHT, PATRIOTS DAY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, SLEEPLESS, SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (1/27 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
INFERNO, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, THE HANDMAIDEN, THE MONSTER, USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE, SUGAR MOUNTAIN, GUARDIANS OF OZ, I’M NOT ASHAMED, TRUTH OR DARE, SHERLOCK (s4), more! (1/24 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BUDDIES IN INDIA, A DOG’S PURPOSE, GOLD, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, ARRIVAL, THE FOUNDER, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOANA, MONSTER TRUCKS, MOONLIGHT, PATRIOTS DAY, THE RESURRECTION OF GAVIN STONE, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, SPLIT, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (1/27 on), GONE WITH THE WIND, DIRTY DANCING 30th Anniversary (1/29, 2/1)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 205 (1/31, 6 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. MOANA, Pine Lounge (1/27, 1/28, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Quality Beer, Champaign, IL
Champaign Screenwriters mixer (2/2, 8 p.m., free)
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
RADICAL GRACE (1/29, 1/31)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
A DOG’S PURPOSE, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, ARRIVAL, HACKSAW RIDGE, HELL OR HIGH WATER, LA LA LAND, SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (1/27 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
JACKIE, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND (1/27 on), Film Class: “Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense” (Thursdays, 1/26-3/16, sign up at Avon)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
A DOG’S PURPOSE, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, SING, SPLIT, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (1/27 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
MORE THAN CHANCE (1/27-1/28), “Community Awards” event (1/29)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1/27, 1/29), GIMME DANGER (1/27-1/28), PUSHPAKA VIMANA (1/29), Midwest Songwriter Sessions (1/30), SHADOW OF A DOUBT (2/1)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (1/27-1/29, 2/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SING (1/27-1/29), THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996, 1/28, 11 a.m., free)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 2/17-2/19
Champaign Movie Makers 48 Hour Film Fest 2017
@ Lincoln Square Village (starting point), Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.
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
4/20-4/23
9th annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Chicago, IL
5/31-6/4
24th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
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
11/27, 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.
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.
1/29, 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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