Calendar: March 10-16, 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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CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … Thursday, March 13, 1997: A marquee attraction of “Cyberfest ’97,” a weeklong symposium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign exploring the correlation between technology and the arts as well as the place of artificial intelligence in the future of humankind, takes place this evening at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign. A 70mm screening of the visionary Stanley Kubrick production 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), hosted by Chicago Sun-Times film critic and UIUC alumnus Roger Ebert, is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. screening. This will be followed by Ebert’s participation in the “Cyberfest Gala” tomorrow night, Friday, March 14, at the UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, during which he will interview participants of 2001 including actors Gary Lockwood, slated to attend in person, and Keir Dullea, via prerecorded interview. Legendary science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, whose short story The Sentinel inspired both his expanded full-length novel and the feature film, is expected to converse live with Ebert via satellite from his home in Sri Lanka. The glowing response given to Urbana native Ebert, as well as the theoretical discussions centered on cybernetic “Urbana native” HAL-9000 from the film and novel, would lead to the launch of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival at the Virginia two years later. Of course, HAL and 2001 would be revisited at “Ebertfest” in 2001 as the opening night presentation.
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
Tune back in to C-U Blogfidential next week for the tentative “FOW” denouement in which we’ll offer first impressions of a multimedia exhibition on display at the UI Krannert Art Museum through Sat., 3/25; this sentence fragment will be linked to the post once our write-up regarding the Zina Saro-Wiwa installation, “Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance?”, goes live. In the meantime, what would you highlight if we turned over the “FOW” reins to you for engaging the movie-watchers of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond with sound opinions, tangible wit, and factoid finesse? Hit us up via cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com between now and Sun., 4/9, convincing us creatively in 250 words or less why you are the person for the job! Don’t forget to include links to at least three applicable and previously-published pieces that will sell us on your FOWorthiness. To bring this zippy edition of our once-and-future department to an exciting close, we have a single consideration to impart upon you. KONG: SKULL ISLAND (Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros.), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starting Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, and John C. Reilly, looks like an absolute blast with the liveliness largely missing from GODZILLA. Or, just go see it because it’s King fucking Kong! “FOW” is hereby finished until further notice. Thanks for following along this past year!
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
A UNITED KINGDOM (3/10 on), I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (3/10, 3/16), MOONLIGHT (3/11, 3/15), Black World Film Series: COOLEY HIGH (3/14, 7 p.m.)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
KONG: SKULL ISLAND, BEFORE I FALL, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, FIST FIGHT, GET OUT, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, LA LA LAND, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, LOGAN, MOONLIGHT, ROCK DOG THE SHACK, TABLE 19 (3/10 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
MOANA, JACKIE, INCARNATE, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, TRESPASS AGAINST US, NEW LIFE, MAN DOWN, THE AMERICANS (s4), more! (3/7 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
KONG: SKULL ISLAND, LA-LA LAND: Sing-along, THE OTTOMAN LIEUTENANT, BEFORE I FALL, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, GET OUT, HIDDEN FIGURES, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, LION, LOGAN, ROCK DOG, THE SHACK, SPLIT, TABLE 19 (3/10 on), MIDDLE YEARS (3/10-3/12), DIRTY DANCING (3/12, 3/15), The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (3/15, recorded), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (3/16)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 221 (3/14, 6:30 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, Pine Lounge (3/10, 3/11, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
“Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance?” photography/video installation by Zina Saro-Wiwa, East Gallery on Main Level (through 3/25)
@ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC, Urbana, IL
NCSA, College of Media at Illinois, and Roger Ebert’s Film Festival present Cyberfest 20th Anniversary, NCSA Auditorium (3/13, 5:30 p.m. reception and demos, 6:30 p.m. panel discussion)
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series feat. PLAYING WITH FIRE: WOMEN ACTORS OF AFGHANISTAN (3/14, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Films of Ang Lee: LIFE OF PI (3/14, 3/16)
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
KONG: SKULL ISLAND, BEFORE I FALL, GET OUT, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, LOGAN, THE SHACK (3/10 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
KONG: SKULL ISLAND, LOGAN, TABLE 19 (3/10 on), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (3/16)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
KONG: SKULL ISLAND, LA-LA LAND: Sing-along, BEFORE I FALL, GET OUT, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA-LA LAND, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, LOGAN, THE SHACK (3/10 on), ROCK DOG (3/11-3/12), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (3/16)
@ The Lincoln Square Theatre, Decatur, IL
SELMA (3/16, free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
MOANA (3/10-3/12)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
BNF Farlee Film Festival: QUEEN OF KATWE (3/10, 3/12), CERTAIN WOMEN (3/11), THINGS TO COME (3/16); XX (3/10-3/11), Midwest Songwriter Sessions (3/13)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
LOGAN (3/10-3/12, 3/15)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SPLIT (3/10-3/12)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
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
4/29
3rd annual Illinifest Student Film Festival
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, 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
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
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.
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
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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