Calendar: June 9-15, 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
95 Years Ago … Friday, June 9, 1922: A pet project developed in parallel with a remarkable early career in electrical engineering, University of Illinois professor Joseph Tykocinski-Tykociner demonstrates a “sound-on-film” projector for his colleagues and university officials in Room 100 of what is now the Material Science and Engineering Building on campus. His apparatus is capable of reading and amplifying a “sound track” encoded along the side of a film strip, thanks to photoelectric cells developed by UI physics professor Jakob Kuntz. Friction between the inventor and his employer over patent rights to the device, along with a chilly reception from the movie industry, would thwart his dreams of it being put into widespread use. Extensive collections of his papers and other ephemera, including schematic drawings of the projection system and video duplicates of the surviving film tests, have been stored in the UI Archives since Tykociner’s passing in 1969.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
MY COUSIN RACHEL (6/9 on), 18th annual “Animation Show of Shows” (6/10-6/11, 6/15), YOUR NAME. (6/10, 6/15, 10 p.m.), Cinema Judacia: STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE (6/11, 7 p.m.), Trivia Night (6/13, 8 p.m., free)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY, THE MUMMY, ALIEN: COVENANT, BAYWATCH, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, WONDER WOMAN (6/9 on), 47 METERS DOWN, ALL EYEZ ON ME, ROUGH NIGHT (6/15 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, A CURE FOR WELLNESS, THE LAST WORD, A UNITED KINGDOM, THE ASSIGNMENT, ALL NIGHTER, LADY BLOODFIGHT, AFTERMATH, THE YOUNG POPE, more! (6/6 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY, THE MUMMY, ALIEN: COVENANT, BAYWATCH, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, SNATCHED, WONDER WOMAN (6/9 on), FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (6/11, 6/14), THE WILD LIFE (6/12-6/15), “K-LOVE Fan Awards: ‘Ignite Hope’” (6/13, 7 p.m.), Rifftrax Live: “Summer Shorts Beach Party!” (6/15, 7 p.m., simulcast), 47 METERS DOWN, ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT (6/15 on)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. LIFE, Anniversary Plaza (6/15, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Films of Steven Spielberg: SCHINDLER’S LIST (6/13-6/15, 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 Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
IT COMES AT NIGHT, THE MUMMY, BAYWATCH, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, WONDER WOMAN (6/9 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, MY COUSIN RACHEL, WONDER WOMAN (6/9 on), CARS 3 (6/15 on), 17th “Overlooked Films” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 6/15-8/3, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
WONDER WOMAN (Screen 1), THE MUMMY (Screen 2) (6/9 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
IT COMES AT NIGHT, MEGAN LEAVY, THE MUMMY, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, WONDER WOMAN (6/9 on), THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (6/14, 10 a.m., free), 47 METERS DOWN, CARS 3 (6/15 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (6/9-6/11)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
AFTER THE STORM (6/9, 6/11), MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA (6/9-6/10), THE END OF THE TOUR (6/10, 1 p.m., free), ROMEO AND JULIET (1968; 6/12), MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (6/13), OBIT (6/15)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (6/9-6/11, 6/14)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (6/9-6/11)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE MUMMY, THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (Screen 1), WONDER WOMAN, KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (Screen 2) (6/9 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/12
5th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
Rain Location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union
6/15: LIFE; 6/22: THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE; 7/6: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS; 7/13: THE CIRCLE; 7/20: EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING; 8/17: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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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