Calendar: July 28-Aug. 3, 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!
7/29: Jimi Jones (doctoral student, School of Information Sciences, UIUC)
8/1: Cara Maurizi (actress, LISTEN, Pens to Lens 2016)
8/2: Satina Braswell (co-owner, Hybrid Performance Arts)
8/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (director, I WAS A TEENAGE NOSFERATU)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … July 1997: Location filming commences and wraps in Champaign County on the feature-length drama COYOTE’S HONOR, a project spearheaded by Urbana native Michael Wiese to experiment in micro-budget movie production. As an author and publisher at an imprint dedicated to instructing readers on various aspects of the filmmaking process, Wiese is using the opportunity to develop a screen story (with recent University of Illinois graduate Doug McCord) based on available resources and talent in the Champaign-Urbana area while also testing prosumer MiniDV video gear and post-production software that is relatively new to the marketplace. English literature major Eric Wippo plays the “coyote” of the title, a wily drifter who does his best to disrupt a nucleus of friends and frenemies in a Midwest college town; mostly drawn from the current pool of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts summer stock players, the cast also includes John Maclay, Mike Kuehl, Will Ransom, Kelly Cooper, Heather Saliny, Emily A. Parks, Heather Lamb, Dustin Wilkinson, and UI acting instructor Richard Barrows. WILL-TV producer Tim Hartin and Southern Illinois University cinema student Chris Dowell form part of the tiny crew. Although Wiese will soon chronicle the lessons learned with COYOTE in an article series for Videography magazine and as an appendix in the second edition of The Independent Film and Videomaker’s Guide (Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA, 1998), COYOTE itself has remained lost in the cornfields and all but absent from the Internet wilds despite initial plans to set it free on the festival circuit.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL
Urbanalove Summer Movie Nights: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (7/29, 8:10 p.m., free)
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
A GHOST STORY (7/28 on), Smart Kids: THE KID (7/29-7/30, 11:30 a.m.), ENDLESS POETRY (7/28-7/29, 8/2-8/3, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ATOMIC BLONDE, THE EMOJI MOVIE, BABY DRIVER, THE BIG SICK, DESPICABLE ME 3, DUNKIRK, GIRLS TRIP, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, WISH UPON, WONDER WOMAN (7/28 on), THE DARK TOWER, DETROIT, KIDNAP (8/3 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE BOSS BABY, GHOST IN THE SHELL, GIFTED, BLACK BUTTERFLY, NOCTURNE, THE FINAL MASTER, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (s7), more! (7/25 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ATOMIC BLONDE, THE EMOJI MOVIE, BABY DRIVER, THE BIG SICK, CARS 3, DESPICABLE ME 3, DUNKIRK, GIRLS TRIP, THE HOUSE, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, WONDER WOMAN (7/28 on), MONSTER TRUCKS (7/28), FOOTLOOSE (1984; 7/30, 8/2), TROLLS (7/31-8/4), 7th annual Grateful Dead “Meet-up at the Movies” (8/1, 7 p.m.)
@ Pizza M, Urbana, IL
Champaign Screenwriters mixer (8/3, 8 p.m.)
@ Wyndham Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
2017 Dark History and Horror Convention (7/28-7/29, free entry)
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
ATOMIC BLONDE, THE EMOJI MOVIE, DUNKIRK, GIRLS TRIP, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (7/28 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE HOUSE, MAUDIE, DUNKIRK (7/28 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE EMOJI MOVIE (Screen 1), WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Screen 2) (7/28-8/1, 8/3), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Screen 1), THE EMOJI MOVIE (Screen 2) (8/2)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
ATOMIC BLONDE, THE EMOJI MOVIE, DESPICABLE ME 3, DUNKIRK, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (7/28 on), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (8/2, 10 a.m., free), THE DARK TOWER (8/3 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE (7/28, 7/30), Andy Dallas Magic Show @ Lorraine Theatre (7/29)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for repairs (through 8/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE EMOJI MOVIE (7/28-7/30, 8/2)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DESPICABLE ME 3 (7/28-7/30)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE EMOJI MOVIE, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Screen 1), VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Screen 2) (7/28 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, Chicago, IL
Midwest Independent Film Festival presents “Female Filmmakers Night” (8/1, 6 p.m.)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/12
5th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 2 & 6 p.m.
8/14
Local premiere: THE POOKA* w/HARVEY
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/15-8/20
DUNKIRK in 70mm
@ 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
8/17: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
8/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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