Calendar: August 18-24, 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!
8/18: Jeff Brandt (owner, Exile on Main Street)
8/20: Daniel Griffith (director, CELLULOID WIZARDS IN THE VIDEO WASTELAND)
8/22: Tracy Popp (digital preservation coordinator, University of Illinois)
8/23: Luke Boyce (director, THE POOKA)
8/28: Shannon Beranek (associate, The Bachelor Pad Empire)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
Call for Entries for the 8th annual New Art Film Festival* (8/15-9/15) Information
@ Surface 15, Champaign, IL
Casting call for television spots shooting in first half of September; non-speaking roles; experience a plus but not necessary; “adults 25-65, kids, babies, couples, and families;” more information: talent [at] surface15 [dot] com
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL
Urbanalove Summer Movie Nights: RATATOUILLE (8/19, 7:40 p.m., free)
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
STEP (8/18 on), ALIEN (8/18-8/19, 8/24, 10 p.m.), LADY MACBETH (8/19-8/20), member screening: IN TRANSIT (8/22, 7:30 p.m.), “Shocktober 2017” preview feat. THE LOVE WITCH (8/23, 10 p.m., free)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, LOGAN LUCKY, ANNABELLE: CREATION, ATOMIC BLONDE, THE DARK TOWER, DESPICABLE ME 3, DETROIT, DUNKIRK, THE EMOJI MOVIE, GIRLS TRIP, THE NUT JOB 2, KIDNAP, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, WONDER WOMAN (8/18 on), ALL SAINTS (8/24 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ALIEN: COVENANT, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER, THE WALL, ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE, HICKOCK, ONCE UPON A TIME (s6), THE BLACKLIST (s4), LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (s2), more! (8/15 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BRIGSBY BEAR, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, LOGAN LUCKY, WIND RIVER, ANNABELLE: CREATION, ATOMIC BLONDE, THE BIG SICK, THE DARK TOWER, DESPICABLE ME 3, DUNKIRK, THE EMOJI MOVIE, THE GLASS CASTLE, AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER, KIDNAP, THE NUT JOB 2, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (8/18 on), WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (IMAX only, 8/18 on, 11:30 a.m. & 9 p.m.), SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (8/20, 8/23), STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITORS OF MARS (8/21, 7:30 & 10 p.m.), Rifftrax Live: DOCTOR WHO, “THE FIVE DOCTORS” (8/24, 7:30 p.m.), ALL SAINTS (8/24 on)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
DUNKIRK in 70mm (8/18-8/20), Films of Paul Thomas Anderson: THERE WILL BE BLOOD (8/22, 8/24)
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 Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, LOGAN LUCKY, ANNABELLE: CREATION, THE DARK TOWER, THE EMOJI MOVIE, THE NUT JOB 2 (8/18 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
LOGAN LUCKY, DUNKIRK (8/18 on), THE HERO, MAUDIE (8/18-8/20)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
ANNABELLE: CREATION (Screen 1), THE NUT JOB 2 (Screen 2) (8/18-8/19), THE PHOENIX: HOPE IS RISING* (8/20, free)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, LOGAN LUCKY, ANNABELLE: CREATION, THE DARK TOWER, DUNKIRK, THE EMOJI MOVIE, THE HERO, KIDNAP, THE NUT JOB 2 (8/18 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
ALIEN: COVENANT (8/18-8/20)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE CAMERAMAN (8/21), “WGLT Sound Ideas Live: Illinois Issues Forum” (8/24)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE NUT JOB 2 (8/18-8/20, 8/23)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE EMOJI MOVIE (8/18-8/20)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
DUNKIRK, WONDER WOMAN (Screen 1), THE NUT JOB 2, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Screen 2) (8/11 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 9/19
Local music panels feat. excerpt from WHERE IT BEGINS* documentary
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
NEW! 9/21-10/1
Fall 2017 Farlee Film Festival – French cinema
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
NEW! 9/21-9/28
REELING 35: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Festival, Chicago, IL
NEW! 10/12-10/26
53rd annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
NEW! 10/14
The Art of Fear 2017
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL
10/29
8th annual New Art Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/3-11/4
16th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
NEW! 4/5/18-4/12/18
20th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/18/18-4/22/18
20th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
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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