Calendar: November 3-9, 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!
11/3: Wes Melton (actor, BLACK BOOK)
11/5: John Jennings (illustrator, Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … November 1-3, 1997: University of Illinois Ph.D. candidate Grace Giorgio, recently transplanted from San Francisco to Urbana, and Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant manager Eric Fisher, an avid cartoonist and Decatur native, launch the Champaign-Urbana Freaky Film Festival on campus to showcase wild independent cinema from across the country. Opening night takes place in the auditorium of the Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry building on the UI Main Quad, anchored by the black-and-white crime film RUNNING TIME and personal appearances by its producer/director Josh Becker and star Bruce Campbell. Two dozen shorts are presented between this event and subsequent shows the next two evenings at the Channing-Murray Foundation chapel, located two blocks away from Noyes. Freaky would “freak the hicks” annually for three more Halloween seasons, first at the just-opened Canopy Club in Urbana and then at the New Art Theatre in Champaign. As reported on 11/12/10, 1/20/17 at CUBlog.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
LOVING VINCENT (11/3 on), FACES PLACES (11/3-11/6, 11/9), I AM CUBA (11/7, 7 p.m., free), EVERGLADES OF THE NORTH: THE STORY OF THE KANKAKEE MARSH (11/8, 7:30 p.m., free, discussion w/screenwriter)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, LET THERE BE LIGHT, THOR: RAGNAROK, BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, THE FOREIGNER, GEOSTORM, HAPPY DEATH DAY, JIGSAW, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE, ONLY THE BRAVE, SUBURBICON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE (11/3 on), DADDY’S HOME 2 (11/9 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE DARK TOWER, KIDNAP, PERSON TO PERSON, BROKEN SWORD HERO, ROBERT AND THE TOYMAKER, more! (10/31 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, LBJ, LET THERE BE LIGHT, THOR: RAGNAROK, BLADE RUNNER 2049, BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, THE FOREIGNER, GEOSTORM, HAPPY DEATH DAY, JIGSAW, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, MARSHALL, SUBURBICON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, VICTORIA & ABDUL (11/3 on), BLAZING SADDLES (11/5, 11/8), POKEMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! (11/5-11/6), MAINELAND (11/7, 7 p.m.), THE PRICE OF FAME (11/7, 7 p.m.), MULLY (11/9, 7 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, Pine Lounge (11/3-11/4, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 1022 (11/6, 7 p.m.)
@ Parasol Label Group, Urbana, IL
That’s Rentertainment pop-up shop in the “Rec Room” (10/11 on; Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Wed. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
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
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, THOR: RAGNAROK, BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, JIGSAW, ONLY THE BRAVE (11/3 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THOR: RAGNAROK, GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (11/3 on)
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
16th annual Route 66 International Film Festival* (11/3-11/4)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, THOR: RAGNAROK, JIGSAW, LET THERE BE LIGHT, VICTORIA & ABDUL (11/3 on), 2nd annual Lincoln Film Festival feat. THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, A GOOFY MOVIE, DEAD DRAW, shorts programs* (11/3-11/5), DADDY’S HOME 2, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (11/9 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
MAUDIE (11/3-11/5)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
COLUMBUS (11/3, 11/9), BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (11/3-11/4), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (11/4), “Vaudeville Monday” (11/6), CAFÉ (11/7, 7 p.m., free), SILENCE (11/8)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THOR: RAGNAROK (11/3-11/5, 11/8)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE (11/3-11/5)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
Closed for the season!
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ various venues, St. Louis, MO
26th annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11/12)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/19/18-2/25/18
40th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
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
5/31/18-6/4/18
25th 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
11/14: THIS ISLAND IS OURS
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
11/3, 11/4: THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD; 11/10, 11/11: LEAP!; 12/1, 12/2: IT; 12/8, 12/9: FLATLINERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
11/11: BEN HUR (1959); Christmas series – HOME ALONE (12/11), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/12), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/15), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 12/19), and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 12/21)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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