Calendar: November 17-23, 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!
11/19: Carolyn Baxley (owner, Cinema Gallery)
11/21: Melissa Merli (retired staff writer, The News-Gazette)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
30 Years Ago … Thursday, February 12, 1987: TURTLE DIARY, a quirky British comedy written by Harold Pinter and starring Ben Kingsley and Glenda Jackson, is shown at the New Art Theatre on opening night, according to The Art Theater: Playing Movies for 100 Years by Perry Morris, et al. After reaching a deal on New Year’s Day to purchase the vintage Park/Art building at 126 W. Church St. in downtown Champaign, local entrepreneur John Manley enlisted Tom Angelica as general manager and Ron Epple as content programmer to help fix up the location and book quality international cinema for the area’s movie lovers. Manley rechristened the venue as the “New Art” to differentiate it from a previous decade-and-a-half run as an “Art Theater” specializing in adult films. Despite the passing of both Manley and Epple within the next few years, Angelica would keep the New Art in business until February 2003.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE FLORIDA PROJECT, LOVING VINCENT (11/17 on)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, WONDER, A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, DADDY’S HOME 2, JIGSAW, LET THERE BE LIGHT, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17 on), COCO (11/21 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ATMOIC BLONDE, THE NUT JOB 2, WIND RIVER, AMITYVILLE: THE AWKENING, more! (11/14 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, WONDER, A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, BLADE RUNNER 2049, DADDY’S HOME 2, JIGSAW, LET THERE BE LIGHT, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17 on), The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (11/18, 11:55 a.m., simulcast), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR’S STONE (11/19, 11/22), COCO (11/22 on)
@ Parasol Label Group, Urbana, IL
That’s Rentertainment pop-up shop in the “Rec Room” (10/11 on; Mon.-Tues., Wed. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Thurs.-Fri. 9 a.m.-1 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
JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, WONDER, DADDY’S HOME 2, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
JUSTICE LEAGUE, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17 on), COCO (11/21 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE STAR, WONDER, A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS, DADDY’S HOME 2, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17 on), COCO (11/21 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
ATOMIC BLONDE (11/17-11/19)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE SQUARE (11/17, 11/19), TRAGEDY GIRLS (11/17-11/18), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (11/18), PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES (11/18), GRAND HOTEL (11/19), “Vaudeville Monday” (11/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THOR: RAGNAROK (11/17-11/19), COCO (11/23)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS (11/17-11/19)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/28
Champaign Movie Makers meeting feat. GREENE*
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
12/2
“A Night of Short Films” feat. WORDS*
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
2/19/18-2/25/18
40th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/8/18-3/11/18
Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, 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
6/6/18-6/10/18
25th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
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
12/1, 12/2: IT; 12/8, 12/9: FLATLINERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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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