Calendar: May 25-31, 2018
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!
5/25: David Gracon (creator, ORDINARY VIDEO SERIES)
5/27: William Anthony Sebastian Rose II (actor, DAUGHTERS)
5/30: Cameron Counts (owner, Cam’s Comics)
DEADLINES, ETC. | Participate in Cinema Activity
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
Shocktober Film Festival call for entries | Full Information
Early: 3/1; Regular: 6/30; Late: 7/16; Extended: 8/1
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
Route 66 Film Festival call for entries | Full Information
Early: 4/1; Regular: 6/30; Late: 7/31; Extended: 8/15
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
ChamPain Indie Horror Festival call for entries | Full Information
Early: 3/16; Regular: 6/4; Late: 7/6; Extended: 8/3
@ Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy, IL
Dark History & Horror Convention call for entries | Full Information
Early: 3/31; Regular: 5/31; Late: 6/30; Extended: 7/31
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
10 Years Ago … May 2008: Seeking a sense of Midwest authenticity on a modest studio budget, prolific film and television director Steven Soderbergh chooses to capture footage for the corporate intrigue caper THE INFORMANT! in and around Decatur, Illinois, the real-life location of the primary events dramatized in the movie. Beginning with little fanfare around Thursday, May 1, the production moves back and forth between Decatur and outlying towns such as Moweaqua and Forsyth with a cast that includes Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynksey, Ann Cusack, Tony Hale, and star Matt Damon, attracting helpful and appreciative locals along the way. After spending two-and-a-half weeks in Macon County, the crew moves on to nearby Springfield and then St. Louis before making brief stops in far-reaching places like California, Hawaii, and France. Based on the book The Informant: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald and adapted by screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, THE INFORMANT! retells the unbelievable episode involving Mark Whitacre, a former senior executive at the agricultural manufacturing giant Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. of Decatur, who agreed to wear a wire over several years in the early Nineties to help the FBI investigate his employer’s alleged price-fixing attempts. Even though the findings proved to be accurate and wide-reaching, ADM and its global brethren did not suffer much in the courts or marketplace; Whitacre earned his own prison time for inexplicably embezzling millions of dollars from the company while playing the part of a law enforcement mole. Warner Bros. originally announced distribution of THE INFORMANT! for the following spring through their specialty label, Warner Independent Pictures, but would eventually settle for a wide release of the Participant Media/Groundswell Productions film under the WB shield on September 18, 2009, in North America. It is the last Hollywood narrative feature to shoot in central Illinois to date. As reported on 3/16/08, 12/22/08, 9/26/09 at CUBlog.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
RGB (5/25 on), THE ENDLESS (5/25-5/26, 10 p.m.), Stories from the City, Stories from the State: ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES (5/26-5/27, 12:30 p.m.), Essential Cinema – “Unruly Women”: CARMEN JONES (5/29, 7:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BOOK CLUB, BREAKING IN, DEADPOOL 2, LIFE OF THE PARTY, A QUIET PLACE, RAMPAGE, SHOW DOGS (5/25 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
GAME NIGHT, RED SPARROW, THE 15:17 TO PARIS, I KILL GIANTS, FAMILY OF LIES, NIGHT ZERO, FATAL CROSSING, SOFT MATTER, DAPHNE & VELMA, more! (5/22 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BOOK CLUB, BREAKING IN, DEADPOOL 2, LIFE OF THE PARTY, OVERBOARD, A QUIET PLACE, SHOW DOGS (5/25 on), GREASE (5/27, 5/30), A CHANCE IN THE WORLD (5/30, 7 p.m.), ANDY IRONS: KISSED BY GOD (5/31, 7 p.m.)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. PETER RABBIT, Anniversary Plaza (5/31, 9 p.m., free, rain location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union)
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
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BREAKING IN, DEADPOOL 2, LIFE OF THE PARTY, SHOW DOGS (5/25 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, BOOK CLUB, DEADPOOL 2 (5/25 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Screen 1), DEADPOOL 2, SUPER TROOPERS 2 (Screen 2) (5/25-5/27), SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (Screen 1), DEADPOOL 2 (Screen 2) (5/28 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BOOK CLUB, DEADPOOL 2, SHOW DOGS (5/25 on), ADRIFT (5/31 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
WE WERE SOLDIERS (5/24-5/26)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE GREAT BUDDHA+ (5/25, 5/27, 5/31), BASKET CASE (5/25), THE SEA HAWK (5/26), RGB (5/26-5/27)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (5/25-5/27, 5/30)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (5/25-5/27), FERDINAND (5/26, 11 a.m., free)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Screen 1), DEADPOOL 2, SUPER TROOPERS 2 (Screen 2) (5/25 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
6/6-6/10
25th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
7/14
Indie Art Convention & Film Festival
@ Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy, IL
10/3
2018 Shocktober Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
11/2-11/3
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/9-11/10
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! 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
5/31: PETER RABBIT; 6/7: BLACK PANTHER; 6/14: TOMB RAIDER; 6/21: PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING; 6/28: READY PLAYER ONE; 7/5: A QUIET PLACE; 7/12: RAMPAGE; 7/19: OVERBOARD; 7/26: LIFE OF THE PARTY; 8/2: BREAKING IN; 8/9: I FEEL PRETTY
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/23: TBA; 7/7: THE AFRICAN QUEEN; 8/18: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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