Calendar: June 15-21, 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!
6/18: Perry Morris (board member, The Art Film Foundation)
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
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Pens to Lens Student Filmmaking Competition call for entries | Full Information
Regular: 6/30
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
10 Years Ago … June 2008: The first meeting of Champaign Movie Makers is hosted in the home of Janice Rutherford of Urbana and organized by her guest Johnny Robinson, an independent film creator and college instructor from Rochester, New York. Intending to live in Champaign-Urbana full time by next year, Robinson sees the need for a welcoming and constructive space where community members could get to know each other better and grow their skills on shared projects, basing CMM on his previous activities in Rochester and Syracuse. He already has plans underway for his first locally-made film, a dramatic piece called CELESTE ABOVE, and it will employ the talents of club members. Since then, CMM has amassed hundreds of followers on Facebook and retains dozens of regular attendees at its monthly gatherings, which have moved among a variety of larger locations such as Shatterglass Studios, SoDo Theatre, the WILL-TV television studio, and the Champaign Public Library, with its greatest notoriety coming as a facilitator of the annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala. As reported on 9/9/08, 10/14/08 at CUBlog.
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Finishing Touches,” Robeson Pavilion Room A (6/18, 7 p.m., free)
@ Wyndham Springfield City Centre Hotel, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission meeting, Grill Breakfast Room (6/21, 7 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
FIRST REFORMED (6/15 on), BLUE COLLAR (6/15-6/16, 10 p.m.), Essential Cinema – “Unruly Women”: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (6/18, 7:30 p.m.), THE DEATH OF STALIN (6/21, 9 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, RACE 3, SUPERFLY, TAG, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, DEADPOOL 2, HEREDITARY, HOTEL ARTEMIS, KAALA, OCEAN’S 8, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (6/15 on), JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (6/21 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
TOMB RAIDER, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, SHERLOCK GNOMES, THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT, LOVE, SIMON, GODDESS OF LOVE, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (s5), POWER (s4), more! (6/12 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, SUPERFLY, TAG, ADRIFT, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BOOK CLUB, DEADPOOL 2, HEREDITARY, HOTEL ARTEMIS, OCEAN’S 8, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (6/15 on), DESPICABLE ME 3 (6/15, 10 a.m.), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (6/17, 6/20), Studio Ghibli Fest: POM POKO (6/17-6/18), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (6/18-6/20, 10 a.m.), RiffTrax Live! feat. SPACE MUTINY (6/19, 7 p.m., recorded), The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (6/20, 7 p.m., simulcast), Drum Corps at the Cinema: DCI Tour Premiere (6/21, 7:30 p.m., simulcast), JURASSIC WORLD/JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM double feature (6/21, 3 p.m.), JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (6/21 on)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, Anniversary Plaza (6/21, 9 p.m., free, rain location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
CINDERELLA (1950; 6/19, 6/21, 6:30 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
INCREDIBLES 2, TAG, DEADPOOL 2, HEREDITARY, HOTEL ARTEMIS, OCEAN’S 8 (6/15 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, TAG, OCEAN’S 8 (6/15 on), JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (6/21 on), “Overlooked Films” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 6/14-8/2, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
INCREDIBLES 2 (Screen 1), OCEAN’S 8 (Screen 2) (6/15 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, SUPERFLY, TAG, DEADPOOL 2, HEREDITARY, OCEAN’S 8 (6/15 on), TROLLS (6/16, 6/19, 10 a.m., free), JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (6/21 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (6/15, 6/17)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
FUNNY FACE (6/15, 6/17), RUBBER (6/15), ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (6/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
INCREDIBLES 2 (6/15-6/17, 6/20)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DEADPOOL 2 (6/15-6/17)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, A WRINKLE IN TIME (Screen 1), OCEAN’S 8, LIFE OF THE PARTY (Screen 2) (6/15 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
6/25
Champaign Movie Makers 10th anniversary show*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m., free
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
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
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
UPDATE! The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/23: BRINGING UP BABY; 7/7: THE AFRICAN QUEEN; 8/18: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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