Calendar: August 17-23, 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!
8/18: Jeff Brandt (owner, Exile on Main Street, Champaign, IL)
8/20: Breelyn Fay (makeup artist, THE MONSTER WHO ATE THE BOY, Pens to Lens 2018)
8/23: Luke Boyce (assembly editor, SLICE)
8/24: Shannon Beranek (associate, Bachelor Pad Empire, Champaign, IL)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
New Art Film Festival* call for entries, deadline: August 31 | Full Information
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting, “Pens to Lens Debrief,” Robeson Pavilion Room A (8/20, 7 p.m., free)
@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL
Route 66 International Film Festival presents BEFORE ‘I DO’* screening w/filmmaker Kimberly Conner (8/23, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
BLACKkKLANSMAN (8/17 on), NANCY (8/17-8/18, 8/23, 10 p.m.), Member screening: THE ATOMIC CAFÉ (8/21, 7:30 p.m.), Summer Screams: THE RANGER (8/22, 7 p.m., free)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ALPHA, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, MILE 22, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, DOG DAYS, INCREDIBLES 2, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (8/17 on), AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD (8/20-8/22, 7 p.m.)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, BAD SAMARITAN, HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, WILDING, MEASURE OF A MAN, THE YELLOW BIRDS, DIFFERENT FLOWERS, BILLY BOY, SHOCK AND AWE, more! (8/14 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ALPHA, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, EUROPE RAIDERS, MILE 22, PANDAS (IMAX 3-D), ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, DOG DAYS, EIGHTH GRADE, INCREDIBLES 2, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (8/17 on), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (8/19, 8/22), INTERVIEW WITH GOD (8/20-8/22, 7 p.m.), NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL (8/21, 7 p.m.), 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (8/23, 7 p.m., IMAX)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (8/18, 1 & 7 p.m.), 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (8/20-8/23, 7 p.m., 70mm)
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
CRAZY RICH ASIANS, MILE 22, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, THE DARKEST MINDS, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT (8/17 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
CRAZY RICH ASIANS, LEAVE NO TRACE, THE MEG (8/17 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Screen 1), THE MEG (Screen 2) (8/17-8/18)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
ALPHA, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, MILE 22, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, DOG DAYS, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SLENDER MAN, THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (8/17 on), THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (8/23 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (8/17-8/19)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THELONIOUS MONK: STRAIGHT, NO CHASER w/post-film concert by Glenn Wilson & Friends (8/17, 7 p.m.), YELLOW SUBMARINE (8/18, 1 & 7 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (8/17-8/19, 8/22)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (8/17-8/19)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (Screen 1), THE MEG, TAG (8/17-8/18)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/28
Blu-ray/DVD release: SHOT*
+ Vinegar Syndrome, Bridgeport, CT
NEW! 8/28
DVD release: BAD COMPANY*
+ MTI Home Video, Miami, FL
10/3
2018 Shocktober Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL.
10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
10/30
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/2-11/3
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, 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. Fri., 7 & 10 p.m. Sat., free w/i-card
8/31, 9/1: OCEAN’S 8; 9/7, 9/8: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY; 9/14, 9/15: JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM; 9/21, 9/22: INCREDIBLES 2; 9/28, 9/29: THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME; 10/5, 10/6: THE FIRST PURGE; 10/12, 10/13: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU; 10/19, 10/20: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP; 10/26, 10/27: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3; 11/2, 11/4: BLACKkKLANSMAN; 11/9, 11/10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS; 11/29, 11/30: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS; 12/7, 12/8: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
8/18: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER
DEADLINES, ETC. | Participate in Cinema Activity
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
New Art Film Festival call for entries | Full Information
Regular: 8/31
@ 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
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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