Calendar: September 7-13, 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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CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
70 Years Ago … Friday, September 3, 1948: The first drive-in to be established in Champaign County, the Twin City Drive-in Theatre, opens for business with the Yvonne De Carlo/Rod Cameron color Western adventure, FRONTIER GAL, directed by Charles Lamont and released by Universal Pictures. It is located on North Market Street in the far north reaches of Champaign, roughly where the Salvation Army Family Store and Great Value Storage are sitting today. Owner and manager John Barr installed 600 car speakers and several benches on the lot to allow for a good-sized crowd, according to several reports published in the Champaign-Urbana Courier as construction took place, but would add square footage to the screen and more than 100 additional parking spaces in the months following the Twin City’s debut to meet popular demand. In line with the eventual decline of the drive-in industry thanks to multiplexes, television, home video, unattractive programming choices, and in this case, corporate indifference – Kerasotes Theatres, the large Midwest chain founded in Springfield, IL, took over operation of the venue in 1960 – the Twin City went dark for good in late 1981.
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (9/10, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
BLINDSPOTTING (9/7-9/9, 9/11-9/13), THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRÉ (9/7, 9/9, 9/12), GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI (9/8, 9/10-9/11), Late Night: SUMMER OF 84 (9/7-9/8, 9/13, 9:45 p.m.), Bergman in Three Acts: PERSONA (9/10, 7:30 p.m.), 8th annual CU Pride and Parade kick-off: THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST w/discussion (9/13, 7:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
GOD BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, ALPHA, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, KIN, THE MEG, MILE 22, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, SEARCHING (9/7 on), UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION (9/13 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?, HEREDITARY, ADRIFT, GHOST STORIES, IDEAL HOME, DAMASCUS COVER, UFO, THOUSAND YARD STARE, BEAST, more! (9/4 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
GOD BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, ALPHA, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, KIN, THE MEG, MILE 22, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, OPERATION FINALE, SEARCHING (9/7 on), FERDINAND (9/7, 10 a.m.), THE KING AND I (1956; 9/9, 9/12), PERFECT BLUE (9/10, 7 p.m.), Sight & Sound Theatre presents Moses (9/13, 6:30 p.m., recorded)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, Pine Lounge (9/7-9/8, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL
“Vachel Lindsay: Poet, Artist, Visionary” exhibit, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery (9/7-9/29)
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series feat. FORGIVE – DON’T FORGET (9/13, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Rewind 92.5 Film Series: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984; 9/8, 7 p.m.), Reel Deals: THE SHAPE OF WATER (9/11, 9/13, 7 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
THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, A-X-L, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, KIN, THE MEG (9/7 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE NUN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, INCREDIBLES 2 (9/7 on), THE PREDATOR (9/13 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Screen 1), THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (Screen 2) (9/7-9/8)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE NUN, ALPHA, BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN, BLACKkKLANSMAN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, KIN, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, THE MEG (9/7 on), INCREDIBLES 2 (9/7-9/9, 1 p.m.), UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, THE PREDATOR (9/13 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (9/7-9/9)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
The Coalescence Theater Project presents A Dying Breed (9/8-9/9, 3 & 7:30 p.m.), BRINGING UP BABY (9/11), MOULIN ROUGE! (9/12), SKATE KITCHEN (9/13)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT (9/7-9/9)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES, THE NUN (Screen 1), ALPHA, SLENDER MAN (9/7-9/8)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
9/20-9/30
36th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival , Chicago, 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
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
NEW! AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
9/7: FORGIVE – DON’T FORGET; 10/11: ART IN SMOG; 11/8: MRS. B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN
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
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
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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