Calendar: Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 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!
10/30: Michael Murphy (actor, A BULLET’S WORTH)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana with Love … Shortly
Your humble editor will put on his emcee cap Monday night to guide you through the ongoing world of local filmmaking at the ninth New Art Film Festival, co-sponsored by C-U Confidential. He may only be in Champaign-Urbana for two days total during this jaunt, so make sure to greet him when you stop by the Art Theater to get your fill of original cinema produced on central Illinois soil. He’ll be glad you did!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
C-U Confidential presents the 9th annual New Art Film Festival* (10/29, 7-10 p.m., free) Information
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (10/29, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (10/26 on), 9th annual New Art Film Festival* (10/29, 7 p.m., free), Migrant Solidarity Series: BISBEE ‘17 (10/30, 7 p.m., w/discussion), Shocktober 2018: THE BLOB (1988; 10/26, 10 p.m.), THE HOWLING (10/27, 10 p.m.), HALLOWEEN (1978; 10/31, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
FREE SOLO, HUNTER KILLER, MID90s, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/26 on), HOCUS POCUS (re-release; 10/26-10/31), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10/26-10/27, 10 p.m.; 10/31, 7:15 p.m.), NEVER HEARD (11/1, 7 p.m.), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/1 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW, AN ELEPHANT’S JOURNEY, SNAKE OUTTA COMPTON, PATIENT ZERO, BUYBUST, THE SCORPION KING: BOOK OF SOULS, more! (10/23 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
HUNTER KILLER, INDIVISIBLE, JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN, LONDON FIELDS, MID90s, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, GOSNELL: THE TRIAL OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST SERIAL KILLER, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, NIGHT SCHOOL, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/26 on), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (10/25-10/28, 10 a.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla Del West (10/27, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 10/31, 6:30 p.m., recorded), THE SHINING (10/28, 10/31), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY (10/28-10/29), National Theatre Live: Frankenstein starring Jonny Lee Miller (10/29, 7 p.m., recorded), RUSS TAFF: I STILL BELIEVE (10/30, 7 p.m.), NEVER HEARD (11/1, 7 p.m.), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (11/1 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3, Pine Lounge (10/26-10/27, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Malachi Entertainment presents the 2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival* (10/28, 7 p.m.) Information
@ Museum on the Prairie, Mahomet, IL
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968; 10/27, 6:30 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: “5 Nights of Hitch!” feat. PSYCHO (1960; 10/26, 7 p.m.), Rewind 92.5 Film Series: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10/27, 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
HUNTER KILLER, FIRST MAN, HALLOWEEN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/26 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, A STAR IS BORN (10/26 on), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/1 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
INDIVISIBLE, THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/26 on), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/1 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Lorraine Theatre Guild presents Dracula (10/26-10/27, 7 p.m., @ The Lorraine Theatre)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast (10/26-10/27), DRACULA & THE MUMMY double feature (10/28, 10/31), 13th Congressional District candidate forum feat. representative Rodney Davis and challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (10/29), Ethnographic Film Series: THE MARIBOR UPRISINGS (10/30, free, w/discussion), THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (11/1)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN (10/26-10/28, 10/31)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SMALLFOOT (10/19-10/21), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (10/27, 11 a.m., free)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/1-11/11
27th annual St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
11/2
THE STRIPPER RIPPER* reprise
@ Vintage Villains, Danville, IL, 4 & 8 p.m.
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
NEW! 11/16-11/18
Dark History & Horror Convention Film Festival
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
3/21-3/24, 2019
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
4/4-4/11, 2019
21st Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/10-4/14, 2019
21st Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
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
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.
10/26: PSYCHO (1960; 7 p.m. only); 11/3: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON; 12/17: THE BISHOP’S WIFE (7 p.m. only); 12/18: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 7 p.m. only); 12/19: WHITE CHRISTMAS (7 p.m. only); 12/20: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 7 p.m. only); 12/21-12/22: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (7 p.m. only on 12/21); 1/12/19: CHARADE; 2/9/19: TOP HAT; 3/9/19: GASLIGHT; 4/6/19: METROPOLIS; 5/25/19: THE THIN MAN; 6/22/19: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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