Calendar: March 1-7, 2019
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!
3/2: Anne Lukeman (“chief adventurist,” C-U Adventures in Time & Space)
3/2: Kelly White (executive director, 40 North 88 West: Champaign County Arts Council)
3/3: Tariq A. Khan (entertainment reporter, Fox News)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … Wednesday, March 3, 1999: Operating out of a studio-office situated near downtown Champaign, Illinois, Opteryx Press puts its spin on independent film discourse to paper for the first time with the release of MICRO-FILM: The Warning Shot. The letter-size, 12-page ‘zine is a copy shop creation with a teal cover that serves as a low-budget teaser for the upcoming MICRO-FILM, “The Magazine of Personal Cinema in Action.” Novice self-publisher Jason Pankoke draws the content from his recent interactions with participants in the American “film festival circuit” as well as science-fiction and horror fandom; interview subjects include Scary Monsters Magazine publisher Dennis Druktenis from the Chicago suburb of Highwood, Oregon-based stop-motion animator Suzanne Twining, and filmmaker and photographer Brien Burroughs of San Francisco. Short subjects created by the latter two were introduced to a Champaign-Urbana audience during the first Freaky Film Festival in 1997. “Many of the films in MICRO-FILM will be raw and unpolished,” writes Pankoke in a “Save the Mirth” editorial. “Some will be experimental and abstract. Most will be far from perfect, at least according to the standards of mainstream critics and cinema historians. However, all belong to the century-old history of motion picture making, and this history deserves to be fleshed out by recording what is going on in the grassroots, the backyards, and the underground. In this case, size doesn’t matter. Your films do.” A second “stepping stone” issue to be called MICRO-FILM 101 is promoted in The Warning Shot but never comes to fruition. As reported on 3/7/09 at CUBlog.
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (3/4, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
ROMA (3/1-3/3), THE FAVOURITE (3/2-3/4, 3/7), COLD WAR (3/2, 3 /4), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2019: Animation (3/2, 3/5, 3/7), Live Action (3/5-3/6), and Documentary (3/6), 2019 Jewish Film Festival: AFTER AUSCHWITZ incl. Skype w/filmmaker Jon Kean (3/3, 7 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
GRETA, A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, GREEN BOOK, GULLY BOY, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, RUN THE RACE, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, WANDERING EARTH, WHAT MEN WANT (3/1 on), CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/7 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH GRACE, BORDER, BLACK ’47, BETWEEN WORLDS, THE CHALLENGER DISASTER, BERNIE THE DOLPHIN, more! (2/26 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
GRETA, A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, ARCTIC, COLD PURSUIT, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, GREEN BOOK, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, THE PRODIGY, RUN THE RACE, A STAR IS BORN, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, THE UPSIDE, WHAT MEN WANT (3/1 on), TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES (3/1-3/3, 10 a.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment (3/2, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 3/6, 6:30 p.m., recorded), MOULIN ROUGE (3/3, 3/6), CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/7 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, Pine Lounge (3/1-3/2, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Reel Deals: BIG (3/5, 3/7, 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
A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (3/1 on)
@ AMC Parkway Pointe 8, Springfield, IL
Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series
THE GUILTY (3/3, 3/5)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, GREEN BOOK (3/1 on), CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/7 on)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
COLD PURSUIT, GRETA, A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, RUN THE RACE, ISN’T IT ROMANTIC, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART (3/1 on), MAX (3/1-3/7, daily show, free), CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/7 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (3/1-3/3)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
COLD WAR (3/1-3/3, 3/7), MORE THAN A WORD incl. discussion w/filmmaker Kenn Little, more (3/2, 7 p.m., free), Tuesday Night Classic: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (3/5), Six Week Film School: “Stanley Kubrick” feat. DR.STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (2/27, free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (3/1-3/3, 3/6)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART (2/28-3/3), RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (3/1, 11 a.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
Midwest Independent Film Festival presents “Midwest Shorts Night” (3/5, 6 p.m.)
@ various locations, Columbia, MO
15th True/False Film Fest (2/28-3/3)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 3/9
5th Sustainability Shorts Film Festival
@ Lincoln Ave. Residence Halls (Ballroom), UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/21-3/24
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
4/4-4/7
4th Twisted Dreams Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
4/4-4/11
21st Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/10-4/13
21st Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/10-4/14
23rd Kansas City FilmFest International, Kansas City, MO
NEW! 4/13
Small Press Fest
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
4/25-4/28
6th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
5/2-5/12
16th Indy Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
6/5-6/9
26th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
6/29
Laugh and Slash Film Festival
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
8/1-8/4
11th Gen Con Film Festival @ Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN
NEW! 8/10
7th annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Gala*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
9/19-29
37th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/26
Dark History & Horror Con’s Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 1:30 p.m.
11/1-11/2
18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/1-11/2
3rd Dead in Decatur Film Festival
@ Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, IL
TBD
10th New Art Film Festival, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/12: THE SONG COLLECTOR; 4/9: FINDING KUKAN
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
3/1, 3/2: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE; 3/8, 3/9: RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET; 3/15, 3/16: BUMBLEBEE; 3/22, 3/23: ESCAPE ROOM; 3/29, 3/30: AQUAMAN; 4/5, 4/6: MARY POPPINS RETURNS; 4/12, 4/13: HOLMES & WATSON; 4/19, 4/20: WHAT MEN WANT; 4/26, 4/27: THE LEGO MOVIE 2
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
3/9: GASLIGHT; 4/6: METROPOLIS; 5/25: THE THIN MAN; 6/22: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR
Springfield Art Association presents
The Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series 2019
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays
3/3, 3/5: THE GUILTY
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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