Calendar: Mar. 29-Apr. 4, 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!
4/2: Mike White (producer, The Projection Booth podcast)
4/2: Will Viharo (author, Vic Valentine: Space Cadet)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting, “Brandon Austin music video” (4/4, 7 p.m., free)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (4/1, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
TRANSIT (3/29 on), WOMAN AT WAR (3/29-3/31, 4/2-4/4), SLICE (3/29-3/30, 4/1), 2019 Jewish Film Festival: SHALOM BOLLWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF INDIAN CINEMA (3/31, 7 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
DUMBO, HOTEL MUMBAI, THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, CAPTAIN MARVEL, CAPTIVE STATE, FIVE FEET APART, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, US, WONDER PARK (3/29 on), THE BEST OF ENEMIES, PET SEMATARY, SHAZAM! (4/4 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
AQUAMAN, SECOND ACT, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, STAN & OLLIE, KING OF THIEVES, AGAINST THE CLOCK, WHAT LIES AHEAD, 30 MILES FROM NOWHERE, more! (3/26 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE BEACH BUM, DUMBO, GLORIA BELL, HOTEL MUMBAI, LEGEND OF THE DEMON CAT, MORE THAN BLUE, UNPLANNED, APOLLO 11, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FIVE FEET APART, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, US, WONDER PARK (3/29 on), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (3/29-3/31, 10 a.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walkure (3/30, 11 a.m., simulcast; 4/3, 6:30 p.m., recorded), THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (3/31, 4/3), SHAZAM! (4/4 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. AQUAMAN, Pine Lounge (3/29-3/30, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
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
DUMBO, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FIVE FEET APART, A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, US, WONDER PARK (3/29 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
DUMBO, CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/29 on), PET SEMATARY, SHAZAM! (4/4 on)
NOW OPEN! @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
DUMBO (Screen 1), HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (Screen 2) (3/29-3/30)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
DUMBO, UNPLANNED, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FIVE FEET APART, US, WONDER PARK (3/29 on), ME AGAIN (daily shows, free), “Movie with the Mayor” feat. TWISTER (4/3, 6:45 p.m.), PET SEMATARY, SHAZAM! (4/4 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the weekend!
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE WIZARD OF OZ (3/29-3/31), Jewish Film Festival: THE CAKEMAKER (3/30) and THE INVISIBLES (3/31), Tuesday Night Classic: THE AWFUL TRUTH (4/2), Six Week Film School: “Stanley Kubrick” feat. THE SHINING (4/3, free), TRANSIT (4/4)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
DUMBO (3/29-3/31, 4/3)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
CAPTAIN MARVEL (3/29-3/31)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago European Union Film Festival (through 4/ 4)
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
Midwest Independent Film Festival presents SAME BOAT (4/2, 6 p.m.)
@ Michigan Theater, etc., Ann Arbor, MI
57th Ann Arbor Film Festival (through 3/31)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
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
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
4/27
5th annual Illinifest Student Film Festival
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5 p.m., free
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
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
Issue release: C-U Confidential #10
+ Paper Opteryx, Champaign, 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
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
3/29, 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.
4/6: METROPOLIS; 5/25: THE THIN MAN; 6/22: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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