Calendar: August 9-15, 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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PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
5/11: Elijah Booker, 14 (screenwriter, WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, Pens to Lens 2019)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … Friday, August 6, 1999: Micro-Scope #1, our first original print publication after MICRO-FILM: The Warning Shot, is placed in Champaign-Urbana businesses for free not unlike our current C-U Confidential digest. Each two-sided newsletter featured as many locally-oriented news items as we could cram onto that color paper stock in our pre-Internet era! [R]
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Champaign-Urbana Film Society, Champaign Moviemakers, and CUDO present the 7th annual Pens to Lens Screenplay Competition + Gala* (8/10, 2 p.m. doors and red carpet, 3 p.m. films)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
ECHO IN THE CANYON (8/9 on), SWORD OF TRUST (8/9-8/10, 8/12, 8/14-8/15), PAVAROTTI (8/11, 8/13), Late Night: THE DEAD DON’T DIE (8/9-8/11, 8/15)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, BRIAN BANKS, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4, YESTERDAY (8/9 on), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT “Springsteen Fan Event” (8/12, 7 p.m.), THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (8/13 on), WOODSTOCK 50th Anniversary Director’s Cut (8/15, 7 p.m.), GOOD BOYS, WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE (8/15 on)
@ Boneyard Creek Crossing (corner of Race & Griggs), Urbana, IL
“Urbanalove Summer Movie Nights” feat. LOVING VINCENT (8/14, 8 p.m., free)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, POMS, AMAZING GRACE, TOLKIEN, DONNYBROOK, THE OUTSIDER, DEEP MURDER, KNIGHTFALL (s2), more! (8/6 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, BRIAN BANKS, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE FAREWELL, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4 (8/9 on), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (8/11, 8/14), MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (8/13, 7 p.m., subtitled), RiffTrax Live! feat. THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (8/15, 7 p.m., simulcast)
@ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series” feat. POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU, Anniversary Plaza (8/15, 9 p.m., free, rain location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union)
@ Sholem Aquatic Center, Champaign IL
“Movie Night at the Pool” feat. LILO & STITCH (8/9, 8 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Pens to Lens Screenplay Competition + Gala* (8/10, 3 p.m.), Reel Deals: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951; 8/13, 8/15, 6:30 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
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (8/9 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (8/9 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE LION KING, YESTERDAY (8/9 on), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (8/14 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE LION KING (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW (Screen 2) (8/9-8/10)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, TOY STORY 4 (8/9 on), SCOOBY-DOO (8/10, 8/13, 10 a.m., free), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (8/14 on), GOOD BOYS (8/15 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the month!
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (8/9-8/11), Family Movie Night: THE LEGO MOVIE (8/14, 6 p.m., donation), LADYHAWKE (8/15)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (8/9-8/11, 8/14)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (8/9-8/11)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
THE LION KING, TOY STORY 4 (8/9-8/11)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, TOY STORY 4 (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW, YESTERDAY (Screen 2) (8/9 on)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (8/9 on)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
9/7-9/8
Filmscape Chicago production expo
@ Cinespace Studios, Chicago, IL
9/19-9/29
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
3rd Dead in Decatur Film Festival
@ Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, IL
11/4
10th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/22-11/23
18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board Presents “Summer Quad Cinema Series”
@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free
Rain Location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union
8/15: POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU; 8/24: AVENGERS: ENDGAME @ Memorial Stadium
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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