Calendar: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 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!
10/1: Jason Croft (publisher, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
10/2: Mike Prosise (actor, DEEP LEARNING)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
New Art Film Festival* call for entries, deadline: October 11 | Full Information
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
C-U Cinefile* meeting, Room 219 (9/27, 4 p.m.)
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting, “Dead in Decatur International Film Festival” (10/3, 7 p.m., free)
@ Wohlers Hall, UIUC, Champaign, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 70 (9/30, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE SOUND OF SILENCE (9/27-9/28, 9/30-10/3), Swirl! Queer Film Festival (9/29, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.), Late Night: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (9/27-9/28, 9:30 p.m.), Shocktober 2019: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE TOUCH OF SATAN (10/3, 9:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ABOMINABLE, MY PEOPLE MY COUNTRY, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (rerelease), WAR, AD ASTRA, ANGEL HAS FALLEN, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, DOWNTON ABBEY, HOBBS & SHAW, HUSTLERS, IT: CHAPTER TWO, OFFICIAL SECRETS, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (9/27 on), THE SHINING (10/1, 7:30 p.m.), “FRIENDS 25th: The One With the Anniversary” (10/2, 7 p.m.), JOKER (10/3 on)
@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL
“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings, Armory 101, 7 p.m., free: MON ONCLE (9/27), PLAYTIME (10/4)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
YESTERDAY, SHAFT, CHILD’S PLAY, ANNA, A SCORE TO SETTLE, BURN, INSIDE MAN: MOST WANTED, THE BLACK STRING, JACOB’S LADDER, AMERICAN HORROR STORY (s8), more! (9/24 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ABOMINABLE, THE CLIMBERS (IMAX), ZEROVILLE, AD ASTRA, ANGEL HAS FALLEN, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, DOWNTON ABBEY, GOOD BOYS, HOBBS & SHAW, HUSTLERS, IT: CHAPTER TWO, THE LION KING, OVERCOMER, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK (9/27 on), BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (9/29, 10/2), ROGER WATERS US + THEM (10/2, 7 p.m.), “FRIENDS 25th: The One With the Anniversary” (10/2, 7 p.m.), JOKER, JUDY (10/3 on)
@ IHotel and Conference Center, UIUC, Champaign, IL
2nd annual Chaz & Roger Ebert Symposium, “Creating an Inclusive Media and Cinema Ecosystem” (9 a.m.-5 p.m., free)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. YESTERDAY, Pine Lounge (9/27, 7 p.m.; 9/28, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w/i-card), “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. INSIDIOUS, Courtyard Café (10/3, 8:30 p.m, free w/i-card)
@ Meadowbrook Interpretive Center, Meadowbrook Park, Urbana, IL
The Unreliable Bestiary – “Tiger” performance (9/27, 7 p.m., free)
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
ABOMINABLE, AD ASTRA, DOWNTON ABBEY, IT: CHAPTER TWO, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK (9/27 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
ABOMINABLE, AD ASTRA, DOWNTON ABBEY, HUSTLERS, IT: CHAPTER TWO, THE LION KING, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK (9/27 on), “FRIENDS 25th: The One With the Anniversary” (10/2, 7 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
AD ASTRA, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, DOWNTON ABBEY (9/27 on), “Journalism at the Movies” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 9/26-11/14, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon), JOKER (10/3 on)
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL
“Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live: The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour” w/Joel Hodgson, feat. NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER (10/2, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
’80s Flashback – ABOMINABLE, THE NEVERENDING STORY (Screen 1), BACK TO THE FUTURE, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Screen 2) (9/27-9/28)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
ABOMINABLE, THE GOLDFINCH, AD ASTRA, HUSTLERS, IT: CHAPTER TWO, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (9/27 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week!
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Manhattan Short Film Festival (9/27-9/29), “Survivors: Local Stories of Domestic Violence” performance (9/30, 7 p.m.), “Daring Diversity: A Racial Equity Summit” presents TYREL (10/3, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week!
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
IT: CHAPTER TWO (9/27-9/29)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
IT: CHAPTERS ONE & TWO (9/27-9/29)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
IT: CHAPTERS ONE & TWO (Screen 1), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2, HOBBS & SHAW (9/27-9/28)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
ABOMINABLE, AD ASTRA, DOWNTON ABBEY, IT: CHAPTER TWO, OVERCOMER, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (9/27 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Music Box Theatre/Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas/Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
37th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 9/29)
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/10-10/20
28th Heartland International Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
10/16-10/27
55th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/22
THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE w/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.
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
11/7-11/17
28th St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
11/10
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
2/24-3/1/20
42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
3/24/20
SHERLOCK, JR. w/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.
4/2-4/9/20
22nd annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/15-4/18/20
22nd annual 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
10/8: LOVESICK; 11/12: DROKPA: NOMADS OF TIBET
“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings
@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
9/27: MON ONCLE; 10/4: PLAYTIME; 10/11: TO LIVE; 10/18: FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE; 10/25: IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN; 11/8: TOKYO STORY; 11/15: FLOATING WEEDS; 12/6: THE WAGES OF FEAR
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ Courtyard Cafe, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 8:30 p.m. Thurs., free w/i-card
10/3: INSIDIOUS; 10/10: CHILD’S PLAY (1988); 10/17: HALLOWEENTOWN; 10/24: PET SEMATARY (1989); 10/31: HALLOWEEN (2018?); 11/7: BEETLEJUICE; 11/14: ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1994); 11/21: GROWN UPS; 11/28: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 12/5: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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
9/27, 9/28: YESTERDAY; 10/4, 10/5: THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA; 10/11, 10/12: CHILD’S PLAY (2019); 10/18, 10/19: ANNABELLE COMES HOME; 10/25, 10/26: PET SEMATARY (2019); 11/1, 11/2: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME; 11/8, 11/9: THE LION KING (2019); 11/15, 11/16: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD; 11/22, 11/23: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2; 11/29, 11/30: WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE; 12/6, 12/7: IT: CHAPTER TWO
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m. (holiday series are 7 p.m. only)
10/21: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931); 10/22: THE MUMMY (1932); 10/23: FRANKENSTEIN (1931); 10/24: THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN; 10/25: DRACULA (1931); 11/2: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; 12/16: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT; 12/17: MICRALE ON 34TH STREET (1947); 12/18: WHITE CHRISTMAS; 12/19: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951); 12/20-12/21: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/11/20: 12 ANGRY MEN (1957); 2/2/20: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER; 3/21/20: ON THE WATERFRONT; 4/26/20: COOL HAND LUKE; 5/16/20: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; 6/20/20: FANTASIA
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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