Calendar: November 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!
11/2: Wes Melton (actor, STORY OF THE YEAR)
11/2: Sam Carmichael (senior coordinator for Paramount Pictures, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE)
11/5: John Jennings (illustrator, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
10 Years Ago … Friday, September 18, 2009: Warner Bros. releases the corporate intrigue drama THE INFORMANT! in more than 2,500 theaters across the United States a year and a half after much of it was filmed in the Decatur, IL, area. Unfortunately, the studio has attempted to market the picture as a snappy comedy along the lines of director Steven Soderbergh and star Matt Damon’s OCEAN’S ELEVEN franchise, blowing out of proportion the sly touch applied to the stranger-than-fiction story of real-life whistleblower Mark Whitacre and his double-crossing of both the agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland and the Central Intelligence Agency. THE INFORMANT! would finish in second place for the weekend, well below the animated hit CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, and concluded its run with a modest $33 million earned. As reported on 9/18/09, 9/26/09, 10/9/09 at CUBlog. Box Office Mojo
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
C-U Cinefile* meeting, Room 219 (11/1, 4 p.m.)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (11/4, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
Closed.
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ARCTIC DOGS, HARRIET, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, BLACK AND BLUE, COUNTDOWN, THE CURRENT WAR, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, GEMINI MAN, IT: CHAPTER TWO, JOKER, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/1 on), THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (3-D; 11/7, 4 & 7 p.m.), DOCTOR SLEEP, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/7 on)
@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL
“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings, Armory 101, 7 p.m., free: TOKYO STORY (11/8)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
RED JOAN, LUCE, THEM THAT FOLLOW, SATANIC PANIC, OBSESSION, 10 MINUTES GONE, A CINDERELLA STORY: CHRISTMAS WISH, TONE-DEAF, more! (10/29 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ARCTIC DOGS, HARRIET, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BLACK AND BLUE, COUNTDOWN, THE CURRENT WAR, DOWNTON ABBEY, JOKER, THE LIGHTHOUSE, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/1 on), “DanTDM Presents ‘The Contest’” (11/2, 12:55 p.m., “interactive”), Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev boxing match (11/2, 8 p.m., simulcast), PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (11/3, 11/6), CHRISTMAS JARS (11/4, 7 p.m.), SLAYER: THE REPENTLESS KILLOGY concert film & video premiere (11/6, 7 p.m.), THE DIVINE PLAN (11/6, 7 p.m.), BETTER DAYS, DOCTOR SLEEP (11/7 on), LYNYRD SKYNYRD: LAST OF THE STREET SURVIVORS FAREWELL TOUR concert film (11/7, 7 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, Pine Lounge (11/1, 7 p.m.; 11/2, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w/i-card), “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. BEETLEJUICE, Courtyard Café (11/7, 8:30 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL
The Unreliable Bestiary – “Tiger” performance (11/7, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (11/2, 1 & 7 p.m.), Rewind 92.5 Film Series: THIS IS SPINAL TAP (11/7, 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
ARCTIC DOGS, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, COUNTDOWN, GEMINI MAN, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/1 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
ARCTIC DOGS, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, COUNTDOWN, JOKER, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/1 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
LUCY IN THE SKY, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (11/1 on), DOCTOR SLEEP (11/7 on)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
ARCTIC DOGS, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, COUNTDOWN, JOKER, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (11/1 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
YESTERDAY (11/1-11/3)
@ Madden Arts Center, Decatur, IL
3rd Dead in Decatur International Film Festival (11/1-11/2)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Almost “A” Quintet performs Django Reinhardt (11/1, 7 p.m.), PULP FICTION (11/2), HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (11/3), Six Week Film School: “Ungrateful Dead” feat. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968; 11/5), FIRST LOVE (11/7)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (11/1-11/3, 11/6)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (10/25-10/27), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (10/26, 11 a.m., free)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
Closed for the season!
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
ARCTIC DOGS, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, JOKER, MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/1 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ various venues, St. Louis, MO
28th St. Louis International Film Festival (11/7-11/17)
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
11/22-11/23
18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL
NEW! 12/7
Krampusnacht Freeky Film Festival
@ SoDo Theatre, Champaign, 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
TBA
10th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ TBD
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
11/12: DROKPA: NOMADS OF TIBET
“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings
@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
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
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
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)
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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