Calendar: December 20-26, 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!

12/25: Shea Contúirt Kelly (director, GET REEL, Thousand Yard Stare Productions, Decatur, IL)

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Analog Wine Library, Urbana, IL
JIMMY IN SAIGON* preview and fundraiser w/director Peter McDowell (12/22, 4 p.m.)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BOMBSHELL, CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, QUEEN & SLIM, RICHARD JEWELL (12/20 on), UNCUT GEMS (12/24 on), LITTLE WOMEN, SPIES IN DISGUISE (12/25 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
AD ASTRA, DOWNTON ABBEY, ABOMINABLE, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD, OVERCOMER, ACCELERATION, THE PARTS YOU LOSE, ABDUCTION 101, DOSED, more! (12/17 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BOMBSHELL, CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FORD V FERRARI, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, RICHARD JEWELL (12/20 on), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/22, 12/24), LITTLE WOMEN (12/25 on)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/20, 7 p.m.; 12/21, 1 & 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
CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT (12/20 on)

@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, RICHARD JEWELL (12/20 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12/20 on), SPIES IN DISGUISE (12/25 on)

@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
A CHRISTMAS STORY (12/20, 7 p.m.), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12/21, 2 & 6 p.m.), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/22, 2 p.m.)

@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, RICHARD JEWELL (12/20 on), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12/23, 10 a.m.)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
ABOMINABLE (12/20-12/22)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/20, 12/22, 12/24, 12/25 (sing-a-long version)), BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974; 12/20), BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE, ELF (12/21), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/21, 12/23), HOME ALONE, CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (12/22), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (12/24)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12/20-12/22, 12/25)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
FROZEN II (12/20-12/22)

@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12/20 on)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

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

2/24-3/1/20
42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL

3/12-3/15/20
30th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 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

The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m. (holiday series are 7 p.m. only)
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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