Calendar: May 22-28, 2020
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!
5/25: David Gracon, Ph.D. (assistant professor of integrated media, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA)
5/26: Lana Hinshaw-Klann (photojournalist, WBBM Channel 2 (CBS), Chicago, IL)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
5/14: David Warner, 64 (broadcast engineer, WCIA-TV Channel 3 (CBS)/Nexstar, Champaign, IL, retired)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ONWARD, THE WAY BACK, BRAHMS: THE BOY II, EMMA., DOWNHILL, JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK: APOKOLIPS WAR, BEHIND YOU, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (s5), more! (5/19 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
Closed for the week.
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
Closed for the week.
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
TWISTER (Screen 1), WONDER WOMAN (Screen 2) (5/22 on)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: New York International Children’s Festival: Kid Flicks One (ages 3 and up), Kid Flicks Two (ages 8 and up) (through 5/24), FOURTEEN, SUNRISE/SUNSET, RGB (through 5/28), UP FROM THE STREETS – NEW ORLEANS: THE CITY OF MUSIC, LIFE ITSELF* (5/22-6/4) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
ONWARD, SPIES IN DISGUISE (5/22-5/25)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
MILITARY WIVES (Screen 1), ONWARD (Screen 2) (5/22 on)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
Closed for the week.
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, as well as cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/4
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL, 4 p.m.-12 a.m.
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
11/28
SAFETY LAST feat. BIG BUSINESS w/live organ accompaniment by Steven Ball
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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