Calendar: Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 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!
10/1: Jason Croft (publisher, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana Mendota with Love Heavy Mettle
Aye, me mateys, my eyes can’t take much more! I guess in this lifestyle spent far away from Champaign County, I can rattle off “Talk like a Pirate Day” nonsense with ease but I’m really pushing it to publish two articles and a Calendar every week. I also had been hoping to resume the Almanac, which requires a lot of researching and condensing to come up with each entry, and I don’t have enough gusto to hack it along with the rest. I heavily implied it here so I’ll say it again: for the moment, you’ll get what you get from us at C-U Blogfidential. Your humble editor has a load of life maintenance to manage in the coming weeks and we might have to go silent for minor stretches of time in order to meet those needs. If you’re looking for readings that are not the usual news concerns and puff pieces in the local media du C-U and will encourage you to concoct a cocktail, put a platter on the hi-fi, and wink back at your lovely of choice, then Bachelor Pad Magazine might brighten your day! Jason “Java” Croft just released the 13th anniversary number, issue 53, in 100 percent eye-popping color. I will have to admit that my eyes can easily handle a quarterly dose of retro pop culture in this vein, especially since I have returned to the BPM fold for the first time since 2012 as a proofreader. Join us to revel in C-U Confidential’s unofficial “big sister” digest as movie maven Will “the Thrill” Viharo, speakeasy seeker Don Spiro, portrait photographer Erin Riddle, ace home entertainer Kelly Camille Patterson of the Velveteen Lounge Kitsch-en, mixologist Paul Spencer, fabulously savvy Catherine Tomasko, elegant cover model Macee Legree, and a host of pin-up pretties and cartoonist funnies echo the pleasures of yesteryear with one foot squarely set in an ideal tomorrow! BPM is an acquired taste, yet it might be the right flavor for you. It’s okay to be fun and frisky, C-U!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom
C-U Cinefile virtual meeting (9/25, 10/2, 4 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online Zoom
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (9/28, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
[mailto:illinifilmandvideo@gmail.com)
@ online Zoom
Urbana Independent Media Center 20th anniversary event, “Independent Media: Where we’ve come from and why we need it more than ever!” feat. Tanya Parker, Sarah Lazare, Sascha Meinrath (9/30, 7 p.m.) Day-of portal
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
AKIRA, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, KAJILLIONAIRE, THE LAST SHIFT, LEAP, MADAGASCAR, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, INFIDEL,THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET (9/25 on), UNHINGED (9/25, 9/27, 9/29, 8 p.m.), WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS (9/26, 9/28, 9/30, 8 p.m.), HOCUS POCUS (10/1, 6:30 p.m.)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM, MOST WANTED, BECKMAN, BLOOD QUANTUM, 90 FEET FROM HOME, WIDOW’S POINT, TERRIFIED, more! (9/22 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. TITANIC, Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor (9/25, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
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
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, INFIDEL, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (9/25 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, MADAGASCAR, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, INFIDEL, THE NEW MUTANTS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, TENET, UNHINGED (9/25 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
ANIMAL HOUSE, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, TENET, UNHINGED (9/25-9/27)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Frightfest”: THE WOLF MAN (1941), THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (Screen 1), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943), THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) (Screen 2) (9/24-9/25), DRACULA (1931), THE MUMMY (1933) (Screen 1), FRANKENSTEIN (1931), THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Screen 2) (9/26-9/27), HOCUS POCUS (Screen 1), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Screen 2) (10/1)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
JAWS (9/25-9/27)
NOW OPEN! @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Manhattan Short Film Festival 2020 (10/1-10/4). “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: LUCKY GRANDMA (through 10/1), MADE IN BANGLADESH (through 10/8) 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
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (9/25-9/27)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
SUPERMAN THE MOVIE, BATMAN (Screen 1) (9/25), “Encore Drive-in Nights concert: Kane Brown feat. Granger Smith, Lauren Alaina, Jimmie Allen” (Screen 1) (9/26, 8:30 p.m.), CASPER, CHILD’S PLAY (2019) (Screen 2) (9/25-9/26)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
AVA, SHORTCUT, TULSA, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, INFIDEL, THE SECRETS WE KEEP, TENET, UNHINGED (9/25 on), FREE WILLY (9/26-9/27, 10:30 a.m.)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, INFIDEL, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, TULSA (9/25 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
38th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, virtual edition (through 10/4) Tickets
@ ChiTown Futbol (outdoors), Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival and Gene Siskel Film Center present the CHI-Town Movies Drive-In, “Union & Indie Passion Projects” (9/29, 6 p.m. doors)
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
10/8, 10/22, 11/5
Ebert Symposium Series 2020
@ College of Media, UIUC, Urbana, IL (virtual event)
10/16-10/17
Dead in Decatur International Film Festival
@ Decatur, IL (virtual event)
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
9/8-9/11, 2021
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
9/25: TITANIC; 10/2: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 10/9: UP; 10/16: PRETTY WOMAN; 10/23: PULP FICTION; 10/30: JURASSIC PARK; 11/6: MALCOLM X; 11/13: CLUELESS; 11/20: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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