Calendar: October 9-15, 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!
10/12: Debra Domal (arts editor, Smile Politely, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
10/12: Chris Folkens (author, Directing Your Debut, Christopher Folkens Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA)
10/12: Phil Hall (author, “The Bootleg Files,” Cinema-Crazed.com, New York, NY)
10/13: Alaric Rocha (instructor, The Los Angeles Film School, Los Angeles, CA)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
10/6: Angie Heaton, 50 (actress, POSTER CHILDREN: ZERO STARS, Champaign International Pictures, Champaign, IL)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana with Love Brevity
I will be jetting to Champaign-Urbana this afternoon for a brief stay that will only last a few hours. I need to pick up a month and a half’s worth of mail from the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters. Not very far into the near future, I will return to pick up everything else. More soon on that front, dearest neighbors.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom
C-U Cinefile virtual meeting (10/9, 10/16, 4 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online Zoom
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (10/12, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
COCO, MY PEOPLE MY HOMELAND, SHREK, YELLOW ROSE, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, HOCUS POCUS, KAJILLIONAIRE, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (10/9 on), 2 HEARTS (10/15 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE TAX COLLECTOR, THE SECRET GARDEN, AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: GIRLS’ RULES, SAVE YOURSELVES!, THE 2ND, INVINCIBLE DRAGON, THE DEVIL TO PAY, TANKS FOR STALIN, more! (10/6 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. UP, Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor (10/9, 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
COCO, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, HOCUS POCUS, TENET, UNHINGED (10/9-10/11)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
COCO, SHREK, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, HOCUS POCUS, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (10/9-10/11)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, THEN CAME YOU (10/9-10/11), BEETLEJUICE (10/9-10/10, 7 p.m.)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (10/9, 7 p.m.), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) (10/10, 6 & 9 p.m.), US (10/14, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Frightfest”: HOCUS POCUS, BEETLEJUICE (Screen 1), SCREAM, THE RING (2002) (Screen 2) (10/9-10/11)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
PSYCHO (1960) (10/9-10/10)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
BEETLEJUICE (10/8, 10/10-10/11), SPUTNIK (10/9, 10/11), LABYRINTH (10/15). “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: DEAD, BILLY THE KID (through 10/11) 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
THE BLUES BROTHERS, GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) (10/9-10/11)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
COCO, HOCUS POCUS (Screen 1), HALLOWEEN (2018), THE EXORCIST (Screen 2) (10/9-10/10)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
HENCHMEN, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, AVA, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, HOCUS POCUS, SHORTCUT, TENET, TULSA, UNHINGED (10/9 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
COCO, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), THE TOXIC AVENGER, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, HOCUS POCUS, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET (10/9 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Cinema/Chicago + Pilsen’s ChiTown Movies drive-in, Chicago, IL
56th Chicago International Film Festival, hybrid edition, feat. FINDING YINGYING* (10/14-10/25)
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
10/16-10/17
Dead in Decatur International Film Festival
@ Decatur, IL (virtual event)
10/22, 11/5
Ebert Symposium Series 2020
@ College of Media, UIUC, Urbana, IL (virtual event)
10/22-10/24
Small Press Fest!
@ University Library, UIUC, Urbana, 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
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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