Calendar: October 23-29, 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!
10/25: Becca Whitaker (staff cartoonist, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
10/26: Joseph F. Alexandre (filmmaker, WARRIORS OF THE DISCOTHEQUE, JFA Films, Los Angeles, CA)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
15 Years Ago … Week of Monday, October 24, 2005: Opteryx Press of Champaign begins shipping and store placement of MICRO-FILM 7, the imprint’s flagship journal. Articles cover the Lars von Trier “challenge” documentary THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS, the Ron Santo biographical film THIS OLD CUB, current productions from Haxan Films (THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT), regional indies such as FIVE YEARS and QUALITY OF LIFE, the passing of Sarah Jacobson (MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE), and more. This 64-page issue is the last print edition of MF to date. [R]
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom
C-U Cinefile virtual meeting (10/23, 10/30, 4 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online Zoom
Urbana Free Library and Urbana Arts & Culture Program present “The Magic Lantern II” animation experience feat. EKAH, virtual event (10/26, 6 p.m., registration required) Information
@ online Zoom
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (10/26, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online
56th Chicago International Film Festival presents FINDING YINGYING*, virtual streaming (through 10/25) Ticket purchase
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019), THE EMPTY MAN, MONSTERS INC., 2 HEARTS, HONEST THIEF, THE KID DETECTIVE, THE NEW MUTANTS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TENET, UNHINGED, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23 on), THE BOSS BABY, HOCUS POCUS (10/23-10/25)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
CUT THROAT CITY, THE SECRETS WE KEEP, AMULET, TREMORS: SHRIEKER ISLAND, THE OWNERS, SWITCHED, THE VANISHED, BLUE RIDGE, NOS4A2 (s2), more! (10/20 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. PULP FICTION, Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor (10/23, 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 EMPTY MAN, MONSTERS INC., HONEST THIEF, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, TENET, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23-10/25)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019), THE BOSS BABY, THE EMPTY MAN, MONSTERS INC., HONEST THIEF, THE KID DETECTIVE, THE NEW MUTANTS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23-10/25)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE CORPSE BRIDE, THE LOST BOYS, ON THE ROCKS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23-10/25)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (10/23, 7 p.m.), Sixfoot Apart fundraiser concert for the Fischer Theatre (10/24, 6 & 8:30 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Wicked Weekend”: HOCUS POCUS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Screen 1), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (Screen 2) (10/23-10/24)
@ 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
HOCUS POCUS (10/23-10/25), RELIC (10/24), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10/29). “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: WHITE RIOT (10/23-11/12) 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
HOCUS POCUS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (10/23-10/25)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Screen 1, 8 & 11:59 p.m., benefit for the Hoogland Center for the Performing Arts in Springfield), MONSTERS INC., MONSTER HOUSE (Screen 2) (10/23-10/24)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
AFTER WE COLLIDED, THE EMPTY MAN, MONSTERS INC., 2 HEARTS, HOCUS POCUS, HONEST THIEF, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
AFTER WE COLLIDED, THE EMPTY MAN, MONSTERS INC., HONEST THIEF, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10/23 on), THE EVIL DEAD (1983), GILA! (10/23), POLTERGEIST (1982), THEY LIVE (10/24-10/27), HALLOWEEN (1978), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (10/28-10/29)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Cinema/Chicago + Pilsen’s ChiTown Movies drive-in, Chicago, IL
56th Chicago International Film Festival, hybrid edition, feat. FINDING YINGYING* (through 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
11/5
Ebert Symposium Series 2020
@ College of Media, UIUC, Urbana, IL (virtual event)
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
UPDATE! 11/12-11/14
Small Press Fest!
@ University Library, UIUC, Urbana, IL (virtual event)
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
10/23: 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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