Calendar: March 26-April 1, 2021
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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FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
It’s getting harder to be self-motivated as I throw the ingredients in the blender when I can barely taste the nectar in the end. Straining it through virtual channels retains next to no nutritional value. Maybe it’s nearly time to take on a different kind of media diet. I’ll let you know what recipes I cook up. Bleh.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
RUNNING TIME U.S. Blu-ray release w/Freaky Film Festival* footage: Tuesday, 3/16, Limited via Synapse Films, Southfield, MI/Panoramic Pictures, Detroit, MI
@ online Zoom/Gregory Hall room 100
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (3/29, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online Eventive
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale presents the 43rd Big Muddy Film Festival feat. film programs, live events (through 3/31, tickets required for films, free or donation) Schedule information
@ online Zoom
Central Illinois Film Commission virtual meeting (4/1, 7 p.m.) Event login at Facebook
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
NOBODY, SOUND OF METAL, CHAOS WALKING, THE COURIER, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26 on), WONDER WOMAN 1984 (3/26-3/27), NOMADLAND (3/26-3/29), BOOGIE (3/26-3/29, 3/31-4/1), THE FATHER (3/26-3/28, 3/30), PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (3/26-3/28, 3/30-4/1), GODZILLA VS. KONG (3/31 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series” feat. SELENA, The Courtyard Café, 1st floor (3/26, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
MINARI, NOBODY, THE COURIER, CHAOS WALKING, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26 on), COME PLAY, THE LITTLE THINGS, LONG WEEKEND, THE MARKSMAN (3/26-3/30), BOOGIE, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (3/26, 3/28-3/30), NOMADLAND (3/26, 3/28 on), UFC 260: Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou, more (3/27, 9 p.m., simulcast), GODZILLA VS. KONG (3/31 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY, HERO DOG: THE JOURNEY HOME, NEWS OF THE WORLD, PARADISE COVE, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, THE SEVENTH DAY, SOUL, more! (3/23 on) Online rentals
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
NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26 on), CHAOS WALKING (3/26-3/30), GODZILLA VS. KONG (3/31 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
NOBODY, CHAOS WALKING, THE MARKSMAN, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26-3/28)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
NOBODY, SPACE JAM, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (3/26-3/28)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
BACK OPEN! @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
TOM & JERRY (Screen 1), THE CROODS: A NEW AGE (Screen 2) (3/26-3/27)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT (3/26-3/28), “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: TWO OF US (through 4/8), STRAYS, OUR RIGHT TO GAZE: BLACK FILM IDENTITES, SOPHIE JONES (through 4/1) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE COURIER, NOBODY, THE SEVENTH DAY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26 on), CHAOS WALKING, CITY OF LIES, LAND (3/26-3/30), GODZILLA VS. KONG (3/31 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE COURIER, NOBODY, RADIUM GIRLS, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY (3/26 on), BOOGIE, CHAOS WALKING (3/26-3/30), GODZILLA VS. KONG (3/31 on)
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
5/1
University of Illinois Student Film Festival
@ Urbana, IL (virtual event)
5/13-5/20
22nd Wisconsin Film Festival
@ Madison, WI (virtual event)
6/10-6/13
31st Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/8-9/11
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series”
@ The Courtyard Café, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
3/26: SELENA; 4/2: MEAN GIRLS; 4/9: PARASITE; 4/16: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION; 4/23: INCREDIBLES 2; 4/30: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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