Calendar: April 9-15, 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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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
4/9: Nick Alonzo (director/writer, DA BIG ZIP, Cluck Films, Chicago, IL)
4/14: Jeff Machota (host, “Wednesday Morning Prayer Meeting” show, WEFT-FM, Champaign, IL)
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom/Gregory Hall room 100
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (4/12, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
VOYAGERS, CHAOS WALKING, THE COURIER, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY, THE UNHOLY (4/9 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series” feat. PARASITE, The Courtyard Café, 1st floor (4/9, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Music Barn, Allerton Park & Retreat Center, UIUC, Monticello, IL
“Sunset Drive-In Movie Series” feat. WONDER WOMAN 1984 (4/9-4/10, 8 p.m.) Registration required
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
VOYAGERS, COME PLAY, THE COURIER, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MINARI, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, TOM & JERRY, THE UNHOLY, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (4/9 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR, OVERRIDE, SKYFIRE, SPACE DOGS: TROPICAL ADVENTURE, more! (4/6 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
VOYAGERS, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/9-4/11)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
VOYAGERS, CHAOS WALKING, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/9-4/11)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FRENCH EXIT, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY (4/9-4/11)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
GODZILLA VS. KONG (Screen 1), JURASSIC PARK (Screen 2) (4/9-4/10)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2021: Animated (4/9, 4/11, 4/15), Live Action (4/10-4/11), and Documentary (4/10)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
GODZILLA VS. KONG, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (Screen 1), THE MARKSMAN, THE LITTLE THINGS (Screen 2) (4/9-4/10)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, VOYAGERS, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4/9 on), TOM & JERRY (4/9-4/10, 11:15 a.m.)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
VOYAGERS, GODZILLA VS. KONG, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4/9 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ online Eventive, Chicago, IL
International Latino Cultural Center presents 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival (4/8-4/18) Film guide
@ online + Zoom, Kansas City, MO
25th annual Kansas City Filmfest International (4/12-4/18) Purchase passes
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
NEW! 10/22-10/23
Dark History and Horror Convention’s Screaming Mad Film Festival 2.1
@ I Hotel and Conference Center, UIUC, 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
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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