Calendar: April 30-May 6, 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!
4/30: Eric Sizemore (actor, MAGNETIC FIELDS, Swede Films, Urbana, IL)
4/30: Matt Shivers (voice actor, SUPERZUZZA, WildBrain/DHX Media, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
5/1: Mark Rubel (director of education, The Blackbird Academy, Nashville, TN)
5/4: Andrew J. Rausch (co-author, The 100 Scariest Movies Ever Made, BearManor Media, Albany, GA)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
15 Years Ago … Monday, May 1, 2006: Comedian and television writer Mark Roberts, a native of nearby Tolono and former resident of Urbana, begins production this week on his self-financed film WELCOME TO TOLONO. Based on the same-named play, written and directed by Roberts as an “artist-in-residence” production at the Station Theatre in Urbana the previous summer, TOLONO is filmed during a five-week schedule in its small town namesake. Much of the original stage cast appears including Brian Reedy, Mike Trippiedi, David Butler, Kay Bohannon Holley, Gary Ambler, and Barbara Evans, who are joined in this screen adaptation by Mike Harvey, Colleen Klein, Joi Hoffsommer, Anne Shapland Kearns, and Rien Rogers. A premiere of the darkly humorous drama, concerning disparate individuals who attend a weekly support group in the basement of a local church, would take place at the University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium in June 2007 after which it played a smattering of regional festivals. Not unlike WEREWOLF CEMETERY discussed in last week’s Calendar, TOLONO has yet to be issued on consumer formats or via streaming. As reported on 5/4/06, 5/14/06, 7/11/07, 8/19/07 at CUBlog. [R]
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online
UI College of Media and MACS 464 present the 2021 UIUC Student Film Festival live stream (5/1, 5 p.m.) Webpage
@ online Zoom/Gregory Hall room 100
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (5/3, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
CLIFF WALKERS, SEPARATION, DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/30 on), NOMADLAND (4/30-5/2, 5/4, single daily screenings), TROLLS WORLD TOUR (4/30, 3:30 p.m.), SHREK FOREVER AFTER (4/30, 4:30 p.m.), JURASSIC WORLD (4/30, 6:45 p.m.), WRATH OF MAN (5/6 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series” feat. GHOSTBUSTERS (2016), The Courtyard Café, 1st floor (4/30, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
SEPARATION, THE COURIER, DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MINARI, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4/30 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
COSMIC SIN, NOMADLAND, more! (4/27 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
GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/30-5/2), NOMADLAND (4/30-5/1)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
SEPARATION, DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/30-5/2)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
SHREK, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT (4/30-5/2)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
“Mystery ‘May the 4th Be With You’ Movie” (5/4, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
MORTAL KOMBAT (Screen 1), NOBODY (Screen 2) (4/30-5/1), BEGINNING OF THE END (1957) (Screen 1), MORTAL KOMBAT (Screen 2) (5/2), “Spring Fling Craft & Vendor Show) (5/1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MONDAY (4/30-5/2), “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION (through 5/6), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2021 (through 5/14, all three programs) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Concession counter sale (4/30, 6-8 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
WEIRD SCIENCE, UNCLE BUCK (4/30-5/2)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT (Screen 1), MINIONS, CADDYSHACK (Screen 2) (4/30-5/1)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE FATHER, THE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, NOBODY, NOMADLAND, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (4/30 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE RESORT, THE GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES, GODZILLA VS. KONG, MORTAL KOMBAT, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, THE UNHOLY (4/30 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
5/13-5/20
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
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
4/30: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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