Calendar: November 5-11, 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!
11/11: William J. Wright (contributor, Rue Morgue Magazine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
10/28: Jacob Thomas Evans, 32 (performer, THE ANDY DUE SHOW, Rubber Chicken Films/RL3 Productions, Charleston, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
After this month is in the books, I’ll be powering down the Reports to a minimum until at least February so I can devote more time to other areas of CUBlog that have been neglected, including a few Almanac entries I’d like to finally hang on the timeline du C-U like sparkly garland. I hope our notes and context on local film culture have given you extra incentive to rely on our weekly Calendar.
For today, I have our three topics and will get right to the point. Enjoy and support the 20th annual Route 66 Film Festival based in Springfield, which begins limited streaming runs of sessions today, Friday, November 5, and continues through Monday, November 15, with a hybrid awards ceremony held in person and broadcast via Zoom set for Saturday, November 13. Also enjoy and support the 28th Chicago Underground Film Festival virtually and at the city’s Logan Theatre, 2646 N. Milwaukee Avenue, which opens today as well and lasts through this Sunday, November 7. Both offer wide-ranging and challenging programs filled with short subjects and features that originate from all over the world, and to have them unspooling on the same fall weekend – CUFF has typically bewildered the Windy City during the summer in recent years – is a bounty and not necessarily an either/or choice. Study their listings well or pick randomly and dive in!
Assuming you partake, I trust you will be appreciative of the hard work undertaken each and every year by festival director Siobhan Johnson and the board of R66FF as well as festival artistic director Bryan Wendorf and his crew at CUFF to put on their non-corporatized shows rooted in Illinois, especially while this pandemic continues. They will value you watching their selections, talking about their selections, talking selections with them if the opportunities present themselves, and maybe most importantly, sharing your experiences with others. All conjecture and gut feeling, this last sentiment is, but I absolutely believe it. And then, we turn right around and there is next Wednesday, November 10. Of course, it means little now to you. I call it the third anniversary of no New Art Film Festival at the Art Theater. Feel any sense of loss, C-U?
p.s. I’m tacking on an excuse to link to the website of the 30th annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, which launched on Thursday, November 4, and will be presenting online screenings as well as in-person events at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Boulevard, and several other locations through Sunday, November 21. My comments above apply to this long-running showcase, by far the largest and most in-depth of the three in action this weekend. Thank you, Confidential agent C-Day, for the reminder.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Springfield, IL (virtual event)
20th annual Route 66 Film Festival (11/5-11/15) Tickets
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 100 (11/8, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ANNAATTHE, ETERNALS, SOORYAVANSHI, SPENCER, ANTLERS, DUNE, HALLOWEEN KILLS, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES’ MISSION (animé), NO TIME TO DIE, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (11/5 on), SABINA (11/8-11/10, 7 p.m.), CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (11/9 on), AMERICAN SNIPER (re-release, 11/11 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2021 Weekend Films” feat. SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (11/5-11/6, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
ETERNALS, MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES’ MISSION (animé), SPENCER, THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2, ANTLERS, DUNE, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, HALLOWEEN KILLS, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, A MOUTHFUL OF AIR, NO TIME TO DIE, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (11/5 on), Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: Spartacus (11/7, 11:55 a.m., simulcast), UFC 268: Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington, more (11/6, 9 p.m., simulcast), ONE PIECE FILM: STRONG WORLD (animé) (11/7, 11/9, 7 p.m.), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (11/7, 3 & 7 p.m.; 11/10, 7 p.m.), SABINA (11/8-11/10, 7 p.m.), CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (11/9 on), Turner Classic Movies presents HIGH SOCIETY 65th anniversary (11/10, 7 p.m.), ROCKY IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO (director’s cut; 11/11, 7 p.m.)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, THE SPORE, ZONE 414, more! (11/2 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series” feat. PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (11/11, 7 p.m.)
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
ETERNALS, ANTLERS, DUNE, HALLOWEEN KILLS, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, RON’S GONE WRONG (11/5 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
ETERNALS, ANTLERS, DUNE, HALLOWEEN KILLS, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, NO TIME TO DIE, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (11/5 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE FRENCH DISPATCH, OLD HENRY, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (11/5-11/7)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (11/5, 7 p.m.; 11/6, 2 & 7 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (11/5), Acafellaz fall concert (11/6), PERSONA (11/7), BERGMAN ISLAND (11/11)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK (11/5-11/7)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
Closed for the season.
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
ETERNALS, ANTLERS, HALLOWEEN KILLS, RON’S GONE WRONG (11/5 on), LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (11/5-11/7, 11/11), CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (11/9 on),
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
ETERNALS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2, DUNE, HALLOWEEN KILLS, NO TIME TO DIE, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (11/5 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
ETERNALS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2, DUNE, HALLOWEEN KILLS, NO TIME TO DIE, RON’S GONE WRONG, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (11/5 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ The Logan Theatre + virtual, Chicago, IL
Full Spectrum Features presents 28th Chicago Underground Film Festival (11/5-11/7) Information
@ The Tivoli Theatre, etc. + virtual, St. Louis, MO
30th annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (11/4-11/21) Information
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
12/4
Kramupusnacht Freeky Film Festival
@ Champaign, IL (virtual event)
4/7-4/17, 2022
24th annual Wisconsin Film Festival
@ University of Wisconsin, etc., Madison, WI
4/8-4/10, 2022
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL
4/20-4/23, 2022
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/6: COLD WAR; 1/19/22: WILD TALES; 2/23/22: ADAPTATION; 3/23/22: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS; 4/6/22: BIG NIGHT; 5/25/22: EIGHTH GRADE; 6/1/22: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: to be rescheduled: THE ARTIST
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
11/11: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE; 12/5: THE PRINCESS BRIDE; 1/13/22: CLUELESS*; 1/20/22: SAY ANYTHING; 2/2/22: GROUNDHOG DAY; 3/21/22: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK; 4/4/22: FACE/OFF; 5/23/22: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME; 6/30/22: WAYNE’S WORLD; 7/14/22: STARSHIP TROOPERS
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2021 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
11/5-11/6: SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY; 11/12-11/13: BLACK WIDOW; 11/19-11/20: THE SUICIDE SQUAD; 12/3-12/4: JUNGLE CRUISE
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
11/21: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS; 12/11: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/22/22: ALL ABOUT EVE; 2/19/22: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; 4/30/22: DUCK SOUP; 6/25/22: HIGH NOON; 7/29/22: TOP HAT
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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