Calendar: December 24-30, 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!
12/20: Brad Jones (host, The Cinema Snob vidcast, Stoned Gremlin Productions, Chicago, IL)
12/29: Patricia Pankoke Pellow (matron saint to our arts, C-U Confidential, Champaign, IL)
12/30: Paul Benson (crew, FINAL SUMMER, Swede Films, Urbana, IL)
12/30: Jason Pankoke (editor/publisher, C-U Blogfidential, Mendota, IL)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
12/14: Jason Hitch, 45 (Season 2 cast member, 90 DAY FIANCÉ, Sharp Entertainment, New York, NY)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
If you have access to her Facebook account, go leave Momkoke a brief and warm holiday or birthday message. She is having a rough stretch with depression right now, not so much because of Christmas and its end-of-year glaze but due to the fact that I seem incapable of putting needed life changes in motion for her so we can get her resettled and cared for properly. It’s arguable that I should not even be spending time on this Confidential tripe in the coming weeks and months, let alone right now. Not good. Not much of the last five years of our lives has been good. 2022 is all about improvement. Right?
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
’83, AMERICAN UNDERDOG, A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, SHYAM SINGHA ROY, ENCANTO, NIGHTMARE ALLEY, PUSHPA: THE RISE, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, WEST SIDE STORY (12/24 on), GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (12/28-12/30, 12:15 p.m.)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
AMERICAN UNDERDOG, A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, ENCANTO, NIGHTMARE ALLEY, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, WEST SIDE STORY (12/24 on), LICORICE PIZZA (12/25 on), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/24, 3 p.m.), GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (12/25 on, 12:50 p.m. daily)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BLUE BAYOU, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, FORTRESS, THE LAST DUEL, THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK, NO TIME TO DIE, more! (12/21 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Virginia Theatre 100th anniversary presentation: The Bat directed by John Stuff (12/28-12/30, 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
AMERICAN UNDERDOG, A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (12/24 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
AMERICAN UNDERDOG, A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, ENCANTO, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, WEST SIDE STORY (12/24 on)
NOW OPEN DAILY! @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE KING’S MAN, SING 2, WEST SIDE STORY (12/24 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/24)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
ENCANTO (12/24-12/26)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
ENCANTO (12/24, 12/26)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, WEST SIDE STORY (12/24 on), GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (12/24), AMERICAN UNDERDOG (12/25 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
AMERICAN UNDERDOG, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (12/24 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
AMERICAN UNDERDOG, THE KING’S MAN, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (12/24 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
3/31-4/3, 2022
32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
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
NEW! 9/22-10/2, 2022
40th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
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.
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
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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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