Calendar: March 18-24, 2022
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!
3/18: Joseph Muskin (co-author, The Art Theater, Champaign Urbana Theater History, Urbana, IL)
3/18: Katrina Catizone (pop culture artist, Studio Art de Katrina, Champaign, IL)
3/19: Andrew F. Gleason (coordinator of video production, Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL)
3/22: JC Culp (multimedia artist, Unpopular Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
3/24: Brian Krumm (singer/guitarist, The Great Crusades, Chicago, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
This week, I have nothing to Report but plenty to say … in dollops and fits, spread across multiple media channels, over time. That includes a special quickie from-the-hip issue of C-U Confidential that I hope to have in your hot little hands one month from now during Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Can it happen? Should I bother? Will it make a lick of difference in this waning pandemic world? Fuck it, we’re going to find out. Cheers, and, speaking of “Ebertfest”…
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
25 Years Ago … Thursday, March 13, 1997: A marquee attraction of “Cyberfest ’97,” a weeklong symposium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign exploring the correlation between technology and the arts as well as the place of artificial intelligence in the future of humankind, takes place this evening at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign. A 70mm screening of the visionary Stanley Kubrick production 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), hosted by Chicago Sun-Times film critic and UIUC alumnus Roger Ebert, is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. screening. This will be followed by Ebert’s participation in the “Cyberfest Gala” tomorrow night, Friday, March 14, at the UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, during which he will interview participants of 2001 including actors Gary Lockwood, slated to attend in person, and Keir Dullea, via prerecorded interview. Legendary science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, whose short story The Sentinel inspired both his expanded full-length novel and the feature film, is expected to converse live with Ebert via satellite from his home in Sri Lanka. The glowing response given to Urbana native Ebert, as well as the theoretical discussions centered on cybernetic “Urbana native” HAL-9000 from the film and novel, would lead to the launch of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival at the Virginia two years later. Of course, HAL and 2001 would be revisited at “Ebertfest” in 2001 as the opening night presentation. [R]
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 223 (3/21, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BACHCHAN PANDY, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE OUTFIT, UMMA, X, THE BATMAN, DOG, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (3/18 on), limited screenings: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (3/18), DRIVE MY CAR (3/18, 3/24), KING RICHARD (3/18, 3/20-3/21), DUNE (3/20, 3/22), WEST SIDE STORY (3/21), LICORICE PIZZA (3/22-3/23), and BELFAST (3/23), INFINITE STORM, THE LOST CITY, RRR (3/24 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films” feat. SING 2, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (3/18-3/19, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
“Stand With Ukraine” presents Ukrainian relief fundraiser feat. THE GUIDE (3/18-3/24), JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), MASTER, THE OUTFIT, UMMA, X, THE BATMAN, CYRANO, DEATH ON THE NILE, DOG, JACKASS FOREVER, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (3/18 on), HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (3/20, 3/23, 3 & 7 p.m.), MAN OF GOD (3/21, 7 p.m.), THE LOST CITY (3/24 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
RED ROCKET, A TALE OF TWO GUNS, more! (3/15 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents the Readers’ Choice Film: M*A*S*H (3/19, 1 & 7 p.m.), Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series” feat. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (3/21, 7 p.m.), “The Arthouse Experience” w/Sanford Hess feat. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (3/23, 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
X, THE BATMAN, DOG, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (3/18 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), X, THE BATMAN, DOG, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (3/18 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE BATMAN, DOG (3/18-3/20)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (3/18, 3/20, 3/24), FLEE (3/19-3/20, 3/23)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the weekend.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
UNCHARTED (3/18-3/20)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE GODFATHER, X, THE BATMAN, DOG, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA, UNCHARTED (3/18 on), THE LOST CITY (3/24 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA, THE BATMAN, DEATH ON THE NILE, DOG, SING 2, UNCHARTED (3/18 on), THE LOST CITY (3/24 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA, X, THE BATMAN, DOG, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (3/18 on), THE LOST CITY (3/24 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
32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
4/7-4/17
24th annual Wisconsin Film Festival
@ University of Wisconsin, etc., Madison, WI
4/8-4/10
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL
NEW! 4/19
WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert
@ Blue Island Beer Company, Blue Island, IL, 7 p.m.
4/20-4/23
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/30
2022 UIUC Student Film Festival
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5 p.m.
9/22-10/2
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.
3/23: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS; 4/6: BIG NIGHT; 5/25: EIGHTH GRADE; 6/1: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
3/21: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK; 4/4: FACE/OFF; 5/23: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME; 6/30: WAYNE’S WORLD; 7/14: STARSHIP TROOPERS
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
3/18-3/19: SING 2; 3/25-3/26: HOUSE OF GUCCI; 4/1-4/2: GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE; 4/8-4/9: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME; 4/15-4/16: A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN; 4/22-4/23: JACKASS FOREVER; 4/29-4/30: RUMBLE
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
3/19: Readers’ Choice Film: M*A*S*H; 4/30: DUCK SOUP; 6/25: HIGH NOON; 7/29: TOP HAT
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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