Calendar: April 1-7, 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!
4/2: Will “the Thrill” Viharo (movie columnist, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
4/4: Kamelya Alexan (filmmaker, CHANGING THE DISCIPLE, Chicago, IL)
4/4: Sara Benson (adjunct assistant professor, School of Information Sciences, UIUC, Champaign, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
The last 24 hours have been gunk, and now I’m going to attempt to pump out an abbreviated C-U Confidential digest over the next two weeks. In advance, you’re welcome. Want to help? Send me your C-U film news and/or a PayPal donation to the print budget at cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com. Onward.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ various, Champaign County, IL
40 North 88 West presents the 20th Boneyard Arts Festival (3/31-4/3) Information
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 223 (4/4, 7 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Illinois State University School of Communication presents “COM Week Documentary Film Festival”* feat. ISU student productions (4/6, 7 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, INFINITE STORM, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE LOST CITY, RRR, SING 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED, X (4/1 on), THE CASE FOR HEAVEN (documentary; 4/4-4/6, 7 p.m.), SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/6 on), HIGH EXPECTATIONS (4/7, 7 p.m.), AMBULANCE (4/7 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films” feat. GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (4/1-4/2, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, DOG, INFINITE STORM, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE LOST CITY, SING 2 “sing-a-long edition,” SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UMMA, UNCHARTED, X (4/1 on), WWE WrestleMania 38 (first night, 4/2, 7 p.m., simulcast; second night, 4/3, 7 p.m., simulcast), Studio Ghibli Fest: PRINCESS MONONOKE 25th anniversary (4/3, 3 p.m.; 4/4, 4/6, 7 p.m.), THE GODFATHER (4/3, 11 a.m., 3 & 7 p.m.; 4/6, 3 & 7 p.m.), THE OUTFIT (4/4, 4/5, 3:35 p.m.), THE CASE FOR HEAVEN (documentary; 4/4-4/6, 7 p.m.), HIGH EXPECTATIONS (4/7, 7 p.m.), AMBULANCE, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/7 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE CALM BEYOND, MARRY ME, THE REQUIN, SING 2, more! (3/29 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series” feat. FACE/OFF (4/4, 7 p.m.), “The Arthouse Experience” w/Sanford Hess feat. BIG NIGHT (4/6, 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
MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, THE LOST CITY, SING 2 “sing-a-long edition,” SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, UNCHARTED (4/1 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, DOG, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE LOST CITY, SING 2 “sing-a-long edition,” UNCHARTED, X (4/1 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE OUTFIT, THE LOST CITY, THE BATMAN (4/1-4/3)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
HOP (4/1, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
MORBIUS (Screen 1), THE LOST CITY (Screen 2) (4/1-4/2)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE GODFATHER (4/1-4/3), STRAWBERRY MANSION (4/1-4/2), Illinois State University School of Communication presents “COM Week Documentary Film Festival”* (4/6, 7 p.m., free), The William Morgan Distinguished Poet Series presents Claudia Rankine (4/7, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE LOST CITY (4/1-4/3)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE BATMAN (4/1-4/3)
NEW SEASON! @ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
MORBIUS, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Screen 1), UNCHARTED, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (Screen 2) (4/1-4/2)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
BARBARIANS, MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE LOST CITY, SING 2 “sing-a-long edition,” UNCHARTED (4/1 on), AMBULANCE, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/7 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, DOG, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA, THE LOST CITY, SING 2 (4/1 on), SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/7 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
CODA, MORBIUS, THE BATMAN, DOG, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA, THE LOST CITY, SING 2, UNCHARTED (4/1 on), SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/7 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival (through 4/3; virtual screenings through 4/6)
@ University of Wisconsin, etc., Madison, WI
24th annual Wisconsin Film Festival (4/7-4/17)
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
4/8-4/10
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL
4/19
WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert
@ Blue Island Beer Company, Blue Island, IL, 7 p.m.
4/20
WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, 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.
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.
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
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.
4/30: DUCK SOUP; 6/25: HIGH NOON; 7/29: TOP HAT
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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