Calendar: April 29-May 5, 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!
4/29: Sophie McMahan Berkley (artist, Sophie McMahan, Urbana, IL)
5/1: Mark Rubel (interviewee, WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?, MVD Visual, Pottstown, PA)
5/4: Andrew J. Rausch (author, Dirty Talk: Conversations with Porn Stars, BearManor Media, Albany, GA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
This is a week in which everything has felt too little and too late, including this here Calendar. Just like last week. Oh, well. Damned if I do and, um, damn it, I guess I’m doing it anyway. Next week, even!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Panic Fest, Screenland Theaters Armour, North Kansas City, MO
REVEALER* U.S. premiere (4/29, 9:45 p.m.)
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
2022 UIUC Student Film Festival (4/30, 5 p.m.)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 223 (5/2, 7 p.m.)
@ The Dublin Pub, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting (5/5, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ACHARYA (in Telegu), HATCHING, HEROPANTI 2 (in Hindi), MEMORY, RUNWAY 34 (in Hindi), THE BAD GUYS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, THE LOST CITY, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on), DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (5/5 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films” feat. RUMBLE, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (4/29-4/30, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
MEMORY, AMBULANCE, THE BAD GUYS, THE BATMAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on), DAZN “Fight Night”: Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano (boxing; 4/30, 6:30 p.m., simulcast), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY (in Japanese: 5/1, 11:25 a.m., 3 & 7 p.m., 5/4, 3 & 7 p.m.; in English: 5/1, 11:55 a.m., 3:30 & 7:30 p.m., 5/4, 7:30 p.m.), DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (5/5 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
GASOLINE ALLEY, LAST SURVIVORS, MOONFALL, more! (4/26 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents DUCK SOUP (4/30, 1 & 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
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, THE LOST CITY, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, THE NORTHMAN (4/29-5/1)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
Danville Symphony Orchestra presents “Stars of the Silver Screen” concert (4/30, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (Screen 1), THE BAD GUYS (Screen 2) (4/29-5/1)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Coalescence Theatre Project’s #ShePersisted Festival presents Madeleines by Bess Welden (4/29, 7:30 p.m.), Dressing Robbie Temple by Jen OConnor (4/30, 7:30 p.m.), and Greek Tragedy by Lia Romeo (5/1, 7:30 p.m.), EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (5/5-5/8)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE BAD GUYS (4/29-5/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/29-5/1)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (Screen 1), AMBULANCE, THE NORTHMAN (Screen 2) (4/29-4/30)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
MEMORY, THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on), DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (5/5 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE BAD GUYS, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, THE NORTHMAN, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/29 on), DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (5/5 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
NEW! 5/13-5/19
The Chicago Critics Film Festival, Chicago, IL
9/22-10/2
40th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
NEW! 4/19-4/22, 2023
23nd 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.
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.
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
4/29-4/30: 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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