Calendar: July 29-Aug. 4, 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!
8/1: Jed Brian (segment director, 13 SLAYS TILL X-MAS, Scream Team Releasing, Clayville, PA)
8/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer/director, ESSENCE, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL)
8/3: Laura Richter (production manager, FIELDS OF GOLD, Spencer Films, Springfield, IL)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
7/19: Steven R. Swords, 67 (associate professor, English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, retired)
7/22: Aaron Davidson, 48 (actor, WEREWOLF CEMETERY, BrainSmart Productions, Champaign, IL/Portland, OR)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Since I’m attempting to renew the life of writing outside the Calendar, it’s time to reign in the Reports for a while and stress points of interest over lengthy pontification. This week, that’s that.
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
25 Years Ago … July 1997: Location filming commences and wraps in Champaign County on the feature-length drama COYOTE’S HONOR, a project spearheaded by Urbana native Michael Wiese to experiment in micro-budget movie production. As an author and publisher at an imprint dedicated to instructing readers on various aspects of the filmmaking process, Wiese is using the opportunity to develop a screen story (with recent University of Illinois graduate Doug McCord) based on available resources and talent in the Champaign-Urbana area while also testing prosumer MiniDV video gear and post-production software that is relatively new to the marketplace. English literature major Eric Wippo plays the “coyote” of the title, a wily drifter who does his best to disrupt a nucleus of friends and frenemies in a Midwest college town; mostly drawn from the current pool of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts summer stock players, the cast also includes John Maclay, Mike Kuehl, Will Ransom, Kelly Cooper, Heather Saliny, Emily A. Parks, Heather Lamb, Dustin Wilkinson, and UI acting instructor Richard Barrows. WILL-TV producer Tim Hartin and Southern Illinois University cinema student Chris Dowell form part of the tiny crew. Although Wiese will soon chronicle the lessons learned with COYOTE in an article series for Videography magazine and as an appendix in the second edition of The Independent Film and Videomaker’s Guide (Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA, 1998), COYOTE itself has remained lost in the cornfields and all but absent from the Internet wilds despite initial plans to set it free on the festival circuit. [R]
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, RAMARAO ON DUTY (in Telugu), VENGEANCE, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on), BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY (8/4 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, VENGEANCE, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on), UFC 276: Julianna Peña vs Amanda Nunes rematch, more (mixed martial arts; 7/30, 9 p.m., simulcast), Studio Ghibli Fest 2022: KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (animé; 7/31, 3 p.m., English dub; 8/1, 7 p.m., Japanese with English sub; 8/3, 7 p.m., English dub), SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (7/31, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8/3, 7 p.m.), PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, MINIONS (8/2-8/4, 10 a.m., free), The Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: La Bohème (8/3, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY (8/4 on)
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. FATHER STU (8/4, 9 p.m., free)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE LOST CITY, MID-CENTURY, more! (7/26 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
No movies this week!
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
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, ELVIS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, ELVIS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, NOPE (7/28-8/1)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (Screen 1), WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, NOPE (Screen 2) (7/29-7/30), DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (Screen 1), NOPE (Screen 2) (8/1 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (7/29-7/31), THE TERMINATOR (7/30-7/31), MY OLD SCHOOL (8/4)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (7/29-7/31)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
ELVIS (7/29-7/31)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, TWISTER (7/29-7/31)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (Screen 1), WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, NOPE (Screen 2) (7/29-7/31, 8/3-8/4)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, ELVIS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on), HOME (8/2-8/3, 10 a.m., free), BULLET TRAIN (8/4 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on), HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (8/3-8/4, 10 a.m.), BULLET TRAIN (8/4 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7/29 on), HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (8/3-8/4, 10 a.m.), BULLET TRAIN (8/4 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ The Logan Theatre, Chicago, IL
29th Chicago Underground Film Festival (through 7/31)
@ The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival presents “First Tuesdays: Celebrating Women & GNC Filmmakers,” (8/2, 7 p.m.)
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
8/13
Popcorn Frights Film Festival presents FINAL SUMMER* world premiere
@ Savor Cinema, St. Lauderdale, FL, 11 p.m.
8/19-8/20
Dark History and Horror Convention feat. Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ I Hotel and Conference Center, UIUC, Champaign, IL
NEW! 9/10
“Meet Me at the Movies” fundraiser hosted by Bishop Stevens
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL, Noon-10 p.m.
9/10
WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* screening and tribute concert
@ The Venue, Aurora, IL, 7:30 p.m.
9/22-10/2
40th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
NEW! 11/3-11/13
31st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
11/4-11/14
21st Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield, IL
4/19-4/22, 2023
23nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Radio Group presents “Mix 94.5 Animation Vacation Movie Series”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/13: “Saturday Morning Cartoons” (9:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.); 8/20: SLEEPING BEAUTY (2 & 6:30 p.m.)
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
8/11: MORBIUS; 8/18: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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