Calendar: August 5-11, 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!
8/6: Jason Cerezo (co-owner, ThirdSide, Champaign, IL)
8/6: Sam Ambler (producer, Ambler Video, Champaign, IL)
8/7: Rachel Rebecca Berry (instructor, “Make a Movie” camp, Class Act, Champaign, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
One more week without a full-on Report isn’t going to hurt us, correct? I’m glad we can agree to agree.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ McCormick Place Convention Center (South Building), Chicago, IL
C2E2 presents REVEALER* screening and panel discussion (8/5, 6:45 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, SITA RAMAM (in Telugu), DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, ELVIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, VENGEANCE, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on), THE BLACK PHONE (8/5-8/6), EMILY THE CRIMINAL, LAAL SINGH CHADDHA (in Hindi), RAKSHA BANDHAN (in Hindi), SUMMERING (8/11 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, THE BLACK PHONE, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, ELVIS, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, VENGEANCE, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on), Studio Ghibli Fest 2022: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (animé; 8/7, 8/10, 12:30, 3, 7 & 9:30 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: La Fille du Régiment (8/10, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (2-D IMAX) (8/11, 4 & 7 p.m.), Drum Corps International presents “Big Loud & Live 17” concert (music; 8/11, 5:30 p.m., simulcast)
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. MORBIUS (8/11, 9 p.m., free)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, PIL’S ADVENTURES, WHITE ELEPHANT, more! (8/2 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
New Season! Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series” feat. CADDYSHACK (8/11, 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
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, NOPE (8/4-8/7)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
Danville Youth Hockey League fundraiser feat. MIRACLE (8/9, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (Screen 1), BULLET TRAIN (Screen 2) (8/5-8/6)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MY OLD SCHOOL (8/5-8/7), MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (8/11)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (8/5-8/7)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (8/5-8/7)
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, TWISTER (8/5-8/7)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
BULLET TRAIN, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (Screen 1) DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, BATMAN (Screen 2) (8/5-8/7, 8/10-8/11)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
BULLET TRAIN, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (8/5 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
8/13
Popcorn Frights Film Festival presents FINAL SUMMER* world premiere
@ Savor Cinema, St. Lauderdale, FL, 11 p.m.
NEW! 8/18
“History Talk” series feat. “Virginia Sale – Urbana’s Hollywood Starlet” hosted by Perry C. Morris
@ Champaign County History Museum, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/19-8/20
Dark History and Horror Convention feat. Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ I Hotel and Conference Center, UIUC, Champaign, IL
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! 10/6-10/16
31st Heartland International Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
NEW! 10/22
CU International Film Festival
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
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
8/18: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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