Calendar: May 19-25, 2023
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!
5/9: Chuck Russell (director, PARADISE CITY, Saban Films, Los Angeles, CA/actor, SHOT, Cinemaguild, UIUC, Urbana, IL)
5/19: Gerry Kissell (co-host, Pop Culture Minefield vidcast, Dangerous Nerds Media, Springfield, MO)
5/21: Katherine Bokenkamp (actress, LAST DAY, Silver Compass Studios, Decatur, IL)
5/25: David Gracon, Ph.D. (assistant professor of integrated media, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
You don’t mind if we skip a proper Report this week, do you? In its stead, go watch something good that doesn’t crash your style. Cheers.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ANNI MANCHI SAKUNAMULE (in Telugu w/English sub), FAST X, BLACKBERRY*, BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER, EVIL DEAD RISE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, HYPNOTIC*, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, LOVE AGAIN, THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (animation) (5/19 on), THE LITTLE MERMAID (5/25 on) *single shows daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
FAST X, AIR, ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET., BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES, EVIL DEAD RISE, FOOL’S PARADISE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, HYPNOTIC, LOVE AGAIN*, THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (animation) (5/19 on), The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (5/20, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 5/24, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), RIO BRAVO (5/21, 3 & 7 p.m.; 5/24, 7 p.m.), THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE MACHINE (5/25 on) *single shows daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (5/25, 9 p.m., free)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
COME OUT FIGHTING, more! (5/16 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents TOPPER (5/20, 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
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FAST X, BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, (5/19-5/21)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
The Danville Public Library presents “A Novel Idea” feat. PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) (5/13, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
FAST X (Screen 1), GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (Screen 2) (5/19-5/21)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties and “Family Movie Packs” this week.
@ The Lincoln Square Theater, Decatur, IL
JAWS (5/25, 6:30 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Severin Films presents … “The Normal Colors of Giallo” feat. NO GRAVE FOR THE DEAD, ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (5/19, 7 p.m.), BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN (animé) (5/20-5/21), JOYLAND (5/25)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
FAST X (5/19-5/21)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES (5/19-5/21)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, EVIL DEAD RISE (Screen 1), FAST X, M3GAN (Screen 2) (5/19-5/20)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
8/19
DESPERATE SOULS* downstate premiere
@ The Princess Theater, LeRoy, IL, time TBD
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess and sponsored by Illinois Public Media
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
5/31: THE TWO POPES; 6/14: MULHOLLAND DRIVE; 7/12: BARAKA
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
6/29: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 7/27: TOP GUN
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/17: ENTER THE DRAGON; 7/15: I LOVE LUCY: THE MOVIE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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