Calendar: May 24-30, 2024
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!
5/25: David Gracon, Ph.D. (assistant professor of integrated media, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA)
5/26: Lana Hinshaw-Klann (photojournalist, WBBM Channel 2 (CBS), Chicago, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Bawk. Quoth the Jason, “No Report.” Sorry. Time got away. Ye Ed is prepping for a medical procedure next Friday and has to compensate and compromise. We’re still operating on the “two more Reports and done for the summer” principle. Therefore, watch this space, dearest readers. Danke. Bawk.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Festival presents BIKE VESSEL (documentary) w/guests (5/26, 4 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE BLUE ANGELS (documentary), FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK (in Mandarin with English sub), SIGHT (faith film), THREE OLD BOYS (in Mandarin with English sub), BACK TO BLACK, CHALLENGERS, THE FALL GUY, IF, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 (5/24 on), BABES, HAIKYU!! THE DUMPSTER BATTLE (animé) (5/30 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BABES, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), SIGHT (faith film), BACK TO BLACK, CHALLENGERS, CIVIL WAR, THE FALL GUY, IF, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1, TAROT* (5/24 on), BACK TO THE FUTURE (5/26-5/27, 3 & 7 p.m.; 5/29, 7 p.m.), summer family films: LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (animation) (5/28-5/30, 10 a.m.), THE COMMANDANT’S SHADOW (Holocaust documentary) (5/29-5/30, 4 & 7 p.m.) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. DUNE: PART TWO (5/30, 9 p.m., free)
@ Redbox (streaming), Champaign-Urbana, IL
Follow the link to view the hottest new releases! (5/21 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series” feat. FREE SOLO (documentary) (5/24, 7 p.m.), The News-Gazette Film Series presents THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923) with accompaniment by organist Jay Warren (5/25, 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
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, SIGHT (faith film), KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (5/23-5/26)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
NAPOLEON (2023) (5/24, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (Screen 1), IF (Screen 2) (5/24 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
DAZED AND CONFUSED (5/24-5/26), AIRPLANE! (5/25-5/26), EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (in Japanese with English sub) (5/30)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
IF (5/24-5/26)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
UNSUNG HERO (faith film) (5/24-5/26)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
IF, THE FALL GUY (Screen 1), THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Screen 2) (5/24-5/27, 5/29-5/30)
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
NEW! 6/8
Danville Dans baseball “double header” feat. THE BABE*
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 2 p.m.
8/31-9/1
10th anniversary Dark History & Horror Con
@ Orpheum Champaign (The Orpheum Theater), Champaign, IL
11/1-11/2
23rd Route 66 Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
NEW! 4/23/-4/25/25
25th Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
UPDATE! Chambana Film Festival – Summer 2024 screening series
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 4 p.m.
6/30: “Funny Strange & Funny Haha: Comedic Short Films;” 7/28: OUT THERE: A NATIONAL PARKS STORY
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
6/27: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE*; 7/11: GREASE “sing-a-long” edition
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
6/6: ARTHUR THE KING; 6/13: KUNG FU PANDA 4; 6/20: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES; 6/27: THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE; 7/11: GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE; 7/18: CIVIL WAR; 7/25: THE FALL GUY; 8/1: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE; 8/8: IF
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
6/21: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?; 7/5: STOP MAKING SENSE;
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
6/15: HARVEY; 7/13: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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