Calendar: June 14-20, 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!
6/18: Perry C. Morris (editor/publisher, Champaign Urbana Theater History)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
The Report is on hiatus until August or September. Thank you for your readership, CUvians and Agents!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Esquire Lounge, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting (6/17, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), THE RELENTLESS PATRIOT (documentary), TREASURE, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE FALL GUY, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), HAIKYU!! THE DUMPSTER BATTLE (animé), IF, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE WATCHERS (6/14 on), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (6/17, 7 p.m.), SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT preview (faith film) (6/19, 6 p.m.), JESUS: A Deaf Missions Film (in ASL) (6/20, 6:30 p.m.), THE BIKERIDERS, THE EXORCISM (6/20 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), TREASURE, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE FALL GUY, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), IF, IN A VIOLENT NATURE*, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1, THE WATCHERS (6/14 on), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (extended cut) (6/15, 4 p.m.), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (6/15-6/16, 3 & 7 p.m.; 6/19, 7 p.m.), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (extended cut) (6/16, 4 p.m.), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (extended cut) (6/17, 7 p.m.), summer family films: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (animation), THE EMOJI MOVIE (animation) (6/18-6/20, 10 a.m.), JESUS THIRSTS: THE MIRACLE OF THE EUCHARIST (religious documentary) (6/18-6/19, 7 p.m.) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES (6/20, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents HARVEY (6/15, 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
INSIDE OUT 2, JAWS (1975) (3-D), THE WATCHERS (6/13-6/16)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (Screen 1), BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE (Screen 2) (6/14 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
A BUCKET OF BLOOD (6/14-6/16), THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) (6/15-6/16), CHICKEN RUN (animation) (6/17, 6/19), THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (6/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (6/14-6/16)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (6/14-6/15)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (Screen 1), BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, TWISTER (Screen 2) (6/14-6/16, 6/19-6/20)
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
8/31-9/1
10th anniversary Dark History & Horror Con*
@ Orpheum Champaign (The Orpheum Theater), Champaign, IL
10/16-10/27
60th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
11/1-11/2
23rd Route 66 Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
4/23/-4/25/25
25th Roger Ebert’s Film Festival*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
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
6/27: 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.
7/13: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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