Calendar: June 21-27, 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!
6/27: Joe Sherlock (writer/director, STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT THE WEIRD HOUSE, Skullface Astronaut, Corvallis, OR)
6/27: Eric Spudic (actor, NIGHT OF THE BASTARD, Dark Sky Films, Orland Park, IL)
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!
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scene on the Screen
In a week where we have the novelty of two features opening wide in American theaters that were set and filmed in Chicagoland, THE BIKERIDERS from Focus Features and GHOSTLIGHT from IFC Films, as well as the welcome return of a durable Windy City classic, THE BLUES BROTHERS, at the Normal Theater on Thursday, June 27, we also have the trailer debut for HOLIDAY HOLD-UP, a co-production of Chicago’s The Line Film Company and Darkly Entertainment of Los Angeles. A caper that pits disgruntled restaurant employees against their boss’ gambling racket, HOLIDAY was filmed largely in early 2023 at Champaign-Urbana locations like the former Blind Pig pub, seen below, and stars Agnes Albright and Jeremy Holm from Line and Shatterglass Films’ BLACK MOLD along with John Pirruccello, Emma Jo Boyden, Matty Ryan, and James Houton. Directors are Kyko Claudio, Michele B. McGraw, Michael Moreci, and Robert Patrick Stern, according to IMDB.com, while the credits crawl is dotted with familiar names, some of whom surely had a hand in dressing Church Street with Christmas bling for the show. Office bets will be placed as to whether HOLIDAY can secure a commercial theatrical release unlike so many prior pictures du C-U. Thanks to the film’s camera operator, John Isberg, for sharing on the socials!
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NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE BIKERIDERS, CRISIS NEGOTIATORS (in Cantonese w/English sub), THE EXORCISM, GHOSTLIGHT, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE FALL GUY, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), IF, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE WATCHERS (6/21 on), JESUS: A Deaf Missions Film (in ASL) (6/23, 2:30 p.m.), KALKI 2898 AD (in Telugu w/English sub) (6/26 on), SOMETHING TO STAND FOR with Mike Rowe (documentary) (6/27, 7 p.m.), BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE: EPISODE NAGI (animé) (in Japanese w/English sub), HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (6/27 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE BIKERIDERS, THE EXORCISM, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE FALL GUY, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation), IF, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1*, TREASURE*, THE WATCHERS (6/21 on), HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (6/22, 3 & 7 p.m.; 6/26, 7 p.m.), SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT 25th anniversary (animation) (6/23, 4 & 7 p.m.; 6/26, 7 p.m.), summer family films: BEETHOVEN’S 2ND, THE LAND BEFORE TIME (animation) (6/25-6/27, 10 a.m.), SOMETHING TO STAND FOR with Mike Rowe (documentary) (6/27, 7 p.m.), HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (6/27 on) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (6/27, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series” feat. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (documentary) (6/21, 7 p.m.), “Animation Vacation Film Series” feat. SHREK (6/24, 1 & 6:30 p.m., free), Illini Radio Group presents “Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays” feat. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (6/27, 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
BACK TO THE FUTURE, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (2-D & 3-D) (6/20-6/23)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (Screen 1), JURASSIC PARK, TREMORS (Screen 2) (6/21-6/22), INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (Screen 1), TREMORS (Screen 2) (6/23), INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (Screen 1), JURASSIC PARK (Screen 2) (6/24-6/26), INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (Screen 1), A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (Screen 2) (6/27)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (6/21-6/23), THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (6/22-6/23), HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (animation) (6/24, 6/26), THE BLUES BROTHERS (6/27)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (6/21-6/23)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (6/21-6/23)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), THE GARFIELD MOVIE (animation) (Screen 1), JAWS, JURASSIC PARK (Screen 2) (6/21-6/23, 6/26-6/27)
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.
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
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.
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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