Calendar: July 5-11, 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!
7/7: Keenan Dailey (CEO, Visage Entertainment, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
7/9: Jessie Seitz (director, MONSTER GIRLS, Capricorn Rising, Decatur, 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
Activity is exploding over at Camp Nostalgic Studios, “The Home of Independent Storytelling,” and what better time is there to feature their upcoming online releases than Independence Day weekend? Dave Rediger, Gela Rediger, and Alex Duquette of CNS go through it all in this update video shared both to YouTube as well as their official website, which organizes everything in bright and bold décor if you’d prefer the non-sterile approach. Over the next several weeks beginning this Saturday, July 6, they will debut new episodes of the skit program “Saturday Morning,” which features Duquette and Dave Rediger as hosts and a revolving cast in comedy segments (such as Randy Phillips and Em Garner, below, in a purported preview for “Chesapeake Valley: Ranger Wives” in the best/worst tradition of reality shows) and commercial spoofs, to be followed later in the day with “Late Night Urge,” a secretive affair that will star Chicago comedienne Ariel Julie (captured candidly, with bubbly). Also coming soon or recently added are new episodes of the animated “Stupie & Fran-Fran,” on-location video of stand-up comedy in “Funny Ass Road Show” (including local talent, like George Cruickshank), and one-off specials such as “Pat’s Spooky Night,” filled to the gills with an all-star CNS roster. An inevitable pairing occurs this season as Camp Nostalgic welcomes Andy and Zoe Due from Rubber Chicken Films into the fold; you’ll see them below in character on “Saturday Morning” and can watch the brand-new Episode 25 of “The Andy Due Show,” which is a cacophony of Anglo and Yankee wartime humor for the occasion, right here. Pip, pip!
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NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), KILL (in Hindi with English sub), MAXXXINE, SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT (faith film), BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE BIKERIDERS*, BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE: EPISODE NAGI* (animé) (in Japanese w/English sub), HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), KALKI 2898 AD (in Telugu w/English sub), A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (7/5 on), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (7/7, 7/10, 7 p.m.), FLY ME TO THE MOON (7/11 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), KILL (in Hindi with English sub), KINDS OF KINDNESS, MAXXXINE, SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT (faith film), BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, THE BIKERIDERS, THE FALL GUY, HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1, IF, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (7/5 on), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (7/7, 3 & 7 p.m.; 7/10, 7 p.m.), THE MASK (1994) (7/7, 3 & 7 p.m.; 7/10, 7 p.m.)
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (7/11, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series” feat. STOP MAKING SENSE (concert film) (7/5, 7 p.m.), Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series” feat. GREASE “sing-a-long” edition (7/11, 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
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (2-D & 3-D) (7/3-7/7)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) (Screen 1), A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (Screen 2) (7/5-7/10), DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) (Screen 1), THE LION KING (animation; re-release) (Screen 2) (7/11)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
JAWS (7/5-7/7) AN AMERICAN TAIL (animation) (7/6), LILO & STITCH (animation) (7/8, 7/10), GHOSTLIGHT (7/11)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) (7/5-7/7)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
FURIOUSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (7/5-7/7)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) INSIDE OUT 2 (animation) (Screen 1), A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 (Screen 2) (7/5-7/7, 7/10-7/11)
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.
7/28: OUT THERE: A NATIONAL PARKS STORY
UPDATE! Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/29: BACK TO THE FUTURE; 9/26: OFFICE SPACE*, 10/17: FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980); 11/20: THE BOY AND THE HERON (animé); 12/5: FRIDAY*
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
7/18: CIVIL WAR; 7/25: THE FALL GUY; 8/1: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE; 8/8: IF
UPDATE! Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/16: THE FAVOURITE; 9/6: HOOP DREAMS* (documentary); 10/18: TO LESLIE; 11/22: RUSHMORE
UPDATE! The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
7/13: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN; 8/24: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD; 9/21: THE LONG GOODBYE; 10/19: REAR WINDOW; 11/30: THE WIZARD OF OZ; 12/7: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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