Calendar: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 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!
10/1: Jason Croft (editor/publisher, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
We’re going to play hooky from the Report this week. Researching and writing extra doesn’t get the yard work and grocery shopping done, never mind Momkoke Manor in better shape than it’s been. Plenty for you to do as listed in the Calendar below, so hit the Google and socials for further details you might want to know. October at CUBlog feels like it’s going to be more loaded than the sweetest pumpkin spice specialty drink that you could order from anywhere. Feel free to visit us on the regular for all of the treats and none of the tricks (or calories).
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing a Weird Scene on the Screen
Lately, every time your humble editor visits Box Office Mojo to help him crunch numbers in his overloaded noggin, he sees the following promotional banner atop the home page and it just feels like a weird M3GAN/HAL 9000 moment despite being a mere JPEG graphic and not generative AI that inserts the device user’s name into the art:
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JSON is apparently a “data interchange format” derived from JavaScript. Internet Movie Database, also the owners of Box Office Mojo and IMDb Pro, pitches other companies on using the method to integrate movie and user data onto other websites from their own. This is why you might see an IMDb-branded rating placed on the physical media product pages of certain online merchants, for instance. Click our links to learn more about it.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
Route 66 Film Festival presents “Get Your Flicks at Route 66” screening and activities (9/28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free, all ages)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Festival* presents A TIME APART (9/29, 4 p.m.)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting (9/30, 7 p.m., Room 1002)
@ Golden Corral, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting (10/4, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
AZRAEL, DEVARA: PART 1 (in Telugu with English sub), MEGALOPOLIS, MY OLD ASS, PACIFIC RIM (re-release), Studio Ghibli Fest: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE 20th anniversary (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), THE WILD ROBOT (animation), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, IT ENDS WITH US, NEVER LET GO*, SPEAK NO EVIL, THE SUBSTANCE*, TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation), WHIPLASH (re-release) (9/27 on), JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL (concert documentary) (9/27-9/28, 7:30 p.m.; 9/29, 4:30 p.m.; in Korean with English sub), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (9/30, 7 p.m.), AX Cinema Nights presents “Gundam Fest” feat. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM (animé) (10/2, 7:30 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), JOKER: FOILE À DEUX (10/3 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BAGMAN, DEVARA: PART 1 (in Telugu with English sub), LEE, MEGALOPOLIS, Studio Ghibli Fest: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE* 20th anniversary (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), THE WILD ROBOT (animation), AM I RACIST? (op-ed/documentary), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), NEVER LET GO, REAGAN, SPEAK NO EVIL, THE SUBSTANCE, TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (9/27 on), IT ENDS WITH US (9/27-9/28, 10/3), THE SHINING (1980) (9/29, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/2, 7 p.m.) JOKER: FOILE À DEUX preview (9/30, 7 p.m., IMAX), MEAN GIRLS 20th anniversary (10/3, 7 p.m.), JOKER: FOILE À DEUX, WHITE BIRD (10/3 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents TWISTERS (9/27-9/28, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
No movies this week.
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
THE WILD ROBOT (animation), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, REAGAN (9/27-9/29)
@ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL
FAITH OF ANGELS (faith film), THE WILD ROBOT (animation), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, THE FORGE (faith film), TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (9/27 on)
@ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL
THE WILD ROBOT (animation), TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (9/27 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
LITTLE GIANTS (9/29, 2 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Screen 2) (9/27-9/28)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
AZRAEL, DEVARA: PART 1 (in Telugu with English sub), LEE, MEGALOPOLIS, MY OLD ASS, Studio Ghibli Fest: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE 20th anniversary (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), VINDICATING TRUMP (op-ed/documentary), THE WILD ROBOT (animation), AM I RACIST?* (op-ed/documentary), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, IT ENDS WITH US*, NEVER LET GO, SPEAK NO EVIL, THE SUBSTANCE*, TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (9/27 on), JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL (concert documentary) (9/27, 7:10 p.m.; 9/28-9/29, 12:40 p.m; in Korean with English sub), HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (9/29, 4 p.m.; 9/30, 6 p.m.), ONE HAND CLAPPING: PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS (music documentary) (9/29, 1:30 p.m.), JOKER: FOILE À DEUX preview (9/30, 7 p.m., IMAX), Marcus “Mystery Movie” (9/30, 7 p.m.), A24 x IMAX present STOP MAKING SENSE (music documentary) (10/2, 7 p.m., IMAX), Listening preview: “Moon Music” LP by Coldplay (10/2, 8:30 p.m.), MEAN GIRLS 20th anniversary (10/3, 7 p.m.), JOKER: FOILE À DEUX, MONSTER SUMMER, WHITE BIRD (10/3 on) *single screenings daily
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
2024 Manhattan SHORT Film Festival (9/27-9/29), “Politics and Media Machines Series” feat. THE CANDIDATE (9/30), “An Evening with author Pablo Cartaya” (10/3)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed until November.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON (9/27-9/29)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
THE WILD ROBOT (animation), TWISTERS (Screen 1), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (Screen 2) (9/27-9/28)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
BAGMAN, FAITH OF ANGELS (faith film), VINDICATING TRUMP (op-ed/documentary), THE WILD ROBOT (animation), BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, REAGAN, SPEAK NO EVIL, TRANSFORMERS ONE (animation) (9/27 on), JOKER: FOILE À DEUX (10/3 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Sweet Void Cinema, Chicago, IL
Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival 2024 (9/27-9/29) Information
@ Gene Siskel Film Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival and Cinema Luz present “Analog Shorts Night” (9/30, 6:30 p.m. doors, 7:55 p.m., program)
@ Landmark Century Centre Cinema, etc. Chicago, IL
42nd REELING: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 10/6)
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
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
2/15/25
3rd annual CU International Film Festival*
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
NEW! 3/27-3/29/25
2025 Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ The Varsity Center, Carbondale, 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* screening series
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 4 p.m.
10/27: HAUNT SEASON; 11/17: THE PROBLEM OF THE HERO; 11/24: THE HOBBY; 12/29: documentary shorts incl. FACING THE FALLS
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/17: FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980); 11/20: THE BOY AND THE HERON (animé); 12/5: FRIDAY*
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2024 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
10/4-10/5: BORDERLANDS; 10/11-10/12: LONGLEGS; 10/18-10/19: DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation); HOCUS POCUS (10/25-10/26); 11/1-11/2: FLY ME TO THE MOON; 11/8-11/9: IT ENDS WITH US; 11/15-11/16: SCREAM (1996); 11/22-11/23: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE; 12/6-12/7: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/4: MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (animation); 10/18: TO LESLIE; 11/22: RUSHMORE
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
10/19: REAR WINDOW; 11/30: THE WIZARD OF OZ; 12/7: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
10/17: “Kartemquin’s Labor Films: Stories of Working in America” screening; 10/18: “Documentaries on the Frontline of Democracy: How Kartemquin’s Storytelling Works for Stronger Publics” lecture; 11/14: ALIEN: ROMULUS screening; 12/5: GREMLINS screening
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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