Calendar: March 7-13, 2025
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!
3/9: Jason Lindsey (commercial photographer, Jason Lindsey Photography, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
2/18: Gene Hackman, 95 (actor, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Century City, Los Angeles, CA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
The Report is on hiatus until May. Thank you for your readership, CUvians and Agents! You should pay attention to Smile Politely, The Daily Illini, Champaign Movie Makers, and Chambana Film Festival for breaking news and updates in our scene. CUBlog will also keep in step with our friends and share to Facebook when we come across things you would like. Keep reading!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting (3/10, 7 p.m., Room 1090)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
IN THE LOST LANDS, MICKEY 17, NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE* (animation), RULE BREAKERS, THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, ANORA, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN* (animation), HEART EYES, LAST BREATH, THE MONKEY, MUFASA: THE LION KING*, MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE*, NE ZHA 2 (animation) (in Mandarin with English sub), ONE OF THESE DAYS*, PADDINGTON IN PERU, RIFF RAFF* (3/7 on), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (3/10, 7 p.m.), AX Cinema Nights “Gundam Fest” feat. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR’S COUNTERATTACK (in Japanese with English sub) (3/12, 7:30 p.m.), BLACK BAG, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), NOVOCAINE, OPUS (3/13 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
IN THE LOST LANDS, MICKEY 17, NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE* (animation), QUEEN OF THE RING, RULE BREAKERS, THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), HEART EYES*, LAST BREATH, THE MONKEY, MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE*, ONE OF THEM DAYS, PADDINGTON IN PERU, RIFF RAFF (3/7 on), Nashville Music Network presents “Music Night Live!” (acoustic concert) (3/8, 3/11, 7 p.m.; simulcast), NOVOCAINE preview (3/8, 7 p.m.), UFC 313: Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev, more (mixed martial arts) (3/8, 9 p.m., simulcast), MOONSTRUCK (3/9, 3 & 7 p.m. 3/12, 7 p.m.), NOVOCAINE (3/13 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents WICKED (3/7-3/8, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
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
@ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL
MICKEY 17, RULE BREAKERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, LAST BREATH, A SLOTH STORY (animation) (3/7 on), UFC 313: Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev, more (mixed martial arts) (3/8, 9 p.m., simulcast)
@ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL
MICKEY 17, A SLOTH STORY (animation) (3/7 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
LAST BREATH (3/7-3/9)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
IN THE LOST LANDS, MICKEY 17, NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE (animation), QUEEN OF THE RING, RULE BREAKERS, ANORA, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), HEART EYES, LAST BREATH, THE MONKEY, MUFASA: THE LION KING*, MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE, PADDINGTON IN PERU, RIFF RAFF, THE UNBREAKABLE BOY (faith film) (3/7 on), ONE OF THEM DAYS* (3/7, 3/9, 3/11), Indian cinema: SEETHAMMA VAKITLO SIRIMALLE CHETTU (Telugu w/Eng sub) (3/7), TRANSFORMERS ONE* (animation) (3/7-3/9), NOVOCAINE preview (3/8, 7 p.m.), “Indiana Jones Trilogy Marathon” (3/8, 12 p.m.), I AM LIVING PROOF (religious documentary) (3/9-3/10), BLACK BAG, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), THE LAST SUPPER (faith film), NOVOCAINE, OPUS (3/13 on) *single screenings daily
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE BRUTALIST (3/7-3/9), THE BIRDCAGE (3/11), I’M STILL HERE (in Portuguese with English sub) (3/13)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (3/7-3/9)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
MICKEY 17, QUEEN OF THE RING, RULE BREAKERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), LAST BREATH, THE MONKEY, THE UNBREAKABLE BOY (faith film) (3/7 on), I AM LIVING PROOF (religious documentary) (3/9-3/10, 3/12)
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. And for northern Illinois industry news, be sure to read Reel Chicago and Screen Magazine.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
3/25, 3/27
Rantoul Film Festival*
@ Rantoul Business Center, Rantoul, IL
3/27-3/29
2025 Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ The Varsity Center, Carbondale, IL
4/3-4/13
35th Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/3-4/10
27th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/23/-4/25
25th Roger Ebert’s Film Festival*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
5/29-6/2
The Chambana Film Festival
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
9/21
The Chambana Music Film Festival (title TBA)
@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
UPDATE! Chambana Film Festival* screening series
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 4 p.m.
3/23: “Secret Test Screening” (free show); 3/30: ROOM SIX
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2024 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
3/14-3/15: MUFASA: THE LION KING; 3/21-3/22: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM (animation); 3/28-3/29: PITCH PERFECT; 4/4-4/5: NOSFERATU; 4/11-4/12: WALL-E (animation); 4/18-4/19: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3; 4/25-4/26: THE WILD ROBOT (animation); 5/2-5/3: CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD; 5/4: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
3/28: “Japanese Paper Print Project: Film and Live Music Event”; 3/31: “Videographic Criticism Talk: Tracing Media Histories Through Videographic Criticism”; 4/22: Ebert Symposium screening: HER; 4/23: Ebert Symposium keynote and roundtables: “Artificial Intelligence Imagined and Realized”
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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