Calendar: March 14-20, 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!
3/18: Joseph Muskin (co-author, The Art Theater, Champaign Urbana Theater History, Urbana, IL)
3/19: Andrew F. Gleason (associate director of video services, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL)
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
@ Esquire Lounge, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting (3/17, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BLACK BAG, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), THE DIPLOMAT* (in Hindi with English sub), NOVOCAINE, OPUS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN* (animation), HEART EYES*, LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, MUFASA: THE LION KING, NE ZHA 2 (animation) (in Mandarin with English sub), PADDINGTON IN PERU, RULE BREAKERS (3/14 on), AX Cinema Nights “Gundam Fest” feat. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR’S COUNTERATTACK (in Japanese with English sub) (3/16, 4:30 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (3/17, 7 p.m.), ASH sneak preview (3/19, 7 p.m.), THE ALTO KNIGHTS, SNOW WHITE (3/20 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BLACK BAG, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), THE LAST SUPPER (faith film), NOVOCAINE, OPUS, ANORA, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), IN THE LOST LANDS, LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE (animation), ONE OF THEM DAYS*, PADDINGTON IN PERU, QUEEN OF THE RING*, RULE BREAKERS*, THE RULE OF JENNY PEN* (3/14 on), The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio (3/15, 12 p.m., simulcast; 3/19, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990) (3/15, 7 p.m.; 3/15, 3 & 7 p.m.; 3/19, 7 p.m.), “Rad Day” event feat. RAD, A RAD DOCUMENTARY (3/20, 7 p.m.), SNOW WHITE (3/20 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents MUFASA: THE LION KING (3/14-3/15, 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
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), NOVOCAINE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, MICKEY 17, RULE BREAKERS, A SLOTH STORY (animation) (3/14 on)
@ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), MICKEY 17 (3/14 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation) (3/13-3/16)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
BLACK BAG, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), THE LAST SUPPER (faith film), NOVOCAINE, OPUS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, MUFASA: THE LION KING*, PADDINGTON IN PERU (3/14 on), Indian cinema: COURT: STATE VS. A NOBODY* (Telugu w/Eng sub; 3/14-3/18), SMALLFOOT* (animation) (3/14-3/16), The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio (3/15, 12 p.m., simulcast), HEART EYES*, THE UNBREAKABLE BOY* (faith film) (3/15-3/18), TOP GUN (3/16, 4 p.m.; 3/17, 6 p.m.), A24 x IMAX presents SPRING BREAKERS (3/19, 7 p.m., IMAX), HANS ZIMMER & FRIENDS: DIAMOND IN THE DESERT (music documentary) (3/19, 7:30 p.m.), “Rad Day” event feat. RAD, A RAD DOCUMENTARY (3/20, 7 p.m.), THE ALTO KNIGHTS, LOCKED, MAGAZINE DREAMS, SNOW WHITE (3/20 on) *single screenings daily
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
I’M STILL HERE (in Portuguese with English sub) (3/14-3/16), THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (3/14-3/15), TAKING CARE documentary + Alzheimer’s disease discussion (3/18, 6:45 p.m., free), ISU Queer Coalition presents “In Her Image” series feat. LYLE (3/19, 7 p.m.), SING SING (3/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (3/14-3/16)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), NOVOCAINE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, DOG MAN (animation), LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY (3/14 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers Historic Firehouse Cinema, Chicago, IL
Chicago Filmmakers presents “Picture ReStart” series, “Animated Breakdowns” program (3/15, 6 p.m.)
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; 4/27: SLICE OF LIFE (documentary)
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
3/21-3/22: 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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