Calendar: March 21-27, 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!
3/22: JC Culp (multimedia artist, Unpopular Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
3/26: Jack Snyder (co-producer, 57 SECONDS, The Avenue, 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
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Festival* presents “Secret Test Screening” (3/23, 4 p.m., free)
@ Rantoul Business Center, Rantoul, IL
Rantoul Theatre Group presents the Rantoul Film Festival* (3/25, 7 p.m., and 3/27, 7 p.m.) Information
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE ALTO KNIGHTS, ASH, COURT: STATE VS. A NOBODY* (in Telugu with English sub), LOCKED, MAGAZINE DREAMS, SNOW WHITE, BLACK BAG, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), LAST BREATH*, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, NOVOCAINE, OPUS*, PADDINGTON IN PERU (3/21 on), THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER Part 1 (faith film), DEATH OF A UNICORN, THE PENGUIN LESSONS, THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, A WORKING MAN (3/27 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE ALTO KNIGHTS, THE LAST SUPPER (faith film), LOCKED, MAGAZINE DREAMS, SNOW WHITE, ANORA, BLACK BAG, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), DOG MAN (animation), LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, NOVOCAINE, OPUS*, PADDINGTON IN PERU (3/21 on), DONNIE DARKO (3/23, 3 & 7 p.m.; 3/26, 7 p.m.), ), THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER Part 1 (faith film) (3/27 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM (animation) (3/21-3/22, 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
ASH, SNOW WHITE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), NOVOCAINE (3/21 on)
@ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL
SNOW WHITE, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation) (3/21 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
SNOW WHITE (3/20-3/23)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
THE ALTO KNIGHTS, ASH*, THE LAST SUPPER* (faith film), LOCKED, MAGAZINE DREAMS, SNOW WHITE, BLACK BAG, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), DOG MAN (animation), MICKEY 17, THE MONKEY, NOVOCAINE, OPUS*, PADDINGTON IN PERU* (3/21 on), Indian cinema: ARTISTE (Telugu w/English sub; 3/21-3/25) and COURT: STATE VS. A NOBODY* (Telugu w/Eng sub; 3/21-3/22, 3/24-3/25), HANS ZIMMER & FRIENDS: DIAMOND IN THE DESERT (music documentary) (3/23, 1 p.m.), THE GODFATHER (3/23, 4 p.m.; 3/24, 6 p.m.), IMAGINE DRAGONS: LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (concert film) (3/26, 7 & 7:30 p.m.), THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER Part 1 (faith film), DEATH OF A UNICORN, MAD SQUARE (Telugu w/Eng sub), ROBINHOOD (Telugu w/Eng sub), THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, A WORKING MAN (3/27 on) *single screenings daily
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
SING SING (3/21-3/23), LITTLE WOMEN (1994) (3/25), THE CONVERSATION (3/27)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
SNOW WHITE (3/21-3/23)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PADDINGTON IN PERU (3/21-3/23)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
MCVEIGH*, SNOW WHITE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE (animation), DOG MAN (animation), LAST BREATH, MICKEY 17, NOVOCAINE (3/21 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ The Varsity Center, Carbondale, IL
SIU-Carbondale presents the 46th Big Muddy Film Festival* (3/27-3/29) Information
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
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 (title TBA)
@ 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
Chambana Film Festival* screening series
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 4 p.m.
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
3/28-3/29: 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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