Coming Soon: Oct 2007 pt.3
The following special events and meetings are “coming soon” to the area in October. Please support this diverse film programming by attending, spreading the word, and becoming active!
We’re keeping it brief this week so that you can read, heed, and be on your way towards examining the cinema ’round town!
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Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.: Screening of Oscar-nominated drama IN THE BEDROOM (2001), starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, and Marisa Tomei. Sponsored by the Office of Women’s Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Room 319, Gregory Hall, UIUC, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.: Screening of Oscar-nominated WWII drama DIVIDED WE FALL (2000). Sponsored by the Departments of Czech Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. Free. Click for more (NOTE: Watch the calendar at this link for a hefty slate of upcoming screenings featuring Czech, Polish, and Russian films.)
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.: Screening of the action-drama BROTHER 2 (2000), which involves twin brothers, hockey, the Mafia, Moscow, and Chicago with no Oscar statuette in sight. Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UIUC. @ Room G17, Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.: The Springfield and Central Illinois Film Commission meets once a month to provide networking opportunities and highlight local achievements. @ Banquet Room, Kicks Family Entertainment Center, 2744 S. Sixth St., Springfield. Click for more
Thursday, October 18 through Sunday, October 21, 7 p.m. : Quite appropot programming for a college town, the “Schoolhouse Film Festival” gives props to positive cinematic instructors with BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955, 10/18), STAND AND DELIVER (1988, 10/19), CHALK (2007, 10/20), GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939, 10/21), and a matinee of THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1961, 10/20, 1 p.m.). Sponsored by Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Heartland Community College. @ Normal Theater, 209 North St., Normal. Click for more
Friday, October 19, 9 a.m. & Saturday, October 20, 9:30 a.m.: A conference titled “Global Gangsters: Crime and International Cinema” will feature seven speakers discussing genre films from Hong Kong, Japan, France, Mexico, India, and the United States. Sponsored by the Unit for Cinema Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Friday, October 19, 7 p.m. and Saturday, October 20, 1 & 7 p.m.: Vintage sci-fi from legendary producer George Pal invades the area on consecutive weekends; first up is the slightly younger classic, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953). Sponsored by The News-Gazette. @ The Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park St., Champaign. $5. Click for more
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Okay, we lied. We attempted to keep the actual entries brief, but the total number of entries kept increasing! Therefore, choose your pleasures wisely and then come back next week for an information reload as we reveal what’s “Coming Soon” to a theater near C-U!
~ Jason Pankoke