Coming Soon: Nov 2007 pt.2
The following special events and meetings are “coming soon” to the area in November. Please support this diverse film programming by attending, spreading the word, and becoming active!
Remember the tail end of the last Coming Soon post where we encouraged you to relax for a spell and then revisit C-U Blogfidential this week? That’s because you might just need a personal trainer to help you get through the cinematic bounty unspooling throughout the next seven days! Observe…
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Thursday, November 8, 5:30 p.m.: The IPRH Film Series continues with a screening and discussion of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981), directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters, and how it relates to the year-long theme of “rupture.” Sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. @ KAM Auditorium (Room 62), Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign. Free. Click for more
Thursday, November 8, 7 p.m.: Animation fans can get their fix during the SIGGRAPH 2007 Electronic Theater, a program comprised of cutting-edge productions chosen by an international jury. Presented by the NCSA Advanced Visualization Laboratory, Paul Debevec, and the UIUC Student Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH. @ Auditorium, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.: Screening of Polish drama, A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A MAN (1999). 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
Thursday, November 8, 7 p.m.: Screening of the first true “one take” feature film, RUSSIAN ARK (2002). Sponsored by the Departments of Czech Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Room G17, Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Thursday, November 8 through Saturday, November 10: More than 30 participants will discuss indigenous African filmmaking during the African Film Conference, which will be comprised of a keynote lecture, five panel discussions, and multiple film screenings. Sponsored by the Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum (keynote, 11/8, 7:30 p.m.); Room 210, Illini Union (panels + screenings, 11/9, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; 11/10, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.), and International Studies Building (closing films, incl. THIS IS NOLLYWOOD, 11/10, 3-9 p.m.), UIUC, Urbana. Free, with registration. Click for more
Friday, November 9, 7 p.m.: Screening of all the shorts made during last weekend’s 49 Hour Film Competition; one film each will win a Jury Prize and Audience Prize. Sponsored by Illini Film & Video. @ Auditorium, Natural History Building, UIUC, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana. Free. Click for more
Friday, November 9, 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 10, 1 & 7 p.m.: Now that MICHAEL CLAYTON has failed to reignite the public’s apparent taste for topical political thrillers, along comes the real deal: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976), starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford. Sponsored by The News-Gazette. @ The Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park St., Champaign. $5. Click for more
Friday, November 9 through Saturday, November 10: The annual Asian Film Festival returns with a contemporary line-up emphasizing the theme, “Southeast Asian Popular Cinema,” including (on Friday) LOVE FOR SHARE, CITIZEN DOG, (on Saturday) OUT OF THE POISON TREE, MILAN, SEPTET, and SINGAPORE DREAMING. Presented by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies and the Asian Educational Media Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. @ Boardman’s Art Theatre, 126 W. Church St., Champaign. Free. Click for more
Friday, November 9 through Sunday, November 18: Eight more “films to die for” aim to shock theatergoers nationwide as the After Dark Horrorfest returns. The rotating schedule accomodates the following indies: THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE, NIGHTMARE MAN, CRAZY EIGHTS, UNEARTHED, BORDERLAND, MULBERRY STREET, TOOTH AND NAIL, and LAKE DEAD. Of course, Jill Van Voorst of LIX will be haunting the ol’ multiplex during opening weekend with goodies galore! (Let’s hope that gratis copies of CAPTIVITY aren’t among them.) @ Savoy 16, 232 W. Burwash Dr., Savoy. Click for more
Wednesday, November 14, 7 p.m.: Local (or is it world?) premiere of ACT YOUR AGE, the latest feature film from Champaign studio Dreamscape Cinema (see item: 10/13/07). @ Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park St., Champaign. $7/adults, $6/seniors & students, $4/children. Click for more
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The crazy thing is, not only does this qualify hands-down as the longest CS installment, but we know of at least two additional on-campus screenings scheduled for this weekend that we simply don’t have time to verify and write up. Crikey! Is there actually such a thing in these parts as too much cinema? Find out next week when we tell you what’s “Coming Soon” to a theater near C-U!
~ Jason Pankoke