C-U Biz-en-scène: 03.24.2011
“C-U Biz-en-scène” appears every Thursday/Friday on C-U Blogfidential to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!
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MFHQ & YOU:
It’s Time for CUBiz: The Short Form – Round 2!
We’ve decided to limit CUBiz duty for the second week running as we strap ourselves in for an activity onslaught at the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters: New Art Film Festival, C-U Confidential, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, oh my! Keep sending us your updates and we’ll resume adding them into the mix beginning with next week’s column or, um, the one after that. Whatever happened to all those multi-talented secretaries you folks were supposed to recommend a while back? Hrumph.
PLAYING THIS WEEK
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: BIUTIFUL (3/25-3/27, 3/30-3/31), RUN LOLA RUN (3/25, 3/26, 3/31, 10:30 p.m.), THE 400 BLOWS (3/26, 12 p.m., François Truffaut), BREATHLESS (3/26, 2 p.m.; 3/27, 12 p.m., Jean-Luc Godard), CALL + RESPONSE (3/27, 2:30 p.m., free), closed to public (3/28-3/29)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE OTHER WOMAN, LIMITLESS, RANGO (3/25 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (3/24-3/25, 7 p.m.), NORTH BY NORTHWEST (3/26-3/27, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (3/25 on)
@ Gemini Cinemas, Villa Grove, IL: MARS NEEDS MOMS, GNOMEO & JULIET (3/25 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (3/25-3/27, 7 p.m.; 3/30, 7 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: HOW DO YOU KNOW, SKYLINE, YOGI BEAR, THE TOURIST, THE WINDMILL MOVIE, STAND BY ME (Blu), more! (3/22 on)
OPEN! @ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: TRUE GRIT, NO STRINGS ATTACHED (3/25-3/26)
@ Film Row Cinema Center (8th Floor), Chicago, IL: DIY Film Festival (3/26, 12 p.m., w/filmmakers)
@ Orpheum Theatre, UW Cinematheque, etc., Madison, WI: 13th Wisconsin Film Festival (3/30-4/3)
@ Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL – season begins April 1!
@ Route 66 Drive-In, Springfield, IL – season begins April 1!
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Go see ‘em!
COMING SOON
4/3: Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ 88 Broadway, Urbana, IL
4/8: The New Art Film Festival at Boneyard Arts Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
4/14: STONEWALL UPRISING screening/discussion/taping
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m.
4/14-4/17: Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
@ Wicker Park Arts Center/Music Box Theatre/etc., Chicago, IL
4/27-5/1: Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/30: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
@ The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL, 11 p.m. w/Millikin U. shadow cast
5/4: 2nd Annual Feminist Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
6/23-6/26: Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
7/19-7/24: Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, Palatine, IL
9/16-9/18: Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
“Real Vs. Reel” Movie Series
@ Danville Public Library, Danville, IL, 6:30 p.m.
4/11: THE FUGITIVE
Springfield Art Association 20th Annual Film Festival
@ AMC Parkway 8, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. (Sun.), 7 p.m. (Tues.)
3/27, 3/29: MADE IN DAGENHAM; 4/10, 4/12: MY DOG TULIP
The News-Gazette Film Series 2011
@ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
4/23: TOY STORY; 5/14: REAR WINDOW; 6/4: MOULIN ROUGE!; 7/23: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S; 8/6: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE; 9/10: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; 10/8: THE EXORCIST; 11/5: THE GODFATHER; 12/3: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
WILL-TV/Independent Lens “Community Cinema” series
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m.
4/26: BHUTTO: 5/10: WELCOME TO SHELBYVILLE; TBA: TWO SPIRITS
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary/Film Series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.
4/5: THE SWEETEST EMBRACE; 5/3: IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE
Global Lens 2011: International Films
@ Latzer Hall, University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.
4/21: DOOMAN RIVER, China; 5/19: THE INVISIBLE EYE, Argentina; 6/16: THE LIGHT THIEF, Kyrgyzstan; 7/21: SOUL OF SAND, India; 8/18: STREET DAYS, Georgia; 9/15: THE TENANTS, Brazil; 10/20: A USEFUL LIFE, Uruguay; 11/17: WHITE MEADOWS, Iran
IPRH Film Series Spring 2011
@ Room 62, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.
3/31: AVALON
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That’s it for the “business of our scene” this week!
If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in CUBiz, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com.
Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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“C-U Biz-en-scène” no.35 © 2011 Jason Pankoke/C-U Blogfidential.