Calendar du C-U: Sept. 27-Oct. 3
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
9/27/13-10/3/13
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: IN A WORLD… (9/27-9/29, 10/2-10/3), THE ACT OF KILLING (9/30-10/1, 7:30 p.m.; 10/2, 5 p.m.), “Shocktober” kick-off feat. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? episodes (10/2, 10 p.m., free), Late Night: ALIEN (9/27-9/28, 11:59 p.m.; 10/3, 10 p.m.)
@ Room 62 Auditorium, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: School of Art + Design Placemaking Series presents four short films directed by Bill Brown (10/2, 5:30 p.m., free)
@ Room 62 Auditorium, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: School of Art + Design Placemaking Series presents artist talk by filmmaker Bill Brown, “The Map is the Territory: Documentary as Spatial Practice” (10/3, 5:30 p.m., free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (10/3, 7 p.m.)
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illinois Public Media and ITVS present THE GRADUATES (10/1, 7 p.m., free)
@ U-C Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL: “Art + Media + Technology + Justice” IMC Open House (9/28, 12-4 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: IRON MAN 3, ROOM 237, HE’S WAY MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU, THE KINGS OF SUMMER, REDEMPTION, CALL ME KUCHU, V/H/S/2, SOMETHING IN THE AIR, IN THE HOUSE, AN AMERICAN HIPPIE IN ISRAEL, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2, HAWAII FIVE-0 (s3), more! (9/24 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: AUSTENLAND, PRISONERS, THE FAMILY (9/27 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: RENOIR (9/26-9/29, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (3-D & 2-D), THE WAY WAY BACK, PRISONERS, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (9/27 on), ESPN Monday Night Football: Miami Dolphins vs. New Orleans Saints (9/30, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: WE’RE THE MILLERS (9/27-9/29), THE FOX AND THE HOUND (9/28, 11 a.m., free)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Hits of 2013 Weekend feat. DESPICABLE ME 2, FAST & FURIOUS 6 (9/27-9/29)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, THE SMURFS 2 (9/27-9/29)
@ The Des Plaines Theater, Des Plaines, IL: Chicago Horror Film Festival (9/27-9/29)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: Closed for the season!
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: Closed indefinitely for fundraising
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
Fall TBA: Issue release: C-U Confidential #7
+ Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
10/6-10/10: Allen Hall/Unit One Guests-in-Residence hosts film producer/UIUC alumnus Frederick Marx (HOOP DREAMS, JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR)
@ Allen Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, programs/times TBA
10/10-10/24: 49th annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/12: The Center for Women in Transition presents Sing-a-Long GREASE
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/17-10/26: 22nd annual Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
10/18: HOUSE OF THADDEUS*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL, 8:30 p.m.
NEW! 10/20: Chicago Film & Media Summit & Expo, Chicago, IL
10/25-10/27: 7th annual B Movie Celebration, Naperville, IL
10/25-10/26: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast
@ The Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL, Midnight
10/26: HOUSE OF THADDEUS*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL, 8:30 p.m.
10/29: 40 North | 88 West, FAA Career Services, and the Urbana Public Arts Program present lecture, “Grant Writing + Fund Raising for Artists + Performers” feat. filmmaker Amy Young
@ Auditorium, Architecture Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL, 5:30 p.m., free w/registration
10/31-11/2: 4th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/1-11/2: 12th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/2-11/3: 5th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
11/7-11/9: 9th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival*
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
11/12: The Art Theater 100th Anniversary Celebration
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, time & schedule TBA
11/14-11/24: 22nd annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
12/5: TV premiere: WE ARE MONTICELLO*
@ WILL-TV (Channel 12), Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. CST
NEW! 2/18-2/23, 2014: 36th annual Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
NEW! 3/25-3/30, 2014: 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
NEW! 4/2-4/6, 2014: 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/3-4/11, 2014: 16th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/10-4/13, 2014: 40 North | 88 West presents the Boneyard Arts Festival
@ various, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/13, 2014: 3rd Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/23-4/27, 2014: 16th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
10/26: REBECCA; 11/9: ALL ABOUT EVE; 12/7: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; 1/18/14: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION; 2/8/14: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY; 3/15/14: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.; 4/5/14: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; 5/24/14: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21/14: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12/14: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m., free
10/10: THE PARADE, Serbia; 10/29: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL, Mexico; 11/7: ABOUT 111 GIRLS, Iraq; 12/12: BEIJING FLICKERS, China
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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