Calendar du C-U: October 11-17
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
10/11/13-10/17/13
LOCAL FILMS
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL: HOUSE OF THADDEUS* w/filmmakers (10/17, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: ENOUGH SAID (10/11 on), UIUC University High School presents JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR w/filmmaker Frederick Marx (10/12, 2 p.m.), “Shocktober” Late Night: CABIN IN THE WOODS (10/11-10/12, 10/17, 10 p.m.), WHITE ZOMBIE (10/12, 11:30 a.m.), CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962; 10/16, 10 p.m.)
@ Shatterglass Studios, Champaign, IL: Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “BYOG Production Bibles” (10/15, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: The Center for Women in Transition presents Sing-a-Long GREASE (10/12, 7 p.m.)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (10/17, 7 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE HANGOVER PART III, AFTER EARTH, THE PURGE, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, STUCK IN LOVE, CURSE OF CHUCKY, VAMPIRA AND ME, ZOMBIE HUNTER, I MARRIED A WITCH (Criterion), AMERICAN HORROR STORY (s2), more! (10/8 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: ENOUGH SAID, GRAVITY (3-D), RUNNER RUNNER (10/11 on), HOCUS POCUS (10/11, 10:30 p.m., free), ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (10/12, 10:30 p.m., free)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: GOOD OL’ FREDA (10/10-10/13, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, GRAVITY (3-D & 2-D), RUNNER RUNNER, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (3-D & 2-D) (10/11 on), ESPN Monday Night Football: Indianapolis Colts vs. San Diego Chargers (10/14, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: THE FAMILY (10/11-10/13), THE CROODS (10/12, 11 a.m., free)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, WHITE HOUSE DOWN (10/11-10/12)
@ AMC River East 21, Chicago, IL: 49th annual Chicago International Film Festival (through 10/24)
@ various, Indianapolis, IN: 22nd annual Heartland Film Festival (10/17-10/26)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!
@ 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
10/18: HOUSE OF THADDEUS*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL, 8:30 p.m.
10/20: Chicago Film & Media Summit & Expo, Chicago, IL
10/20: “On Camera Workshop” feat. Quinn Wilson
@ Shawnee Studios, Mt. Olive, IL, 12-5 p.m.
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
10/29: 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
2/18-2/23, 2014: 36th annual Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
NEW! 3/7-3/15, 2014: 21st annual SXSW Film Festival, Austin, TX
3/25-3/30, 2014: 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
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
NEW! 4/5-4/13, 2014: 18th annual Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City, MO
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
“5 Nights of Hitch!” Alfred Hitchcock festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, times TBA
10/26: REBECCA; 10/28: Reader’s Choice (TBA); 10/29: VERTIGO; 10/30: NOTORIOUS; 10/31: PSYCHO
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
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities Through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
12/3: THE STATE OF ARIZONA; 2/4/14: LAS MARTHAS; 3/4/14: THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI; 4/1/14: MEDORA; 6/3/14: THE NEW BLACK
Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m., free
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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