Calendar du C-U: January 24-30
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
1/24/14-1/30/14
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
We’re happy to announce the fifth annual New Art Film Festival*, a downstate Illinois filmmakers’ showcase presented by C-U Confidential and curated by editor Jason Pankoke, will take place at The Art Theater Co-op on SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014! Submission information is coming shortly – NAFF veterans will know the drill – so keep an eye on its Facebook and Web pages for all the details. In fact, watch for them to appear right here on C-U Blogfidential, too!
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: HER (1/24-1/27, 1/29-1/30), INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (1/24-1/26, 1/28-1/30), World Premiere: HEATH CARE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES* w/filmmaker Susan Parenti and Patch Adams, M.D., in attendance (1/28, 7:30 p.m.), KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM (1/29, 10 p.m.), Late Night: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1/24-1/25, 10 p.m.; 1/26, 11 a.m.; 1/30, 10 p.m.)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (1/30, 8 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: BLUE JASMINE, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MACHETE KILLS, IN A WORLD…, CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN, INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED, OLD GOATS, BAD MILO!, THE PREY, more! (1/21 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: NEBRASKA, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (1/24 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: ALL IS LOST (1/23-1/26, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT, THE NUT JOB (3-D & 2-D), LONE SURVIVOR (1/24 on), DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (1/24-1/26)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE NUT JOB (1/24 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: SAVING MR. BANKS (1/24-1/26), THE SMURFS 2 (1/25, 11 a.m., free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. DIRTY DANCING (1/24, 7 p.m.; 1/25-1/26, 6 p.m.), CARS (1/25-1/26, 1 & 3:30 p.m.)
@ Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: B-Fest (1/24-1/25)
@ various, Park City, UT: 30th annual Sundance Film Festival (through 1/26)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Closed for the season!
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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
2/5: CUDO presents “Meet the Pros” feat. Chris & Anne Lukeman
@ Buvons Wine Bar, Urbana, IL, 6 p.m., free
NEW! 2/7: Parkland College Black History Month Committee presents THIS LIFE AIN’T PRETTY*
@ Room L111, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 12 p.m., free
2/18-2/23: 36th annual Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
NEW! 2/22: 31st annual Insect Fear Film Festival
@ Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/7-3/15: 21st annual SXSW Film Festival, Austin, TX
3/17-3/20: 7th annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
3/25-3/30: 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
4/2-4/6: 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/3-4/11: 16th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/5-4/13: 18th annual Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City, MO
4/10-4/13: 40 North | 88 West presents the Boneyard Arts Festival
@ Various, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/13: 3rd Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ Fluid Events Center, Champaign, IL
NEW! 4/13: 5th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 5 p.m.
4/23-4/27: 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.
5/24/14: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21/14: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12/14: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY; 8/2/14: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
2/4/14: LAS MARTHAS; 3/4/14: THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI; 4/1/14: MEDORA; 6/3/14: THE NEW BLACK
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If you have items that you would like us to list in the Calendar, please send relevant dates, start/end times, locations, event descriptions, and ticket prices to cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com.
Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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