Calendar du C-U: February 21-27
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
2/21/14-2/27/14
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER* U.S. DVD Release: Tuesday, 2/25, via NAMP/Cinedigm Home Entertainment, New York, NY/Dreamscape Cinema, Champaign, IL
@ YouTube.com: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s, Episode Four: Freelance Robot Investigators* (2/20 on, free streaming)
@ Undisclosed location, Champaign, IL: THE THINKING MOLECULES OF TITAN* short film production (2/22, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., numerous extras needed, college age on up) Contact: annelukeman [at] gmail [dot] com with name, e-mail address, cell phone number if interested
@ http://penstolens.com/: Screenplay submissions for the second CUFS Pens to Lens* Screenwriting Competition for grade/high school students, Champaign, IL (through 2/28)
@ http://cifff.wikispaces.com/: Film submissions for the seventh EIU Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival* in Charleston, IL (through 3/1)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (2/21-2/23, 2/26-2/27), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation (2/21-2/27), THE SQUARE (2/24 w/discussion, 7:30 p.m.; 2/25, 7:30 p.m.), Champaign Urbana Film Society presents 2013 Pens to Lens short films* (2/22, 12:45 p.m., free) and OUR ROBOCOP REMAKE (2/26, 10 p.m., free), Late Night: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (2/21, 2/22, 2/27, 10 p.m.)
@ Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL: 31st annual Insect Fear Film Festival feat. RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING PINES (1949), LOCUSTS: THE 8TH PLAGUE (2005) (2/22, 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show, free)
@ Room 126, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UIUC, Champaign, IL: International Youth and Students for Social Equality present a lecture and discussion feat. The Sky Between the Leaves author and film critic David Walsh (2/24, 6 p.m., free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (2/27, 8 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, BATTLE OF THE DAMNED, ON THE JOB, NURSE JACKIE (s5), GAME OF THRONES (s3), more! (2/18 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: 3 DAYS TO KILL, WINTER’S TALE, THE LEGO MOVIE (3-D & 2-D) (2/21 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Live Action (2/20-2/23, 7 p.m.)
@ various, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL: 36th annual Big Muddy Film Festival* (through 2/23)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: ROBOCOP, WINTER’S TALE, ENDLESS LOVE, THE LEGO MOVIE (3-D & 2-D) (2/21 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE LEGO MOVIE (2/21-2/23, 2/26)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: GRUDGE MATCH, THE NUT JOB (2/21-2/23), THE INCREDIBLES (2/22, 11 a.m., free)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Season begins March 21!
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Closed for the weekend!
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: 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
2/21: Opening of “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” by Heather Hart
@ Figure One, Champaign, IL, 5-8 p.m.
NEW! 3/2: 86th annual Academy Awards presentation, ABC-TV, 6 p.m. CST
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
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
NEW! 11/7-11/8: 13th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
NEW! 11/7-11/8: 6th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ TBA, Peoria, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
5/24: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY; 8/2: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
AEMS, IPRH, and Spurlock Museum present AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/11: HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE; 4/8: THE REVOLUTIONARY
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/4: THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI; 4/1: MEDORA; 6/3: THE NEW BLACK
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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