Calendar du C-U: Feb. 28-Mar. 6
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
2/28/14-3/6/14
ON THE SCENE
@ Witters Conference Room 4440, Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL: EIU Department of Communication Studies and Booth Library present “Cut & Paste: EIU Zine Symposium” feat. C-U Blogfidential editor Jason Pankoke (3/5, 1-5 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: TIM’S VERMEER (2/28 on), Late Night: SPACE JAM (2/28, 3/1, 10 p.m.; 3/2, 11:30 a.m., 3/6, 10 p.m.)
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL: KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS (2 p.m.), STALKER (6 p.m.) in “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” by Heather Hart (3/1, free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (3/6, 8 p.m.)
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema feat. THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI (3/4, 7 p.m., free)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THOR: THE DARK WORLD, GRAVITY, NEBRASKA, THE WAIT, LOST IN THAILAND, TWICE BORN, MR. NOBODY, THE LAST ELVIS, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (Criterion), KING OF THE HILL (Criterion), FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Criterion), more! (2/25 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: SON OF GOD, 3 DAYS TO KILL, THE LEGO MOVIE (2/28 on), 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (3/6, 8 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation (2/7-3/2, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: NON-STOP, SON OF GOD, THE MONUMENTS MEN, THE LEGO MOVIE (3-D & 2-D) (2/28 on), 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (3/6, 8 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE MONUMENTS MEN (2/28-3/2, 3/5)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: PHILOMENA, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2/28-3/2)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. THOR: THE DARK WORLD (2/28, 7 p.m.; 3/1-3/2, 5 p.m.), IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE (3/1, 3 p.m.; 3/2, 1 & 3 p.m.)
@ ABC-TV: 86th annual Academy Awards presentation (3/2, 6 p.m. CST)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Season begins March 21!
@ 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
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.
NEW! TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
4/23-4/27: 16th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
NEW! TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #9
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
11/7-11/8: 13th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
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
NEW! Illinois School of Art + Design presents “Porch Project Film Showings”
in the “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” exhibit by Heather Hart
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL, free
2/22: LE BALLON ROUGE (2 p.m.); 3/1: KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS (2 p.m.), STALKER (6 p.m.); 3/8: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (6 p.m.); 3/15: A BAND CALLED DEATH (6 p.m.); 3/22: CUFS Pens to Lens short films*, BEDTIME FOR TIMMY*, A BEAR IN THE WOODS*, SRIRACHA* (2 p.m.), HOUSE OF THADDEUS* (6 p.m.); 3/29: UP (4 p.m.)
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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