Calendar du C-U: March 7-13
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
3/7/14-3/13/14
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Sunday, March 2: Anne Lukeman (producer, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s); Friday, March 7: Johnny Robinson (writer/director, THE GARDEN OF CHLOE); Monday, March 10: Sanford Hess (former owner, The Art Theater, Champaign) … celebrate!
ON THE SCENE
@ WCIA-TV Channel 3 (CBS): “ci Living” appearance by C-U Blogfidential editor Jason Pankoke to discuss 2014 New Art Film Festival (3/7, 4 p.m. CST)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ YouTube.com: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s, Episode Five: 1977, part 1* (3/6 on, free streaming)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: GLORIA (3/7 on), THE GREAT BEAUTY (3/8, 11:30 a.m.), THE LAST OF THE UNJUST (3/9, 2 p.m. w/panel; 3/12, 12:30 p.m.), THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE (3/10, 7:30 p.m.), WATERLIFE (3/11, 7 p.m., free), Late Night: BIG BAD WOLVES (3/7, 3/12, 10 p.m.), A FIELD IN ENGLAND (3/8, 3/13, 10 p.m.); closed for rental (3/8, 3 p.m.)
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD in “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” by Heather Hart (3/8, 6 p.m., free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (3/13, 8 p.m.)
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL: AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary/Film Series presents HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE (3/11, 7 p.m., free)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, OLDBOY, HOURS, OLIVER STONE’S UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, GIRL RISING, DISCONNECT*, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Criterion), THE VENTURE BROTHERS (s5), more! (3/7 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (3-D & 2-D), MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3-D & 2-D), SON OF GOD (3/7 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: Manhattan Short Feature Film Project presents EVERYONE’S GOING TO DIE (3/6, 7 p.m.), KILL YOUR DARLINGS (3/7-3/9, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (3-D & 2-D), MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3-D & 2-D), NON-STOP, SON OF GOD (3/7 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3/7-3/9, 3/12)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: LONE SURVIVOR, THE LEGO MOVIE (3/7-3/9), CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (3/8, 11 a.m., free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. GRAVITY (3/7, 7 p.m.; 3/8-3/9, 5 p.m.), FINDING NORMAL (3/8, 3 p.m.; 3/9, 1 & 3 p.m.)
@ various, Austin, TX: 21st annual SXSW Film Festival (3/7-3/15)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Season begins March 21!
UPDATE! @ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Season begins April 4!
@ 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
3/17-3/20: 7th annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival*
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
NEW! 3/18: Champaign Movie Makers meeting
@ Shatterglass Studios, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
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.
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
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
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
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
4/1: MEDORA; 6/3: THE NEW BLACK
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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