Calendar du C-U: May 2-8
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
5/2/14-5/8/14
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Saturday, May 3: Aaron Davidson (cover model, C-U Confidential #7) … Sunday, May 4: Andrew J. Rausch (contributor, MICRO-FILM) … Monday, May 5: Chris Lukeman (director, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s) … Thursday, May 8: Chris Eitel (music video producer, Elsinore/The Fights) … celebrate!
ON THE SCENE
@ Room 2009, SDRP Building, Ikenberry Commons, UIUC, Urbana, IL: MACS 464 “Etc. Film Festival” panel, “Film Criticism Post-Ebert,” with C-U Blogfidential editor Jason Pankoke (5/3, 10:30 a.m.-Noon, free)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: LE WEEK-END (5/2 on), ENEMY (5/2, 7:30 p.m.; 5/4, 5 & 7:30 p.m.; 5/7, 5 p.m.), THE UNKNOWN KNOWN (5/5, 5/6, 7:30 p.m.), CU Film Society presents AFTER THE DARK (5/7, 10 p.m.), UIUC Women’s Resources Center presents the 5th annual Feminist Film Festival* (5/8, 7:15 p.m., free), Late Night: BLUE RUIN (5/2, 5/3, 5/8, 10 p.m.)
@ Ikenberry Commons/Krannert Art Museum/University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL: MACS 464 presents the UIUC “Etc. Film Festival” (5/3, 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; 5/4, 2-8 p.m., free) Schedule
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, LABOR DAY, DEVIL’S DUE, GIMME SHELTER, BAD COUNTRY, GLORIA, IL SORPASSO (Criterion), more! (4/29 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, THE OTHER WOMAN, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (5/2 on), Kirkland Fine Arts Center of Millikin University and the Avon present CITY LIGHTS accompanied by Millikin Symphony Orchestra (5/3, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: GLORIA (2013; 5/1-5/4, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, DIVERGENT (5/2-5/3)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (3-D & 2-D), THE OTHER WOMAN, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (5/2 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (5/2 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (5/2-5/4)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. THE PIRATE FAIRY (5/2, 7 p.m.; 5/3, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.; 5/4, 3 p.m.), CAMP HARLOW (5/4, 1 p.m.)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (5/2-5/4)
@ various, Chicago, IL: 6th annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (through 5/4)
@ various, UW-Milwaukee campus, Milwaukee, WI: 5th annual Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (through 5/4)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, ROBOCOP (5/1-5/4)
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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
TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
7/17-7/27: 10th annual Indianapolis International Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
10/31-11/1: 5th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/6-11/9: 10th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 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
@ Landmark Cinemas, 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
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
6/3: 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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“Calendar du C-U” © 2014 Jason Pankoke/C-U Blogfidential.
[Updated 5/2/14, 11:50 p.m. CST]