Calendar du C-U: October 3-9
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
10/3/14-10/9/14
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Friday, October 3: Mary Susan Britt (associate director, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival) … Sunday, October 5: Anna Zorn (co-director, MR. SNUGGLES, Pens to Lens 2014) … Monday, October 6: Victor Miely (director, CHANCES, Pens to Lens 2014) … celebrate!
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: LOVE IS STRANGE (10/3 on), THE SKELETON TWINS (10/3-10/6, 10/8-10/9), WEFT 90.1 FM and DocFactory present SHADOWS OF LIBERTY (10/7, 7:30 p.m.), Late Night: Shocktober feat. POLTERGEIST (10/3, 10/4, 10/9, 10 p.m.) and PSYCHO (1960; 10/8, 10 p.m.)
@ Room 62, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: KAM presents WHAT PRICE GLORY (1952; 10/9, 7 p.m., free)
@ Room 104, English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (10/9, 8 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, CHEF, ARE YOU HERE, COLD IN JULY, DECODING ANNIE PARKER, IVORY TOWER, more! (9/30 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: GONE GIRL, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, THE MAZE RUNNER (10/3 on)
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL: “The Art of Fear” event feat. “The Art of Fear in Film” panel w/James Betts, Michelle Helmeczy, Scott Mitchell (10/4, 10 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m., free w/ticket) Information
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: Manhattan Short Film Festival 2014 w/voting (10/2-10/5, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: THE MAZE RUNNER, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, ANNABELLE, THE PURGE: ANARCHY (10/3-10/4)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: GONE GIRL, LEFT BEHIND, THE BOXTROLLS (3-D & 2-D), THE EQUALIZER (10/3 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (10/3-10/5)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (10/3-10/5), REDEEMED (10/5)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: “Fright Nights” feat. ANNABELLE (10/3-10/4), St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital fundraiser feat. HOCUS POCUS (10/3), UIUC College of Veterinary Medicine fundraiser for the Wildlife Medical Clinic feat. HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (10/4)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: THE BOXTROLLS, EARTH TO ECHO (10/3-10/4)
@ AMC River East 21, etc., Chicago, IL: 50th annual Chicago International Film Festival (10/9-10/23)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: Closed for the month!
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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
TBA: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
10/10-10/12: Immersed in Ink Tattoo and Horror Festival
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
NEW! 10/10-10/11: IFP/Chicago presents 2014 Filmmakers Conference, Chicago, IL
10/12: Courage Connection (formerly The Center for Women in Transition) presents Sing-a-Long GREASE
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
10/16: Evil Dead: the Musical
@ Effingham Performance Center, Effingham, IL, 7:30 p.m.
10/18: The Orpheum Theatre Centennial Celebration
@ The Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, Champaign, IL, 6-10 p.m. Event Information
10/21: Champaign Movie Makers meeting
@ WILL-TV, Campbell Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/24-10/25: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast
@ The Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL, Midnight
10/31: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
@ Effingham Performance Center, Effingham, IL, 10 p.m.
10/31-11/1: 5th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/1: Central Illinois Film Commission presents “Filmmaking 101” panels
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
NEW! 11/5: Champaign Screenwriters meeting
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m.
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
1/22-2/1, 2015: 31st annual Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
1/23-1/29, 2015: 21st annual Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT
2/24-3/1, 2015: 37th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
4/9-4/16, 2015: 17th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/15-4/19, 2015: 17th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/15-4/19, 2015: 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
2nd annual “5 Nights of Hitch!” Alfred Hitchcock festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 & 10 p.m.
10/27: NORTH BY NORTHWEST; 10/28: DIAL M FOR MURDER; 10/29: THE 39 STEPS; 10/30: REAR WINDOW; 10/31: THE BIRDS
“The Best Christmas Movies Ever”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/15-12/16: HOLIDAY INN; 12/17-12/18: MIRACLE ON 34th STREET; 12/19-12/20: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Late Nights at the Art Theater Co-op presents “Shocktober”
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, times TBA
10/3, 10/4, 10/9: POLTERGEIST; 10/8: PSYCHO (1960); 10/10, 10/11, 10/16: RE-ANIMATOR; 10/15: THE LOST BOYS; 10/17, 10/18, 10/23: THE EXORCIST; 10/22: CANDYMAN; 10/24, 10/25, 10/30: HALLOWEEN (1978); 10/29: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) accompanied by the Andrew Alden Ensemble; 10/31 (w/shadow cast), 11/1, 11/6: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW; 10/24: 12-hour marathon, titles TBA!
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
11/8: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; 12/13: SOME LIKE IT HOT; 1/24/15: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION; 2/14/15: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY; 3/28/15: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.; 4/4/15: GILDA; 5/30/15: HIS GIRL FRIDAY; 6/20/15: ON THE TOWN; 7/11/15: DOUBLE INDEMNITY; 8/8/15: NASHVILLE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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