Calendar du C-U: April 24-30
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
4/24/15-4/30/15
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Friday, April 24: Ron Bonk (owner, SRS Cinema) … Saturday, April 25: Marty McKee (writer, Johnny LaRue’s Crane Shot Weblog), Erika Lecaj (actress, USING) … Wednesday, April 29: Mia Conner (alumna, Illini Film & Video) … Thursday, April 30: Matt Shivers (voice actor/sound design, WHO BABYSITS ZOMBIES?, Pens to Lens 2014), Eric Sizemore (actor, HOUSE OF THADDEUS) … celebrate!
10 Years Ago … Friday, April 22, 2005: Chris Folkens, an ambitious University of Illinois senior in LAS-Speech Communication and member of Illini Film & Video, premiered his second narrative featurette TOXIN during two shows at Armory 101 inside the Armory Building concurrent with that year’s Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Rumored to be in attendance was Hollywood producer Roy Lee (THE RING, THE GRUDGE), otherwise visiting campus to speak at the East Asian Languages and Cultures department. Folkens’ action-drama starred then-UI students Aaron Golden (FALLING OVERNIGHT) and Karla Strum (TERRI, LITTLE ACCIDENTS) along with genre film veteran Robert Nolan Clark (RHINELAND). Article
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: WHILE WE’RE YOUNG (4/24-4/26, 4/28-4/30), SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION (4/24-4/26, 4/29-4/30), HAIRSPRAY (1988; 4/24, 4/25, 4/30, 10 p.m.), The Prompting Theater presents WHO STOLE MY HOO-TO FOO-TO BOO-TO BAH?* (4/25, 12:30 p.m., $10 suggested donation), GIRLHOOD (4/26-4/28), UNESCO Center for Global Citizenship presents “Jazz Sirens” short film program (4/28, 5:30 p.m., free)
@ SoDo Theatre, Champaign, IL: The Prompting Theater presents WHO STOLE MY HOO-TO FOO-TO BOO-TO BAH?* (4/24, 10:30 a.m., $10 suggested donation)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Friday Night Films” feat. JUPITER ASCENDING (4/24, 7 p.m., free)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: TAKEN 3, CAKE, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, LITTLE ACCIDENTS, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE, LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN, THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS 2, THE RIVER (Criterion Blu), more! (4/21 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE AGE OF ADALINE, DANNY COLLINS (4/24 on), WOMAN IN GOLD (4/24-4/29), AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (3-D & 2-D) (4/30, 7 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: Beyond Normal Films presents ART AND CRAFT (4/23-4/26, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, HOME, FURIOUS 7, DUMB AND DUMBER TO (4/24-4/25)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: THE AGE OF ADALINE, PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, WOMAN IN GOLD (4/24 on), DO YOU BELIEVE? (4/24-4/26, 4/28, 4/30), THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939; 4/24-4/27, 4/29), AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (4/30, 7:10 p.m. 3-D, 7:30 p.m. 2-D)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT (4/24-4/26, 4/29)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT (4/24-4/26), NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (4/25, 11 a.m., free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation screenings feat. THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (4/24-4/26)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, THE BREAKFAST CLUB (4/24-4/26)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: CINDERELLA, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (4/24-4/25)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: THE AGE OF ADALINE, EX MACHINA, LITTLE BOY, CINDERELLA, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT, FURIOUS 7, GET HARD, HOME, THE LONGEST RIDE, MONKEY KINGDOM, PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, UNFRIENDED (4/24 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: THE AGE OF ADALINE, EX MACHINA, LITTLE BOY, CINDERELLA, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT, FURIOUS 7, HOME, THE LONGEST RIDE, MONKEY KINGDOM, PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, TRUE STORY, UNFRIENDED, WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, WOMAN IN GOLD (4/24 on), NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (4/25, 4/26, 9 & 10 a.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (4/25, 11:30 a.m., live simulcast; 4/29, 6:30 p.m., encore presentation), Comedy Dynamics presents BILL HICKS: RELENTLESS (4/27, 8 p.m.), AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (4/30, 7 &10 p.m. 3-D IMAX, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m. 2-D)
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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
5/1: May Day Sustainability Shorts Film Festival
@ Room 180, Bevier Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free w/ticket
5/3: Illinifest: University of Illinois Student Film Festival*
@ Lincoln Hall Theater, Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
5/7: 6th annual UIUC Feminist Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
5/13-5/17: 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
5/21: Central Illinois Film Commission meeting
@ Highland Room, Hilton Hotel, Springfield, IL, 7 p.m., free
8/15: 3rd annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competitions + Awards Gala*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, time TBA
10/29-10/31: 6th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/6-11/7: 14th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
5/30: HIS GIRL FRIDAY; 6/20: ON THE TOWN; 7/11: DOUBLE INDEMNITY; 8/8: NASHVILLE
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Friday Night Films”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
4/24: JUPITER ASCENDING; 5/1: WITH HONORS*
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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