Calendar du C-U: Aug. 28-Sept. 3
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
8/28/15-9/3/15
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Friday, August 28: Skip Huston (owner, The Avon Theatre) … Sunday, August 30: John Oak Dalton (screenwriter, SEX MACHINE) … Tuesday, September 1: Matt Wiley (title designer, THE THINKING MOLECULES OF TITAN) … celebrate!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ Armory 101, Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL: Chinese Independent Film Society presents THE PEOPLE I LOVE* (8/28, 7 p.m., free)
@ Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters, Champaign, IL: Entries now being accepted for sixth annual New Art Film Festival! (Deadline is 8/28, 11:59 p.m. CST) Details
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: THE END OF THE TOUR (8/28 on), LISTEN TO ME MARLON (8/28-8/30, 9/2-9/3), ROAD HOUSE (8/28, 8/29, 10 p.m.), SUNRISE (8/30, 7:30 p.m., free w/annual membership), UI Department of Dance presents the Flatlands Dance Film Festival feat. SHAKE THE DUST (9/1, 7 p.m.), TANGERINE (9/2, 9/3, 10 p.m.; 9/2, intro. by Toby Cason Beauchamp)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Films at the Union” feat. JURASSIC WORLD (8/28, 8/29, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: A Salute to Peter Sellers presents BEING THERE (9/1, 9/3, 7 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: MR. HOLMES, MAX (8/28 on), THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (8/28-8/30)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (8/27, 7 p.m.), Beyond Normal Films presents KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER (8/28, 8/29, 7 p.m.), Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin in concert (8/30, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., VACATION (Screen 1), PIXELS, RICKI AND THE FLASH (Screen 2) (8/28-8/29)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: NO ESCAPE, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, RICKI AND THE FLASH, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (8/28 on), TRAINWRECK (8/28, 8/29, 9:30 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (8/28-8/30, 9/2, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: VACATION (8/28-8/30)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: MINIONS, ANT-MAN (Screen 1), VACATION, TRAINWRECK (Screen 2) (8/28-8/30)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: TED 2, TERMINATOR: GENISYS (8/28-8/29)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, NO ESCAPE, WAR ROOM, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, AMERICAN ULTRA, ANT-MAN, THE GIFT, HITMAN: AGENT 47, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, SINISTER 2, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (8/28 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, JURASSIC WORLD (3-D IMAX), NO ESCAPE, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, AMERICAN ULTRA, ANT-MAN, HITMAN: AGENT 47, THE GIFT, INSIDE OUT, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., MINIONS, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, RICKI AND THE FLASH, SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE, SINISTER 2, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, TRAINWRECK (8/28 on), Fathom Events and Artist’s Den present “Artist’s Den Presents alt-J” (9/2, 7:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: NO ESCAPE, AMERICAN ULTRA, HITMAN: AGENT 47, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., SINISTER 2, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: ALOHA, CITIZENFOUR, BIG GAME, THE RUNNER, WHERE HOPE GROWS, LILA & EVE, OCTOBER GALE, SKIN TRADE, PLAGUE, more! (8/25 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Closed through 9/7!
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: Closed
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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
9/17: Central Illinois Film Commission meeting
@ TBA
10/4: 6th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 5 p.m.
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
3/11-3/12, 2016: 7th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
Neutral Cycle, etc., present “Urbanalove Summer Movie Night Series”
@ 129 N. Race St., Urbana, IL, sunset, free
9/12: GHOSTBUSTERS
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
9/5: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE; 10/26-10/30: Alfred Hitchcock Festival – SUSPICION, SABOTAGE, THE LADY VANISHES, SPELLBOUND, FRENZY (7 & 10 p.m.); 11/14: DOUBLE INDEMNITY; 12/12: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS; 1/23/16: SHANE; 2/27/16: FORBIDDEN PLANET; 3/19/16: 42ND STREET; 4/2/16: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; 5/21/16: THE GRADUATE; 6/25/16: Reader’s Choice TBA; 7/16/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6/16: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
NEW! Illini Union Board Presents “Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
8/28, 8/29: JURASSIC WORLD; 9/4, 9/5: TED 2; 9/11, 9/12: INSIDE OUT; 9/18, 9/19: MAGIC MIKE XXL; 9/25, 9/26: PIXELS; 10/2, 10/3: ANT-MAN; 10/9, 10/10: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION; 10/16, 10/17: VACATION; 10/23, 10/24: MINIONS; 10/30, 10/31: SINSTER 2; 11/6, 11/7: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON; 11/13, 11/14: SOUTHPAW; 11/20, 11/21: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS; 12/4, 12/5: THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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