Calendar du C-U: October 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
10/2/15-10/8/15
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Saturday, October 3: Mary Susan Britt (former associate director, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival) … Sunday, October 4: Jason Christ (co-writer/actor, IN MEMORY OF) … Monday, October 5: Anna Zorn (co-director, WHAT’S THE PASSWORD?, Pens to Lens 2015) … Tuesday, October 6: Victor Miely (director, CHANCES, Pens to Lens 2014) … celebrate!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: C-U Confidential presents the 6th annual New Art Film Festival* co-sponsored by ThirdSide, Shatterglass Studios, and the Art Co-op (10/4, 5-11 p.m., free) Schedule
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: GRANDMA (10/2 on), ARCADE FIRE: THE REFLEKTOR TAPES (10/2, 10 p.m.), ROPE (1948) (10/3, 12 & 10 p.m.; 10/7, 10/8, 9 p.m.), Essential Cinema 016: The Apu Trilogy, APARAJITO (THE UNVANQUISHED) (10/4, 11:30 a.m.; 10/5, 7:30 p.m., discussion w/Rini Bhattacharya Mehta, UIUC), C-U Confidential presents the sixth annual New Art Film Festival* (10/4, 5-11 p.m., free), The Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies presents THE LOOK OF SILENCE (10/6, 7 p.m., free, post-film discussion), Essential Cinema 015: The Apu Trilogy, PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) (10/7, 2:30 p.m.)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Films at the Union” feat. ANT-MAN (10/2, 10/3, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation presents WHERE HOPE GROWS (10/8, 7 p.m.)
@ Room 205, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (10/8, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE MARTIAN (3-D & 2-D), THE INTERN (10/2 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: Manhattan Short Film Festival 2015 w/voting (10/1-10/4, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: THE MARTIAN, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (Screen 1), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2, PIXELS (Screen 2) (10/2-10/3)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: THE MARTIAN (3-D & 2-D), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2, THE INTERN (10/2 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE MARTIAN (10/2 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: THE VISIT (10/2-10/4)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents PITCH PERFECT 2 (10/2-10/4)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Screen 1) (10/2-10/3), St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital fundraiser feat. GREASE (Screen 2) (10/2), College of Veterinary Medicine fundraiser for the Wildlife Medical Clinic feat. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Screen 2) (10/3)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: INSIDE OUT, MINIONS (10/2), closed for private event (10/3)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: THE MARTIAN (3-D & 2-D), SICARIO, BLACK MASS, EVEREST (3-D & 2-D), THE GREEN INFERNO, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (3-D & 2-D), THE INTERN, LOST IN HONG KONG, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, THE VISIT, WAR ROOM (10/2 on), ATTACK ON TITAN: PART 1 (10/7, 7:30 p.m.), FINDING NOAH (10/8, 7 p.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: HELL AND BACK, THE MARTIAN (3-D & 2-D), SICARIO, SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THE WALK (IMAX 3-D), BLACK MASS, EVEREST (3-D & 2-D), THE GREEN INFERNO, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2, THE INTERN, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, THE PERFECT GUY, THE VISIT, A WALK IN THE WOODS (10/2 on), HOME (10/4, 9 & 10 a.m.), Fathom Events and Warner Bros. present THE IRON GIANT: SIGNATURE EDITION (10/4, 12 p.m.), BLOOD BROTHER (10/5, 5 & 7 p.m.), THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Extended Edition (10/5, 7:30 p.m.), Fathom Events, IGN, and RiffTrax.com present RiffTrax Live! MIAMI CONNECTION (10/6, 7:30 p.m.), THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG – Extended Edition (10/7, 7:30 p.m.), Fathom Events presents Metropolitan Opera Encores: Il Trovatore (10/7, 6:30 p.m.), FINDING NOAH (10/8, 7 p.m.), Fathom Events and Arts Alliance present THE WHO IN HYDE PARK (10/8, 7:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: THE MARTIAN (3-D & 2-D), SICARIO, EVEREST (3-D & 2-D), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (3-D & 2-D), THE INTERN, THE VISIT
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: SPY, POLTERGEIST, ENTOURAGE: THE MOVIE, COP CAR, RETURN TO SENDER, ALOFT, UNEXPECTED, ZIPPER, GRIMM (s4), more! (9/29 on)
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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
10/10: “The Art of Fear” event
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
10/15-10/29: 51st annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/28: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI w/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 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
11/12-11/14: 11th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
3/11-3/12, 2016: 7th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
4/13-4/17, 2016: 18th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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
AEMS, IPRH, and Spurlock Museum present AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/13: AGRARIAN UTOPIA; 11/10: BITTER SEEDS
Illini Union Board Presents “Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
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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