Calendar du C-U: April 1-7
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
4/1/16-4/7/16
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Saturday, April 2: Mike White (filmmaker, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLING?) … Monday, April 4: Trevor Taylor (visual artist/filmmaker, New Orleans, LA), Sara Benson (closet “super fan,” Damian Duffy Hates Everything podcast) … celebrate!
FLICKER OF THE WEEK
Cabin fever be gone! “FOW” alternately stands for “fresh outdoor weather” this week as we encourage you to rekindle patronage of your friendly neighborhood drive-in theaters since they have awakened from their winter slumber! Early-season programming is usually heavy with also-rans, but, will you and/or your family and/or your friends and/or your romantic partner care very much with the windows cracked open and car seats dropped back? The closest in proximity to the C-U is the Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in in Gibson City, which plays ZOOTOPIA and BATMAN V SUPERMAN for the second straight frame on April 1-3 at dusk. Farther out is the Route 66 Twin Drive-in on the Springfield outskirts, where the double features on April 1-2 will be ZOOTOPIA (8:10 p.m.) with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (10:10 p.m.) on Screen 1 and BATMAN V SUPERMAN (7:55 p.m.) with GODS OF EGYPT (10:40 p.m.) on Screen 2. Finally, Indianapolis citizens should visit nearby Martinsville where the Centerbrook Drive-in, operated by our friend and columnist Tyler Tharpe, is now open for big-screen fun with BATMAN V SUPERMAN (8:25 p.m.) and DEADPOOL (10:25 p.m.) on April 1-2. Go ozoner, film fans!
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: EYE IN THE SKY (4/1 on), Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America presents LIVING FOR 32 (4/4, 7 p.m., free, w/discussion), Land Conservation Foundation presents KING CORN w/BIG RIVER (4/5, 7:30 p.m., free, w/discussion), Women on Top series: THE HITCH-HIKER (4/6, 7:30 p.m., discussion w/Veronica Paredes), THE ‘BURBS (4/1, 4/2, 4/7, 10 p.m.)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. SISTERS (4/1, 4/2, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: The News-Gazette Film Series presents SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (4/2, 1 & 7 p.m.), Reel Deals presents “A Salute to Meryl Streep” feat. SILKWOOD (4/4, 4/5, 7 p.m.), SOPHIE’S CHOICE (4/6, 4/7, 7 p.m.), THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (4/8, 4/9, 7 p.m.)
@ Room 205, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (4/7, 7:30 p.m.)
@ University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, ISU, Normal, IL: “Soldier Shepherd Prophet Martyr: Videos from 1998-2013” exhibition of work by Terry Adkins (free; exhibit runs through 4/3)
@ Main Level, East Gallery, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “Time/Image” modern art exhibition (free; exhibit runs through 4/23)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3-D & 2-D), MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (4/1 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (4/1, 4/3, 4/7, 7 p.m.), SPACEBALLS (4/1, 10:30 p.m.), FIELD OF DREAMS (4/2, 7 p.m.), The Normal Humor (ISU) Open Mic Comedy Night (4/4, 9 p.m., free), THE GREAT DICTATOR (4/5, 7 p.m.)
NOW OPEN! @ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: ZOOTOPIA, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Screen 1), BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, GODS OF EGYPT (Screen 2) (4/1-4/2)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL: GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3-D & 2-D), THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, THE YOUNG MESSIAH, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (4/1 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (4/1-4/3, 4/6)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: ZOOTOPIA (4/1-4/3)
NOW OPEN! @ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, ZOOTOPIA (4/1-4/3)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (4/1-4/3)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS, MEET THE BLACKS, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3-D & 2-D), DEADPOOL, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, ZOOTOPIA (4/1 on), THE BOSS (4/7, 7 & 9:30 p.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: EYE IN THE SKY, GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS, I SAW THE LIGHT, MEET THE BLACKS, THE WITCH, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (IMAX 3-D, IMAX, 3-D & 2-D), DEADPOOL, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, ZOOTOPIA (4/1 on), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (4/1-4/3, 10 a.m.), Fathom Events presents Metropolitan Opera Live: Madama Butterfly (4/2, 11:55 a.m., live simulcast; 4/6, 6:30 p.m., encore presentation), Fathom Events and GI Films present “GI Film Festival: A Cinematic Salute to the Troops” (4/7, 7 p.m.), Fathom Events and STX Entertainment present HARDCORE HENRY “Ultimate Fan Experience” (4/7, 7 p.m.)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3-D & 2-D), THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, ZOOTOPIA (4/1 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: THE HATEFUL EIGHT, CONCUSSION, POINT BREAK, FORSAKEN, THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ, more! (3/29 on)
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL: Midwest Independent Film Festival presents BEAVER TRILOGY PART IV w/filmmaker (4/5, 6 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. Producers Panel feat. Mark Roberts (MIKE & MOLLY), 7:30 p.m. screening)
NOW OPEN! @ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, DEADPOOL (4/1-4/2)
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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
4/13-4/17: 18th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/14-4/21: 18th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/24: Illinifest*: University of Illinois Student Film Festival
@ Room 112, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, time TBA
4/30: BEFORE ‘I DO’* world premiere w/filmmakers
@ The Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL, 7 p.m.
5/1: 2nd annual May Day Sustainability Shorts Film Festival
@ Room 180, Bevier Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.
6/1-6/5: 23rd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/21-10/23: 2nd annual Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
4/2: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; 5/21: THE GRADUATE; 6/25: Reader’s Choice TBA; 7/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6: 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
4/12: MY FAIR WEDDING
Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
4/1, 4/2: SISTERS; 4/8, 4/9: DIRTY GRANDPA; 4/15, 4/16: ZOOLANDER 2; 4/22, 4/23: RIDE ALONG 2; 4/29, 4/30: HOW TO BE SINGLE; 5/6, 5/7: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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