Archive for the 'Media Coverage' Category
Friday, November 29th, 2024
Select movie listings for November 29-December 5, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Image of the week?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Article du C-U, Business Matters, Calendar du C-U, Chicago Stories, Gone Hollywood, Images du C-U, Media Coverage, Production Updates, Public Events, Roger Ebert, The Video Throne, VHS is Best | Comments Off on Calendar: Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2024
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
Select movie listings for October 25-31, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week? And, have you memorized the Svenfidential Almanac for today?
Posted in Area Festivals, Broadcast Dates, Calendar du C-U, Chicago Stories, Confidential Almanac, Images du C-U, Media Coverage, Production Updates, Public Events, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on Calendar: October 25-31, 2024
Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Select movie listings for September 13-19, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Business Matters, Calendar du C-U, Confidential Almanac, Education/Classes, Images du C-U, Job Opportunities, Media Coverage, Preservation, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues | Comments Off on Calendar: September 13-19, 2024
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Durability is one of many things accomplished in Champaign-Urbana by Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, which celebrates 25 years this week with a diverse program and quality one-film-at-a-time presentation as their trademarks.
Posted in Area Festivals, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Public Events, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues | Comments Off on 25 years later, it’s ‘Ebertfest’ ‘24
Thursday, July 6th, 2023
Several indies filmed in part or whole in downstate Illinois during the last few years are finally emerging, and half of them were not initiated by local producers. How do we fare in our visitors’ fields of vision?
Posted in Business Matters, Documentary, Gone Hollywood, Job Opportunities, Media Coverage, Production Updates, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on Indies eye Illinois as filming locale
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
Get outside this summer and enjoy the pleasures of the drive-in theater, whether on National Drive-in Day or any other time they’re showing movies, serving up goodies, and bringing folks together.
Posted in Bittersweet Places, Business Matters, Documentary, For the Children, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Preservation, Public Events, Theatres & Venues | Comments Off on Ozoners rev it up for Drive-in Day
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
We pause to reflect on those who did not get to share their creativity, compassion, and community with the rest of us in 2023, except for in the memories and legacies they’ve left in our care.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Personalities du C-U, Sad Places | Comments Off on ‘Thirty’ for Murray, more in 2022
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is set to captivate Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, for Year 23 from April 18-22, 2023. Here are the base details and important resources for you to know.
Posted in Area Festivals, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Public Events, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues | Comments Off on ‘Ebertfest’ ’23 to project empathy
Sunday, April 24th, 2022
The late musician and Urbana resident Jay Bennett is the subject of new documentary and record releases, WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?, now available nationwide through MVD Entertainment Group.
Posted in Bittersweet Places, Documentary, Home Videos du C-U, Media Coverage, Music Video, Personalities du C-U, Public Events, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on MVD gives Jay Bennett RSD love
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
CUBlog resumes posting just in time for the resuscitation of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival! Year 22 launches later tonight at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, and we have the schedule.
Posted in Area Festivals, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Public Events, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues | Comments Off on Virginia ready for Ebertfest return
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
The specters of Illinois urban legends form the basis of a pair of brand-new indie features, LANTERN’S LANE from Vertical Entertainment and BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION from Dark Sky Films.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Chicago Stories, Gone Hollywood, Home Videos du C-U, Media Coverage, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on Local lore informs SIGNAL, LANE
Friday, December 31st, 2021
This has been a very long year. Whether it’s been better or worse than the year before is debatable. Let’s put the soapboxes aside and remember those who are no longer here for 2022.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Personalities du C-U, Sad Places | Comments Off on ‘Thirty’ for Murray, others in 2021
Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
Gemelli Films of Brookhaven, NY, has taken a liking to downstate Illinois. The first result of this team-up, BAKING UP LOVE, arrived in stores nationwide in November through SP Releasing, Inc.
Posted in Article du C-U, Business Matters, Home Videos du C-U, Job Opportunities, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Public Events | Comments Off on Morton movie LOVE is now served
Monday, November 15th, 2021
The creators of UNLISTED OWNER strike again! This time, they stake out real estate in blockchain territory with their original made-for-NFT short film, TRICK NOT TREAT. Purchase the key today!
Posted in Business Matters, Media Coverage, Miscellaneous Merch, Production Updates, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on New is NFTy for OWNER director
Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
Trick or treat! Five indie horror flicks originating in or adjacent to the meat-and-potatoes midsection of Illinois make the cut in our new marathon report. Come along for the haywire hayride, hardy souls!
Posted in Area Festivals, Article du C-U, Champaign Movie Makers, Media Coverage, Production Updates, Public Events, Streaming Cinema | Comments Off on Wave of terror SLAYS the state