C-U Blogfidential

Our silence is anything but golden. Therefore, be thrilled we have much yet to say on C-U Blogfidential.

We’re feeling a mite numerical at the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters and have channeled this tendency into coverage that will be useful to new and returning C-U Blogfidential fans!

What do we have to say for ourselves on the 10th anniversary of C-U Blogfidential? Guess there is only one way for you to find out!

If you did not purchase or subscribe to MICRO-FILM back in the day, 2016 will be the year for you to atone for your sins by supporting the Magazine of Personal Cinema in Action. Read and repent!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We bet you didn’t see an IOW featuring Japanese monster icon Mothra coming your way, did you? Read on to learn how the fabulous Miss M. relates to the C-U.

A flurry of old-school, post-school experiences came back to occupy Mr. JaPan after taking part in a symposium about do-it-yourself print media. In the spirit of the milieu, he cut and pasted together this post just for you.

For something so flat, our former newsletter MICRO-Scope displayed the nascent modern film culture of Champaign-Urbana in multiple dimensions!

Confidential agent Z files the first of several (belated) CUBlog reports examining Champaign-Urbana film events from recent months. In this story, a downtown Champaign gallery goes against type with its programming.

If you think we’re going to dredge up the story about Brendan Fraser and co. filming the Harvard graduation scene in WITH HONORS on the UIUC Main Quad in 1993 … well, we’ll get to that one later. Right now, let’s talk real life instead of reel life.

It’s time for the Champaign-Urbana community to give itself a boost in supporting the integration of film and media production into our very fabric of being. That includes teaching the kids that making movies is alright.

Your editor made a movie once. The tragedy is not what happened on screen, but the fact it never made it to any screen at all.

The title of the post pretty much says it all. Don’t worry. We’ll be back like Ahnuld.

With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, you’d think Year 7 would conjure allusions to “luck” and many other positive outpourings. Instead, a whole other litany of four-letter words comes to mind. It’s a good thing your humble editor knows how to edit for general consumption.

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our sixth and final set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our fifth set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!