C-U Blogfidential

Last fall, the New Art Film Festival tried to introduce you to central Illinois’ first major contributor to film history. Only a handful attended. Remedy your situation by watching our first-ever video release on the same.

At long last, we have made constructive use of YouTube and recreated past editions of the New Art Film Festival of Champaign. Discover your new favorite local movies! Share your personal picks with others!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: WILL-TV and 40 North 88 West have launched a new video series about local artists, ART: BEHIND THE SCENES. Media mavens represent!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: No need anymore to rely solely on iPods and ear buds to hear the best of local indie rock and rap, kids! The new UI-7 show CU HEADPHONES has you covered with Elsinore and everyone else.

For deep thought on class issues and contemporary film, visit the UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Champaign later tonight, Monday, February 24, 2014, for an appearance by socialist movie critic and “The Sky Between the Leaves” author David Walsh.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we earn a new Missouri fan, learn of a Mark Johns plot to impress Roger Ebert, yearn for cool friends doing cool things, and churn the waters to scoop out the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we encourage you to go (live) theatrical and see “Stop Kiss,” provide you a handful of interesting links, and reiterate the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we note a Champaign Movie Makers changeover, find myriad digital products with local ties, give a last-minute nod to THE DYING BREED, and list the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we wish the fastest recovery to Skip Huston, investigate who killed Pac-Man, ask one final time for reader essays, and bask in the glow of movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we clue you in to this week’s festivals, potentially game-changing editing software, the most voluptuous set of “Links” we’ve ever assembled, and the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we simply have too much fruit to bear: calls for film festivals, calls for talent, a call for funding, a Hollywood actors’ seminar, a sequel, a play, and the movies now playing/renting near you! Oh, my!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Although media activists Stephanie Stean and Paul Holze have relocated from the C-U to Tucson, Arizona, we’re updating the status of their life-in-South Africa documentary, THE STORY OF HAPPINESS, including what it has to do with YouTube’s push to propagate original content! Also, we like them lots, so just try and stop us.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tease at current film projects, we please with news of an Art Theater upgrade, we thrill at a family birthday milestone, and we’re chill about what movies are now playing/renting near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Get your first good look at the no-budget, southern Illinois indie FARM, and then peruse exclusive behind-the-scene photos courtesy of the filmmakers!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Peruse a few more never-before-seen images of the LEADING LADIES production team filming at the former Rialto Theater, and then watch Team Beahm film in full motion courtesy of a local news segment!