Archive for September, 2008

JB uncorks WC, BOTTLE Sept. 29

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions make a mint to embellish WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 29, 2008.

Groovy! BRUCE to cut loose Dec. 1

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Bruce Campbell, man of action and slayer of Deadites, will accompany his new film MY NAME IS BRUCE to the Avon Theater in downtown Decatur, IL, on Monday, December 1, 2008. Be there or be very, very square.

UI-7 begins facelift of schedule

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the hiring of program coordinator Kate Brickman to oversee the transformation of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign basic cable station UI-7 to an academic and community-oriented service.

Wolves, bugs infest C-U Sept. 22

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up even more cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 22, 2008.

C-U movies crash IIFF, R66 fests

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

This weekend, the Illinois Independent Film Festival hosts THE LIFELINE: TRILOGY and NEAR MISS up in St. Charles, IL, while the Route 66 Film Festival welcomes SAMSARA 2 and THE TRANSIENT over in Springfield, IL. Why are you still sitting in front of your computer right now?

Every ROCK has its thorn

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

We think the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is VH1’s ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS. We know the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is in need of production staff.

WEREWOLF Iss. 1 afoot Sept. 14

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up some cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

Coming Soon: Sept-Nov 2008

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Coming Soon: Champaign Movie Makers meeting @ Shatterglass Studios, Urbana, IL (9/9/08), Beyond Normal Films “Choice” series @ Normal Theater, Normal, IL (9/9-28/08), IPRH Film Series @ 62 Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL (9/11-11/13/08), and “Politics at the Movies” class @ Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (9/11-10/30/08).

Memorial Stadium doc airs Sept. 9

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about a new documentary called MEMORIAL STADIUM: TRUE ILLINI SPIRIT that will premiere on local PBS station WILL-TV Channel 12 this Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 7 p.m.

Fred Marx to speak Sept. 7 in C-U

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

University of Illinois alumnus and veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Marx will speak about and present clips from his work at the Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana, IL, on Sunday, September 7, 2008.