Calendar: December 23-29, 2016
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
12/26: Laura Anne Welle (voice actor, HORRORS, Pens to Lens 2016)
12/29: Patricia Pankoke Pellow (matron saint to our arts, C-U Confidential)
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
Two more acclaimed small-scale films with big heart and hefty ideas begin play in wide release this weekend. FENCES (Paramount Pictures), a Fifties-set drama about a Pittsburgh sanitation worker who attempts to relive his dream of playing professional baseball to dire effect, stars Viola Davis and Denzel Washington and is directed by the latter from a screenplay by famed playwright August Wilson; Carmike 13 opens it on Sat., 12/24, while Goodrich Savoy 16 starts its run on Sun., 12/25. Also making its debut at Savoy today, Fri., 12/23, is LA LA LAND (Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate), a modern-day Los Angeles story staged like an old-fashioned musical that is directed by Damien Chazelle and headlined by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as aspiring performing artists. Otherwise, you can either take in a reprise of MOONLIGHT (A24 Films) at the Art Theater Co-op (see the dates below) or have forgiven your sins of excess Thanksgiving television and ROGUE ONE outings by turning it all off and spending time with family and friends, as you should. “FOW” is hereby fin.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (12/23 on), Secret Screening 013 (12/23, 10 p.m., free), MOONLIGHT (12/24-12/25, 12/28-12/29)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
ASSASSIN’S CREED, DANGAL, PASSENGERS, SING, WHY HIM?, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, MOANA, OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23 on), FENCES (12/24 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
SULLY, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, STORKS, THE DISSAPOINTMENTS ROOM, DAD’S ARMY, 31, GOAT, more! (12/20 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ASSASSIN’S CREED, LA LA LAND, PASSENGERS, SING, WHY HIM?, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOANA, OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23 on), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/24), FENCES (12/25 on), DOCTOR WHO: THE RETURN OF DOCTOR MYSTERIO (12/27, 12/29)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
PASSENGERS, SING, WHY HIM?, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
SING, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
ASSASSIN’S CREED, PASSENGERS, SING, WHY HIM?, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the weekend!
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/23-12/24), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/24), THE APARTMENT (12/29)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (12/23-12/25, 12/28)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MOANA (12/22-12/24), STORKS (12/24, 11 a.m., free)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/21/17-2/26/17
39th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/30/17-4/6/17
19th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19/17-4/23/17
19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/21/17: DRACULA; 2/4/17: SWING TIME; 3/25/17: THE GENERAL; 4/15/17: DUCK SOUP; 5/27/17: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24/17: HIGH NOON; 7/22/17: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26/17: THE WIZARD OF OZ
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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