Calendar: February 17-23, 2017
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!
2/18: Phil Kim (publisher, Famous Monsters of Filmland)
2/21: Eric Benson (co-author, Design to Renourish)
FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
While major players and underdogs prepare to go for the gold at the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony next weekend, we suggest you go for the old this weekend instead of dropping cash on new Hollywood releases with seemingly little to offer. The Normal Theater revs up Alex Cox’s lovably ragged cult favorite, REPO MAN (Universal Pictures), for a pair of late shows tonight, Fri., 2/17, and tomorrow, Sat., 2/18, starting at 10 p.m.; this anarchic comedy from 1984 pairs Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton as losers-turned-“repossession agents” in pursuit of a (literally) hot Chevy Malibu with highly valuable junk in its trunk that might just be of extraterrestrial origin. By contrast, the Art Theater Co-op presents on Mon., 2/20, 7 p.m., a fully-restored print of writer/director Julie Dash’s DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (Cohen Media Group), the landmark drama from 1991 chronicling the lives of African-American slave descendants living off the coast of Georgia in the early 1900s; an overt dilemma is faced when an extended family on one island, led by African traditionalist and matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day), is coerced to relocate to the Northern states as part of the Great Migration. Elsewhere, expression in a longstanding writing form plays a central role in two non-Hollywood features coming to the area for the first time. NERUDA (The Orchard/Participant Media), directed by JACKIE’s Pablo Larraín and starring Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, and Mercedes Morán, is a partly fictionalized account of how Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda evades authorities after going into exile in 1948 due to his Communist leanings; the Normal will show this acclaimed “anti-biopic” at 7 p.m. on Sun., 2/19. PATERSON (Bleecker Street Media/Amazon Studios), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, is a low-key charmer with Adam Driver as the title character, a bus driver and prolific closet poet living in Paterson, NJ, and Golshifteh Farahani as his stay-at-home partner who is also a beautiful dreamer. As much an affirmation of appreciating the small things via art as it is an attempt at a “poem for camera” filtered through Jarmusch’s one-of-a-kind lens, PATERSON begins its run at the Art Theater today. “FOW” is hereby fin.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
PATERSON (2/17 on), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2017: Animation (2/17-2/18, 2/22-2/23), DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST w/discussion (2/20)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
A CURE FOR WELLNESS, FIST FIGHT, THE GREAT WALL, LION, A DOG’S PURPOSE, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, HIDDEN FIGURES, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, LA LA LAND, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, PASSENGERS, RINGS, SPLIT (2/17 on)
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “48 Hr Screening,” Robeson Pavilion Room C (2/21, 7 p.m., free)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ARRIVAL, BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK, THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, BLEED FOR THIS, CHRISTINE, STAKE LAND II, PRICELESS, more! (2/14 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
A CURE FOR WELLNESS, FIST FIGHT, THE GREAT WALL, A DOG’S PURPOSE, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, THE FOUNDER, HIDDEN FIGURES, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, LA LA LAND, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, RINGS, SPLIT (2/17 on), Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2/18, 2/22, recorded), Allegiance: The Broadway Musical (2/19, recorded), THE GODFATHER (2/19, 2/22), IS GENESIS HISTORY? (2/23)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 205 (2/21, 6:30 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, Pine Lounge (2/17, 2/18, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
“Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance?” photography/video installation by Zina Saro-Wiwa, East Gallery on Main Level (through 3/25)
@ Lincoln Square Village (starting point), Urbana, IL
Champaign Movie Makers 48 Hour Film Fest 2017 (2/17-2/19)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Films of Spike Lee: MALCOLM X (2/17-2/18)
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 Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL
Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series
DON’T THINK TWICE (2/19, 2/21)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
FIST FIGHT, THE GREAT WALL, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, SPLIT (2/17 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE GREAT WALL, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2/17 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
A CURE FOR WELLNESS, FIST FIGHT, THE GREAT WALL, A DOG’S PURPOSE, FIFTY SHADES DARKER, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, SPLIT (2/17 on)
@ The Lincoln Square Theatre, Decatur, IL
DIRTY DANCING (2/17)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Trivia night (2/18)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
REPO MAN (2/17-2/18), The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2017: Live Action (2/18), Documentary (2/18), NERUDA (2/19), The Normal Humor Comedy Hour (2/20), NINOTCHKA (2/21), VERTIGO (2/22)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2/17-2/19, 2/22)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PATRIOTS DAY (2/17-2/19)
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
39th annual Big Muddy Film Festival, various locations (2/21-2/26)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/25
34th annual Insect Fear Film Festival
@ Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/30-4/6
19th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19-4/23
19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/20-4/23
9th annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Chicago, IL
4/29
3rd annual Illinifest Student Film Festival
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
5/31-6/4
24th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/14: PLAYING WITH FIRE: WOMEN ACTORS OF AFGHANISTAN; 4/11: DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN
Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free w/i-card
2/17, 2/18: THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN; 2/24, 2/25: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY; 3/3, 3/4: PASSENGERS; 3/10, 3/11: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY; 3/17, 3/18: LA LA LAND; 3/24, 3/25: MOONLIGHT; 3/31, 4/1: THE BYE BYE MAN; 4/7, 4/8: THE FOUNDER; 4/14, 4/15: SING; 4/21, 4/22: BASTARDS; 4/28, 4/29: SPLIT
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
3/25: THE GENERAL; 4/15: DUCK SOUP; 5/27: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24: HIGH NOON; 7/22: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ
Springfield Art Association presents
The Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series 2017
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
2/19, 2/21: DON’T THINK TWICE; 2/26, 2/28: THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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