Calendar: January 12-18, 2018

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!

1/12: Damian Duffy (cohost, Damian Duffy After Dark podcast)
1/18: Michelle Kaffko Ebner (photographer, Organic Headshots)


LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Champaign Screenwriters Presents”*, Robeson Pavilion Room A (1/16, 7 p.m., free)

@ The New Lafayette Club, Bloomington, IL
Informational meeting for upcoming production CHRISTMAS CRASHERS (1/14, 2:30 p.m., free) Contact


NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
TOM OF FINLAND (1/12 on), SELMA (1/15, 7:15 p.m.)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE COMMUTER, PADDINGTON 2, THE POST, PROUD MARY, ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, COCO, THE DISASTER ARTIST, FERDINAND, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, MARSHALL, PITCH PERFECT 3, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, MOLLY’S GAME, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI, WONDER (1/12 on), 12 STRONG, DEN OF THIEVES (1/18 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
IT, MARSHALL, THE FOREIGNER, FRIEND REQUEST, MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE, MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE, NOVEMBER CRIMINALS, BULLET HEAD, more! (1/9 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE COMMUTER, I, TONYA, PADDINGTON 2, THE POST, PROUD MARY, COCO, DARKEST HOUR, FERDINAND, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, LADY BIRD, MOLLY’S GAME, PITCH PERFECT 3, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (1/12 on), The Metropolitan Opera: OPERA HOUSE (1/13, 1/17), HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (1/14, 1/17), MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER premiere event (1/18, 7 p.m. dubbed, 8 p.m. subtitled)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1/13, 1 & 7 p.m.), CHINATOWN (1/16, 1/18, 7 p.m.)

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 Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
THE COMMUTER, PADDINGTON 2, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (1/12 on)

@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL
Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series
THE SALESMAN (1/14, 1/16)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
PADDINGTON 2, THE POST, DARKEST HOUR (1/12 on)

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE COMMUTER, DARKEST HOUR, PADDINGTON 2, THE POST, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI, FERDINAND, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (1/12 on), 12 STRONG (1/18 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
I’LL PUSH YOU (1/12-1/14)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES (1/12-1/14), LADY BIRD (1/13-1/14, 1/17), MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1/16), BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY (1/18)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (1/12-1/14, 1/17)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
FERDINAND (1/12-1/14)


COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

2/19-2/25
40th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2/24
4th annual Sustainability Shorts Film Festival
@ Lincoln Avenue Residence Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.

NEW! 3/6
DVD release: BEFORE ‘I DO’*
+ Maverick Entertainment Group, Deerfield Beach, FL/Predestined Arts & Entertainment, Springfield, IL

3/8-3/11
Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, IL

4/5-4/12
20th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

4/18-4/22
20th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

6/6-6/10
25th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL


COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

NEW! 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
1/19, 1/20: WONDER; 1/26, 1/27: HAPPY DEATH DAY; 2/2, 2/3: MARSHALL; 2/9, 2/10: THE FLORIDA PROJECT; 2/16, 2/17: THOR: RAGNAROK; 2/23, 2/24: JUSTICE LEAGUE; 3/1: JUMANJI; 3/2, 3/3: JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE; 3/9, 3/10: COCO; 3/16, 3/17: THE DISASTER ARTIST; 3/23, 3/24: LADY BIRD; 3/30, 3/31: MOLLY’S GAME; 4/6, 4/7: INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY; 4/12: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS; 4/13, 4/14: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI; 4/20, 4/21: DEN OF THIEVES; 4/26: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, FIFTY SHADES DARKER; 4/27, 4/28: FIFTY SHADES FREED

NEW! The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/13: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE; 2/3: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO; 3/17: GONE WITH THE WIND; 4/14: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN; 5/12: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE; 6/23: TBA

NEW! Springfield Art Association presents
The Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series 2018
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
1/14, 1/16: THE SALESMAN; 1/21, 1/23: COLUMBUS; 1/28, 1/30: THE FLORIDA PROJECT; 2/4, 2/6: POLINA; 2/11, 2/13: LOVING VINCENT; 2/18, 2/20: FACES PLACES; 2/25, 2/27: FRANTZ; 3/4, 3/6: THE MIDWIFE

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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