Calendar: September 14-20, 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!

9/14: Tanino Minneci (actor, DUSTY RUSTY, Pens to Lens 2018)
9/14: Kimberly Conner (producer, Predestined Arts & Entertainment)
9/14: Jason Huls (producer, Ten Wing Media)
9/19: Paul A. Brooks (producer, Into the Night Motion Pictures)
9/19: Eric Pankoke (webmaster, C-U Blogfidential)

 

PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed

9/3: Thomas Rickman, 78 (screenwriter, COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER/TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE)

 

CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

80 Years AgoSaturday, September 10, 1938: After assuming ownership of several movie theaters in the Champaign-Urbana market including the Park, Colonial, and Princess, the largest local project for the La Salle, IL-based Alger Brothers chain comes to fruition in partnership with A.J. Balaban of Chicago. The Co-Ed Theater, located on Green Street within easy walking distance of the University of Illinois and an underserved campus population, opens its doors this afternoon to host a full house for its grand opening show that includes news reels, a Betty Boop cartoon, and the comedic First National/Warner Bros. feature WOMEN ARE LIKE THAT starring Kay Francis and Pat O’Brien. This venue differs from the existing Alger properties in that it is their first theater built from the ground up, despite incorporating basic infrastructure that was already present on the north side of the block between Sixth and Wright streets, and it will premiere the best in first-run fare while the others bring back second-run attractions “at popular prices,” as described in The Art Theater by Perry Morris, et al. Chicago architectural firm Monberg & Wagner drew up the plans to accommodate 900 seats in an Art Moderne setting, accented by UI-inspired plaques and an orange-and-blue lighting scheme, while the William C.F. Kuhne Company of Rantoul erected the structure as detailed in numerous reports by the News-Gazette and Courier newspapers. The Co-Ed would briefly close between 1958 and 1959 after Edward and Howard Alger decided to leave the exhibition business, selling it to Kerasotes Theatres along with most of their other locations.

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting, “Lighting Recreation,” WILL-TV studio (9/17, 7 p.m., free)

@ Wyndham City Centre Hotel, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting, “Cinematic Success Series: Bishop Stevens,” Grill Breakfast Room (9/20, 7 p.m., free)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (9/14-9/17, 9/19-9/20), MADELINE’S MADELINE (9/14, 9/16, 9/18), MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (9/14-9/16, 9/20), SKATE KITCHEN (9/15, 9/19-9/20), Bergman in Three Acts: FANNY & ALEXANDER (9/17, 7:30 p.m., theatrical cut), DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES: 1963 YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! (9/18, 7:15 p.m.)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017, re-release), THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, GOD BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, SEARCHING (9/14 on)

@ Clark Park, Champaign, IL
Clark Park movie night and camp out feat. MOANA (9/15, 7 p.m.)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
OCEAN’S 8, SUPERFLY (2018), DISTORTED, GOLDSTONE, INNER DEMON, HOUSE OF PURGATORY, THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (2017), THIS IS US (s2), more! (9/11 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK, ALPHA, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, GOD BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE NUN, OPERATION FINALE, PEPPERMINT, SEARCHING (9/14 on), SHERLOCK GNOMES (9/14-9/16, 10 a.m.), Sight & Sound Theatre presents Moses (9/15, 12:55 p.m., recorded), Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin boxing rematch (9/15, 7 p.m., simulcast), STEEL MAGNOLIAS (9/16, 9/19), DRAGONBALL Z: BROLY THE LEGENDARY SUPER SAIYAN (9/17, 7 p.m.), THE DAWN WALL (9/19, 7 p.m.), DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI: FUTURE (9/20, 7:30 p.m.)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM, Pine Lounge (9/14-9/15, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL
“Vachel Lindsay: Poet, Artist, Visionary” exhibit, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery (through 9/29)

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 Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
OPERATION FINALE, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT (9/14 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE PREDATOR, THE WIFE, THE NUN (9/14 on), “Great Leading Men – Part 2” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 9/20-11/8, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)

@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THE PRINCESS BRIDE, LABYRINTH (Screen 1), THE SANDLOT, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Screen 2) (9/14-9/15)

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
OPERATION FINALE, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG, THE NUN (9/14 on), ALPHA (9/15-9/16, 12:40 p.m.), KIN (9/15-9/16, 1 p.m.), THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK ON ITS WALLS (9/20 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
OCEAN’S 8 (9/14-9/16)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
RETURN OF THE HERO (9/14, 9/16, 9/20), THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (9/14,), SKATE KITCHEN (9/15-9/16, 9/18), BRINGING UP BABY (9/16), 2nd annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival (9/19)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME (9/14-9/16)

@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE PREDATOR, THE DARKEST MINDS (Screen 1), TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES, THE NUN (9/14-9/15)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
36th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (9/20-9/30)

 

COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

10/3
2018 Shocktober Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL.

10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL

10/30
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

11/2-11/3
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL

11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL

 

COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/11: ART IN SMOG; 11/8: MRS. B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., 7 & 10 p.m. Sat., free w/i-card
9/14, 9/15: JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM; 9/21, 9/22: INCREDIBLES 2; 9/28, 9/29: THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME; 10/5, 10/6: THE FIRST PURGE; 10/12, 10/13: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU; 10/19, 10/20: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP; 10/26, 10/27: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3; 11/2, 11/4: BLACKkKLANSMAN; 11/9, 11/10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS; 11/29, 11/30: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS; 12/7, 12/8: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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