Calendar: Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 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!
10/1: Jason Croft (publisher, Bachelor Pad Magazine)
10/2: Mike Prosise (actor, SUPER AMAZING MAN VS. DR. EVIL, Pens to Lens 2017)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
EMPOWERED* pilot episode premiere (10/3, 7 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE WIFE (9/28-10/2, 10/4), National Theater Live: Julie (9/29-9/30, 11:45 a.m., simulcast), Late Night: LET THE CORPSES TAN (9/28-9/29, 9:30 p.m.) and MANDY (10/2, 10/4, 10 p.m.), Shocktober 2018: Kick-off event – Shocktober Film Festival (10/3, 5-11:30 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
HELL FEST, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, TANGLED (re-release), CRAZY RICH ASIANS, FAHRENHEIT 11/9, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, WHITE BOY RICK (9/28 on), A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/4 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, UNCLE DREW, IZZY GETS THE FUCK ACROSS TOWN, HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, GOTTI, THE SEA GULL, TRENCH 11, THE GIFTED (s1), 9-1-1 (s1), more! (9/25 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
HELL FEST, LITTLE WOMEN, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, ASSASSINATION NATION, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, FAHRENHEIT 11/9, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, SEARCHING, A SIMPLE FAVOR, WHITE BOY RICK (9/28 on), PADDINGTON 2 (9/28-9/30, 10 a.m.), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (9/30, 10/3), FAT BUDDIES (9/30-10/3), Studio Ghibli Fest: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (9/30-10/1), Roger Ebert Symposium feat. A BEAUTIFUL PLANET (10/1, 4:30 p.m., free, IMAX), THE TRUMP PROPHECY (10/2, 7 p.m.), ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA’S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW (10/3, 7 p.m.), SHINE, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/4 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, Pine Lounge (9/28-9/29, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Roger Ebert Symposium, “Empathy for the Universe: Storytelling and Data Visualization,” NCSA Auditorium (10/1, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., free to public w/registration), continued offsite with screening and discussion of A BEAUTIFUL PLANET in IMAX, Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL (10/1, 4:30 p.m.)
@ Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL
“Vachel Lindsay: Poet, Artist, Visionary” exhibit, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery (through 9/29)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Reel Deals: GET OUT (10/2, 10/4, 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
NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, THE NUN, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR (9/28 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
SMALLFOOT, LIFE ITSELF, OPERATION FINALE (9/28 on), A STAR IS BORN (10/4 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
Frightfest Weekend 2: SMALLFOOT, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, (Screen 1), THE NUN, FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (Screen 2) (9/28-9/29)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION (9/28 on), A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/4 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
BOOK CLUB (9/28-9/30)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
LOVE, GILDA (9/28-9/30), SUMMER OF ’84 (9/28-9/29, 10/1), THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (9/29), Ethnographic Film Series: CHOCOLATE OF PEACE (10/2, 7 p.m., free, w/discussion), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. DUTCHMAN (10/3), Manhattan Short Film Festival 2018 (10/4)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
CRAZY RICH ASIANS (9/28-9/30)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
PEPPERMINT, MILE 22 (Screen 1), THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (9/28-9/29)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
36th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 9/30)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
UPDATE! 10/29
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL, 7-10 p.m.
NEW! 11/2
THE STRIPPER RIPPER* reprise
@ Vintage Villains, Danville, IL, 4 & 8 p.m.
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
NEW! 4/10-4/14, 2019
21st Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, 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
9/28, 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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