Calendar: October 19-25, 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!

10/20: Lana Wildman (volunteer, Route 66 Film Festival)
10/22: John May (filmmaker, THE LAST SQUIDFISH)
10/22: Bob Dignan (media resources coordinator, CITL, University of Illinois)
10/23: Jennifer Heaton (director, THE RED SCARF, Pens to Lens 2018)
10/23: Blake Stubbs (personality, “The Matt Bubala Show,” WGN Radio)

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (10/22, 7 p.m.)

@ Museum on the Prairie, Mahomet, IL
“Caught on Film: Our Story in Central Illinois, 1968”* hosted by Matt Metcalf (10/21, 2 p.m., free)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (10/19 on), ANITA: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER (10/22, 7 p.m., free, w/discussion), Migrant Solidarity Series: MI VIDA DENTRO (10/23, 7 p.m., w/discussion), Shocktober 2018: PHANTASM (10/19-10/20, 10 p.m.) and BONES (10/25, 10 p.m.)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/19 on), HUNTER KILLER (10/25 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB, ARIZONA, REPRISAL, DOWN A DARK HALL, BONEHILL ROAD, WHITNEY, BOUNDARIES, more! (10/16 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, COLETTE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, GOSNELL: THE TRIAL OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST SERIAL KILLER, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, NIGHT SCHOOL, A SIMPLE FAVOR, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/19 on), TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES (10/19-10/21, 10 a.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila (10/20, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 10/24, 6:30 p.m., recorded), BEETLEJUICE (10/21, 10/24), National Theatre Live: Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch (10/22, 7 p.m., recorded), TWILIGHT 10 Year Anniversary (10/23, 7 p.m.), RWBY Volume 6 Premiere (10/25, 7:30 p.m.)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, Pine Lounge (10/19-10/20, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD screening w/filmmaker Kurt Orderson (10/22, 6 p.m., free)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
RETURN TO IWO JIMA (10/20, 1 p.m., free), Rewind 92.5 Film Series: HOCUS POCUS (10/21, 2 p.m.), The News-Gazette Film Series: “5 Nights of Hitch!” feat. SUSPICION (10/22, 7 p.m.), NOTORIOUS (10/23, 7 p.m.), ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (10/24, 7 p.m., four episodes), DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER (10/25, 7 p.m.), and PSYCHO (1960; 10/26, 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
HALLOWEEN, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/19 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, A STAR IS BORN (10/19 on), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast (10/19-10/20, Midnight)

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
HALLOWEEN, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/19 on), HALLOWEEN (10/18 on), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (10/25 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
“Hitchcock Weekend” feat. PSYCHO (10/19, 7 p.m.), REAR WINDOW (10/21, 2 p.m.), and THE BIRDS (10/21, 4:30 p.m.)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
HÄXAN w/musical accompaniment by Glenn Wilson and Friends (10/19, 7 p.m.), HOCUS POCUS (10/20), THE WOLF MAN & FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN double feature (10/21, 10/23), SHAUN OF THE DEAD (10/21), Ethnographic Film Series: MANAKAMANA (10/22, free, w/discussion), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. THE BOYS IN THE BAND (10/24, free), THE MONSTER SQUAD (10/25)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
VENOM (10/19-10/21, 10/24)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
A SIMPLE FAVOR (10/19-10/21)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

@ AMC River East 21, etc., Chicago, IL
54th annual Chicago International Film Festival (through 10/21)

@ AMC Castleton Square 14, etc., Indianapolis, IN
27th annual Heartland Film Festival (through 10/21)

 

COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

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

10/29
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

11/1-11/11
27th annual St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO

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! 3/21-3/24, 2019
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL

NEW! 4/4-4/11, 2019
21st Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

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
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
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

NEW! The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
10/22: SUSPICION (7 p.m. only); 10/23: NOTORIOUS (7 p.m . only); 10/24: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (7 p.m. only); 10/25: DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER (7 p.m. only); 10/26: PSYCHO (1960; 7 p.m. only); 11/3: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON; 12/17: THE BISHOP’S WIFE (7 p.m. only); 12/18: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 7 p.m. only); 12/19: WHITE CHRISTMAS (7 p.m. only); 12/20: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 7 p.m. only); 12/21-12/22: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (7 p.m. only on 12/21); 1/12/19: CHARADE; 2/9/19: TOP HAT; 3/9/19: GASLIGHT; 4/6/19: METROPOLIS; 5/25/19: THE THIN MAN; 6/22/19: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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