Calendar: November 2-8, 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!
11/3: Wes Melton (actor, A SPECIAL JEWEL)
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (11/5, 7 p.m.)
@ Vintage Villains, Danville, IL
THE STRIPPER RIPPER* reprise (11/3, 4 & 8 p.m., free or donation)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
FREE SOLO (11/2 on), Essential Cinema: BICYCLE THIEVES (11/5, 7:30 p.m.), Migrant Solidarity Series: TIME FOR ILHAN (11/6, 7 p.m.), Late Night: THE FOG (1980; 11/2-11/3, 11/8, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE HAPPY PRINCE, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, HUNTER KILLER, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (11/2 on), THE GRINCH, OVERLORD, THUGS OF HINDOSTAN (11/8 on)
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival (11/2-11/3)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES, SLENDER MAN, THE DARKEST MINDS, DEATH OF A NATION, MANDY, THE PADRE, OUR HOUSE, I AM VENGEANCE, more! (10/30 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, HUNTER KILLER, INDIVISIBLE, JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN, MID90s, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (11/2 on), 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (11/4, 11/7), DRAGON BALL Z: BARDOCK/FUSION REBORN double feature (11/5, 7 p.m.), HYMN: SARAH BRIGHTMAN IN CONCERT (11/8, 7:30 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. BLACKkKLANSMAN, Pine Lounge (11/2-11/3, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series feat. MRS. B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN (11/8, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (11/3, 1 & 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
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, HALLOWEEN, HUNTER KILLER, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, VENOM (11/2 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/2 on), THE KID w/live accompaniment by Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (11/3, 2 & 7:30 p.m.), THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (11/4 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, INDIVISIBLE, THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, A STAR IS BORN (11/2 on), THE GRINCH, OVERLORD (11/8 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (11/2-11/4)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
I AM NOT A WITCH (11/2-11/4), ELECTION (11/2, 11/5), THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (11/3-11/4), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. TRUE WEST (11/7, free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN (11/2-11/4, 11/7)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
A STAR IS BORN (11/2-11/4)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ various venues, St. Louis, MO
27th annual St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11/11)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
11/16-11/18
Dark History & Horror Convention Film Festival
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
3/21-3/24, 2019
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
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
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
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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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