Calendar: November 15-21, 2019

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!

11/16: Scott Jenkins (owner/sculptor, Evil Jinx Studios, Chicago, IL)
11/19: Carolyn Baxley (owner, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL)

 

CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

20 Years AgoSunday, November 8, 1999: PBS affiliates premiere the hour-long television special TRANSISTORIZED!, which dramatizes the creation of the solid-state electrical component that would replace the vacuum tube and make possible much of the consumer technology we use to this day. Archive materials, reenactments, and narration by host and cowriter Ira Flatow (NEWTON’S APPLE) recall the many months of trial and error that physicists Walter Brattain, John Bardeen, and William Shockley went through that led up to December 23, 1947, the day Brattain invented a “triangle” of plastic, germanium, and gold foil based on Bardeen’s ideas that successfully amplified currents. Shockley, a supervisor for the project at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey who was not present during the discovery, improved on their design independently from the entire team in an effort to control how this potential breakthrough would be credited in the future. Bardeen left Bell Labs in 1951 thanks to Shockley’s micromanagement streak and joined the faculty of the physics and electrical engineering departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught until 1975 and continued to research and publish until his death in 1991. Despite a falling out between the three primary researchers as coworkers, they celebrated together in 1956 as laureates after accepting the Nobel Prize for physics in Stockholm, Sweden, in honor of their achievements with superconductivity. Colleagues from Illinois who appear in interview segments include the physicists Frederick Seitz and Nick Holonyak, Jr., and historians Charles C. Stewart and Lillian Hoddeson. Richard O’Rourke plays Bardeen in the flashback scenes of TRANSISTORIZED!, which was directed by Gary Glassman for KTCA-TV and ScienCentral, Inc., in association with Boston Science Communications.

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting, “Writing Tools,” Robeson Pavilion, Room A (11/19, 7 p.m., free)

@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
C-U Cinefile* meeting, Room 219 (11/15, 4 p.m.)

@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (11/18, 7 p.m.)

@ The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL
“The Early C-U Television History” talk and book signing by Doug Quick (11/21, 7 p.m.)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BETTER DAYS, DOCTOR SLEEP, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11/15 on), 21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II (11/21 on)

@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL
“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings, Armory 101, 7 p.m., free: FLOATING WEEDS (11/15), THE WAGES OF FEAR (12/6)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
GOOD BOYS, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2, 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED, THE FAREWELL, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, BRIAN BANKS, AFTER THE WEDDING, SUPER SIZE ME 2, COBRA KAI (s2), STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (s2), GOOD OMENS (s1), more! (11/12 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BETTER DAYS, DOCTOR SLEEP, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PARASITE, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11/15 on), WESTERN STARS (daily, 12:45 p.m.), THE POLAR EXPRESS (11/17, 11/20), Studio Ghibli Fest: PRINCESS MONONOKE (11/17, 12:55 p.m., dubbed), National Theatre Live: Fleabag starring Phoebe Waller-Bridges (11/18, 7 p.m., simulcast), LIONEL RICHIE IN GLASTONBURY (11/19, 7 p.m.), A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II (11/21 on)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, Pine Lounge (11/15, 7 p.m.; 11/16, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w/i-card), “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. GROWN UPS, Courtyard Café (11/21, 8:30 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Champaign Unit 4 School District presents “Family Movie Night” feat. COCO (11/15, 7 p.m., free)

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
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, DOCTOR SLEEP, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/15 on)

@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, DOCTOR SLEEP, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/15 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, DOCTOR SLEEP (11/15 on), FROZEN II (11/21 on)

@ The Legacy Theatre, Springfield, IL
“1939 Film Festival” feat. THE WIZARD OF OZ (11/15, 7 p.m.), STAGECOACH (11/16, 1 p.m.), BACHELOR MOTHER (11/16, 4 p.m.), GONE WITH THE WIND (11/16, 7 p.m.), THE WOMEN (11/17, 3 p.m.), and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (11/17, 7 p.m.)

@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
FORD V FERRARI, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, DOCTOR SLEEP, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/15 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (11/15-11/17)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
FIRST LOVE (11/15-11/17), RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS (11/16-11/17), Six Week Film School: “Ungrateful Dead” feat. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (11/19), PARASITE (11/21)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11/15-11/17, 11/20)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DOWNTON ABBEY (11/15-11/17)

@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, DOCTOR SLEEP, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/15 on)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.

 

COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

11/22-11/23
18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL

12/7
Krampusnacht Freeky Film Festival
@ SoDo Theatre, Champaign, IL

2/24-3/1/20
42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL

3/24/20
SHERLOCK, JR. w/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.

4/2-4/9/20
22nd annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

4/15-4/18/20
22nd annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

 

COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

“For Art’s Sake” cinema screenings
@ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m., free
11/15: FLOATING WEEDS; 12/6: THE WAGES OF FEAR

Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ Courtyard Cafe, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 8:30 p.m. Thurs., free w/i-card
11/21: GROWN UPS; 11/28: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 12/5: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

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
11/15, 11/16: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD; 11/22, 11/23: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2; 11/29, 11/30: WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE; 12/6, 12/7: IT: CHAPTER TWO

The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m. (holiday series are 7 p.m. only)
12/16: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT; 12/17: MICRALE ON 34TH STREET (1947); 12/18: WHITE CHRISTMAS; 12/19: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951); 12/20-12/21: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/11/20: 12 ANGRY MEN (1957); 2/2/20: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER; 3/21/20: ON THE WATERFRONT; 4/26/20: COOL HAND LUKE; 5/16/20: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; 6/20/20: FANTASIA

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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