Calendar: November 22-28, 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!

11/24: Shauna Miller (actress, RESPIRE, Red Lens Productions, Champaign, IL)
11/28: Ryan Mitchelle (director, ANOTHER CINEMA SNOB MOVIE, Walkaway Productions, Springfield, IL)

 

CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

10 Years AgoTuesday, June 30, 2009: Los Angeles-based distributor Indie-Pictures releases the Midwest horror drama THE GARBAGE MAN on DVD, rescuing it from the well of lost motion pictures that were produced in the wake of the American “independent boom” of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Originally filmed during the summer of 1993 in various local haunts and the dense student housing area to the west of the University of Illinois campus in Champaign-Urbana, this micro-budget endeavor relies on 16-millimeter grain, nonlinear cuts, tonal soundscapes, and the façade of everyday normality to describe the life of a trash collector by day and serial killer by night as played by James Meredith. Director Hart D. Fisher amassed the tools and skills to shape THE GARBAGE MAN into releasable form while he gravitated from self-publishing under his Boneyard Press imprint in Illinois to learning commercial video production in California, telling the horror culture website Bloody-Disgusting in 2014 that a sneak preview of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT reignited his fire to finish it. Indie-Pictures did not provide many favors to Fisher or THE GARBAGE MAN apart from producing the disc itself; never listing or promoting the product on its website, weblog, or YouTube account, the company apparently went defunct a short while after the street date. Fisher soon began offering it as video-on-demand through American Horrors, a boutique “extreme horror” brand developed with his wife Wakako Kawagoshi-Fisher and others that eventually spawned a free 24/7 streaming channel of movies, music videos, and original programs via Roku and an annual film festival in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. As reported on 11/21/07, 2/12/09 at CUBlog.

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, DOCTOR SLEEP, FORD V FERRARI, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/22 on), THE GOOD LIAR, HARRIET, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS (11/22-11/26), KNIVES OUT preview (11/22-11/23, 7 p.m.), FRIENDS “Friendsgiving” (11/24, 7 p.m., 4 episodes; 11/25, 4 & 7 p.m., 4 additional episodes), KNIVES OUT (11/26 on), QUEEN & SLIM (11/27 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, OPHELIA, POLAROID, THE DIVINE FURY, AMERICAN DREAMER, INDIAN HORSE, THE HANDMAID’S TALE (s3), CATCH-22 (cs), more! (11/19 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, DOCTOR SLEEP, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PARASITE, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11/22 on), KNIVES OUT preview (11/22-11/23, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Philip Glass’ Akhnaten (11/23, 11:55 a.m., simulcast), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR’S STONE (11/24, 11/27), FRIENDS “Friendsgiving” (11/24, 7 p.m., 4 episodes; 11/25, 4 & 7 p.m., 4 additional episodes), NEVER SURRENDER: A “GALAXY QUEST” DOCUMENTARY (11/26, 7 p.m.)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2, Pine Lounge (11/22, 7 p.m.; 11/23, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w/i-card), “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. THE BREAKFAST CLUB, Courtyard Café (11/28, 8:30 p.m., free w/i-card)

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
FROZEN II, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/22 on)

@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY (11/22 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FROZEN II, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR (11/22 on), THE IRISHMAN (11/22-11/23, 7 p.m.)

@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
21 BRIDGES, FROZEN II, FORD V FERRARI, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11/22 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (11/22, 11/24), Movie Trivia Night (11/23, 6:30 p.m., @ Lorraine Theatre)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
PARASITE (11/22-11/24)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
FROZEN II (11/22-11/24, 11/27)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (11/22-11/24)

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

@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, MIDWAY (11/22 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

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
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
11/28: 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
11/22, 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: MIRACLE 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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