Calendar: August 14-20, 2020
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!
8/18: Jeff Brandt (owner, Exile on Main Street, Champaign, IL)
8/18: Alaina Boyett (film and television costumer, IATSE Local 478, New Orleans, LA)
8/19: Ken Lee (vice president, Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA)
8/20: Daniel Griffith (producer, Ballyhoo Motion Pictures, Atlanta, GA)
MFHQ MEMO | From Chambana Mendota with Love Unimpressed
Things are going to change. I can feel it. This flagging Confidential business will improve in due time, but for the next few months I am going to have to bend around life’s big realities all Christopher Nolan-like if I’m going to wrangle any content for you, dearest readers. That’s just the way it is. More soon.
LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online streaming
8th annual Pens to Lens Competition + Gala, “all student filmmaking” virtual edition (8/15, 12 p.m. on) Watch
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
UPDATE! @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Reopening August 27.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE HIGH NOTE, THE WRETCHED, HOW TO BUILD A GIRL, ARCHIVE, MONSTROUS, THE DEEPER YOU DIG, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? (cs), more! (8/11 on)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week. “Virtual Virginia Theatre” screenings: HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943), AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945), THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR “House Guest” episode (1962) free on YouTube, BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE for Purchase (8/14 on)
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
UPDATE! @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
Reopening September 3.
UPDATE! @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Reopening September 3.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BACK TO THE FUTURE, JAWS, JURASSIC PARK (8/14-8/16)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
GROWN UPS, HAPPY GILMORE (Screen 1), PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, THE GREAT OUTDOORS (Screen 2) (through 8/16), GREMLINS, THE LOST BOYS (Screen 1), THE BREAKFAST CLUB, SIXTEEN CANDLES (Screen 2) (8/20)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Lincoln Square Theater, Decatur, IL
Open house hosted by the Friends of the Lincoln Square Theater (8/15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: BEATS, CREEM: AMERICA’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGAZINE (through 8/20) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
GREASE, FOOTLOOSE (1984) (8/14-8/16)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
BATMAN RETURNS, THE DARK KNIGHT (Screen 1), BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, SCHOOL OF ROCK (Screen 2) (8/14-8/16, 8/20-8/21)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
BACK TO THE FUTURE, GROWN UPS, GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), THE GOONIES, JAWS, JURASSIC PARK, SHREK (8/14 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE EXORCIST, GROWN UPS, HAPPY FEET, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (8/14-8/16, 8/19-8/20), “Drive-In Week” outdoor screenings: PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (8/14-8/15)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, as well as cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
11/28
Postponed: SAFETY LAST feat. BIG BUSINESS w/live organ accompaniment by Steven Ball
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
NEW! 9/8-9/11, 2021
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ TBA, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
8/28: STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER; 9/4: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF; 9/11: FORREST GUMP; 9/25: TITANIC; 10/2: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 10/9: UP; 10/16: PRETTY WOMAN; 10/23: PULP FICTION; 10/30: JURASSIC PARK; 11/6: MALCOLM X; 11/13: CLUELESS; 11/20: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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