Calendar: April 15-21, 2022
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!
4/9: Nick Alonzo (director/writer, DA BIG ZIP, Cluck Films, Chicago, IL)
4/14: Jeff Machota (host, “Wednesday Morning Prayer Meeting” show, WEFT-FM, Champaign, IL)
4/16: Sarah Christensen (visual resources and outreach specialist, University Library, UIUC, Urbana, IL)
4/16: Joe Taylor (producer/fabricator, Studio Extraño, Sturgeon Bay, WI)
4/18: Mike Trippiedi (author, Once Upon an Ending, Shut Up & Do It Productions, Champaign, IL)
4/21: William Kephart (scene shop chief clerk, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL)
4/21: Brian Paris (multimedia producer, City of Champaign administration department, Champaign, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
It’s Sunday already, isn’t it? Apologies. I almost wouldn’t be fazed at this point to locate a heretofore hidden room in the house on the edge of an American small town and discover a video village with Mike Flanagan orchestrating every possible trick at Momkoke Manor to suck my will to be constructive and creative for a horror show that has yet to be announced in the trades. “A new kind of reality haunting experience,” he’ll tell me, but I simply need to wake up every day and I know it to be true and a crime.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT? U.S. Blu-ray/DVD/iTunes release: Tuesday, 4/19, nationwide via MVD Visual, Pottstown, PA/What Were We Thinking Films, Hamden, CT
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 223 (4/18, 7 p.m.)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
Portal Entertainment Group, etc., presents WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert feat. David Howie (4/20, 7 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
UIUC College of Media presents the 22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival (4/20-4/23)
@ Exile on Main Street, Champaign, IL
Record Store Day 2022 feat. WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD + 2 LP exclusive release (4/23)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE BATMAN, K.G.F. CHAPTER 2 (in Kannada and Telugu), THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, UNCHARTED (4/15 on), THE BAD GUYS, THE NORTHMAN, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/21 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films” feat. A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (4/15-4/16, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, K.G.F. CHAPTER 2 (in Kannada and Telugu), ALL THE OLD KNIVES, AMBULANCE, THE BATMAN, BEAST (in Tamil), EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (animé), THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, UNCHARTED (4/15 on), REAR WINDOW (4/17, 3 & 7 p.m.; 4/20, 7 p.m.), THE MULLIGAN (4/18-4/19, 7 p.m.), THE BAD GUYS, THE NORTHMAN, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4/21 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, more! (4/12 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
UIUC College of Media presents the 22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival (4/20-4/23)
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
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/15 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/15 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, AMBULANCE, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/14-4/17)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (4/15-4/16, 7 p.m., free w/donation), WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert (4/20, 7 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (Screen 1), SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (Screen 2) (4/14-4/16)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private rentals for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
“Movie Musical Weekend”: MARY POPPINS (4/15-4/17), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (4/15, 10:30 p.m.), and GREASE (4/16-4/17), “Green Screen” environmental series: 2040 (4/19), THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (4/21)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/15-4/17)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE LOST CITY (4/15-4/16)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, THE BATMAN (Screen 1), SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, DOG (Screen 2) (4/15-4/16)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/15 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, AMBULANCE, THE LOST CITY, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (4/15 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE LOST CITY, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, UNCHARTED (4/15 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ University of Wisconsin, etc., Madison, WI
24th annual Wisconsin Film Festival (through 4/17)
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
4/19
Cancelled: WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert
@ Blue Island Beer Company, Blue Island, IL, 7 p.m.
4/30
2022 UIUC Student Film Festival
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5 p.m.
9/22-10/2
40th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
5/25: EIGHTH GRADE; 6/1: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Film Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
5/23: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME; 6/30: WAYNE’S WORLD; 7/14: STARSHIP TROOPERS
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2022 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
4/15-4/16: A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN; 4/22-4/23: JACKASS FOREVER; 4/29-4/30: RUMBLE
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
4/30: DUCK SOUP; 6/25: HIGH NOON; 7/29: TOP HAT
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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