Calendar: Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 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!
11/28: Ryan Mitchelle (editor, PIRAHNA WOMEN, Full Moon Features, Los Angeles, CA)
11/28: Robert Patrick Stern (cinematographer/producer, REVEALER, Shudder/RLJE Films, Silver Spring, MD)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Looks like we’ll be continuing in the horror and thriller vein, friends and neighbors, so please take a few moments from your Thanksgiving doings to find out what’s on our plate! For the second Report running, let’s begin in Decatur where Ben Harl and Silver Compass Studios have just closed the casting call for an upcoming feature film, LASTING LIGHT, which is described as being “about the disappearance of a professor who is researching a mysterious cult.” Presumably, crew will be hired in the New Year as Silver Compass finishes up a pet project documentary, AFTERLIFE, so watch their Facebook and web pages closely for announcements. Northward in Bloomington-Normal, we’ve learned from our friend and filmmaker Paul A. Brooks that post-production is almost complete on HUNTING FOR THE HAG from Into the Night Motion Pictures. While an early 2023 premiere, festival hopping, and distributor shopping are all still in the works, we can enjoy a sneak peek right now at Dread Central that reveals an appearance by actor Daniel Roebuck (THE MUNSTERS) as well as other HAG action deep in the cornfields and woods of central Illinois. And, back east in Champaign-Urbana, the belated Indiegogo campaign to raise initial funding for Jeff Kacmarynski’s expression of maternal terror, WITH CHILD, is finally live. Based on an award-winning screenplay for which the micro-indie creator behind ESSENCE has recently reclaimed the rights, WITH CHILD involves a woman whose pregnancy is concurrent with fantastically grotesque visions of demons that might be all too real. Pledge perks are available during the campaign, which is set to end around Friday, January 20, and the delivery dates imply that production is imminent, which explains all the cast introductions made in recent months by Kacmarynski and producer Alexi Angelino (KILL CRAFT) that include Laura Ellen Wilson, Tamara Glynn (HALLOWEEN 5), and Eileen Deetz (THE EXORCIST).
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1090 (11/28, 6 p.m.)
@ The Dublin Pub, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting (12/1, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN*, BLACK ADAM*, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program)*, DRISHYAM 2 (in Hindi)*, THE MENU* (11/25 on), IT’S CHRISTMAS AGAIN (11/29, 7 p.m.), VIOLENT NIGHT (12/1 on) *single shows daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, THE MENU, SHE SAID, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/25 on), WHITE CHRISTMAS (11/27, 3 & 7 p.m.), IT’S CHRISTMAS AGAIN (faith film, 11/29, 7 p.m.), PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN (documentary) (11/30, 7 p.m.), I HEARD THE BELLS (faith film, 11/30, 7 p.m.)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2022 Weekend Films” feat. HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL., Pine Lounge, 1st floor (11/18-11/19, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
AINBO: SPIRIT OF THE AMAZON, BROS, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, THE GOOD HOUSE, POKER FACE, more! (11/22 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents THE WIZARD OF OZ (11/26, 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
BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU (11/25 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK ADAM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, THE MENU (11/25 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
SAM & KATE, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (11/25-11/27)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
No movies this week!
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Hot Chocolate and Holiday Movies” feat. ELF (Screen 1), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Screen 2) (11/25-11/26)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties and “Family Movie Packs” this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MOONAGE DAYDREAM (11/25-11/27), A CHRISTMAS STORY (11/25), HOME ALONE (11/26), ELF (11/27, 12/1), MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) (11/29)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
STRANGE WORLD (11/23-11/27)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TICKET TO PARADISE (11/25-11/27)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
BONES AND ALL, DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE MENU (11/25 on)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE CHOSEN Season 3: Episodes 1 and 2 (religious program), THE MENU, SPIRITED (11/25 on)
@ VIP Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
DEVOTION, STRANGE WORLD, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE MENU, SPIRITED, TICKET TO PARADISE (11/25 on)
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
12/3
Krampusnacht Freeky Film Festival*
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
12/6
DVD release: HOLES IN THE SKY: THE SEAN MILLER STORY*
+ Deskpop Entertainment, Phoenix, AZ
4/19-4/22, 2023
23nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
“The Arthouse Experience Film Series” curated by Sanford Hess
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/14: THE BAND’S VISIT; 1/25/23: THE FRENCH DISPATCH; 2/8/23: MY OCTOPUS TEACHER; 3/8/23: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; 4/26/23: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN; 5/31/23: THE TWO POPES; 6/14/23: MULHOLLAND DRIVE; 7/12/23: BARAKA
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/8: HOME ALONE*; 1/19/23: SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE*; 2/2/23: TITANIC*; 3/16/23: DIRTY DANCING; 4/27/23: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984); 5/18/23: BEETLEJUICE; 6/29/23: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 7/27/23: TOP GUN
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2022 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
12/2-12/3: DON’T WORRY DARLING
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
12/17: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947); 1/21/23: STAGE DOOR; 2/11/23: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS; 3/18/23: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 4/29/23: FANTASIA; 5/20/23: TOPPER; 6/17/23: ENTER THE DRAGON; 7/15/23: I LOVE LUCY: THE MOVIE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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