Calendar: January 13-19, 2023
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!
1/16: Zoe Southlynn-Savage (special events manager, Champaign Park District, Champaign, IL)
1/18: Michelle Kaffko Ebner (owner, Organic Headshots, Chicago, IL)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
A MAN CALLED OTTO, PLANE, SKINAMARINK, SAINT OMER (in French w/sub), THUNIVU (in Tamil w/sub), WALTAIR VEERAYYA (in Telugu w/sub), AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, M3GAN, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, STRANGE WORLD, THE WHALE, THE WOMAN KING (1/13 on), MISSING, THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME THE MOVIE: SCARLET BOND (animé; English dub or in Japanese w/sub) (1/19 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY, HOUSE PARTY, PLANE, THE WHALE, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, BABYLON, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THE FABELMANS, I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, A MAN CALLED OTTO, M3GAN, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (1/13 on), The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora (1/14, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 1/18, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), JURASSIC PARK (1/15, 3 & 7 p.m.; 1/18, 7 p.m.), MISSING (1/19 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE ESTATE, ROCK DOG 3: BATTLE THE BEAT, more! (1/10 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illini Radio Group presents “Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays” feat. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1/19, 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
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
EMPIRE OF LIGHT, THE FABLEMANS, THE OLD WAY (1/13-1/15)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
THE GOONIES (1/19, 7 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties and “Family Movie Packs” this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1/13-1/15), THE LADY FROM SHANGAI (1/14-1/15), SKINAMARINK (1/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (1/13-1/15)
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
NEW! 1/20-1/21
Flatlands Dance Film Festival
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
3/30-4/2
33rd Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/13-4/20
25th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19-4/22
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 and sponsored by Illinois Public Media
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
1/25: THE FRENCH DISPATCH; 2/8: MY OCTOPUS TEACHER; 3/8: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; 4/26: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN; 5/31: THE TWO POPES; 6/14: MULHOLLAND DRIVE; 7/12: BARAKA
Illini Radio Group presents “Rewind 92.5 Movie Series”/“Mix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays”*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
2/2: TITANIC*; 3/16: DIRTY DANCING; 4/27: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984); 5/18: BEETLEJUICE; 6/29: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 7/27: TOP GUN
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/21: STAGE DOOR; 2/11: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS; 3/18: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 4/29: FANTASIA; 5/20: TOPPER; 6/17: ENTER THE DRAGON; 7/15: I LOVE LUCY: THE MOVIE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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