Calendar: February 17-23, 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!
1/12: Damian Duffy (instigator, Damian Duffy Hates Everything Forever podcast, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
2/21: Eric Benson (moderator, Damian Duffy Hates Everything Forever podcast, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
If I must say anything this week, I want to appreciate the friendship of the fellows who are feted above, especially since they are two of the few from my former life du C-U who have kept in touch with yours truly outside of cursory social media posts. Please wish them well if you happen to meet them along the way as they are much more than the sum of 10 years’ worth of DDHE+ episodes. Whew. Cheers.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Esquire Lounge, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* mixer (2/20, 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, MARLOWE, 80 FOR BRADY, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, KNOCK AT THE CABIN, MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE, M3GAN*, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, TITANIC 25th anniversary (re-release) (2/17 on), JESUS REVOLUTION (2/22 on), COCAINE BEAR, EMILY (2/23 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2023 Weekend Films” feat. THE WOMAN KING (2/17-2/18, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, MARLOWE, WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY, 80 FOR BRADY, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (3-D), KNOCK AT THE CABIN, MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE, A MAN CALLED OTTO, M3GAN, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, TITANIC 25th anniversary (re-release) (2/17 on), MISSING* (2/17-2/21, 2/23), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) (2/19, 3 & 7 p.m.; 2/22, 7 p.m.), The Confession (religious stage musical) (2/20, 3 & 7 p.m., recorded), JESUS REVOLUTION (2/22 on), COCAINE BEAR (2/23 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE FABELMANS, HOUSE PARTY, THE LOCKSMITH, more! (2/14 on) Online rentals
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illinois Public Media presents “The Arthouse Experience Film Series” feat. LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE w/appearance by filmmaker Kevin Shaw (2/18, 2 p.m.), Grand Prairie Friends and the Champaign Urbana Audubon Society present THE MAGIC STUMP* birding documentary short w/discussion by producer Bob Dolgan (2/19, 2 p.m. doors, 3 p.m. film)
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
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, MARLOWE, 80 FOR BRADY (2/16-2/19)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
DREAMGIRLS (2/17, 7 p.m.), SOUL (animation) (2/18, 2 & 7 p.m.)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Private parties and “Family Movie Packs” this week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (documentary) (2/17-2/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
80 FOR BRADY (2/17-2/19)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
PLANE (2/17-2/19)
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
3/4
40th Insect Fear Film Festival*
@ Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 6 p.m
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.
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.
3/16: DIRTY DANCING; 4/27: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984); 5/18: BEETLEJUICE; 6/29: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 7/27: TOP GUN
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2023 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
2/24-2/25: DEVOTION; 3/3-3/4: THE FABELMANS; 3/10-3/11: STRANGE WORLD; 3/17-3/18: BONES AND ALL; 3/24-3/25: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY; 3/31-4/1: BABYLON; 4/7-4/8: PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH; 4/14-4/15: KNOCK AT THE CABIN; 4/21-4/22: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA; 4/28-4/29: COCAINE BEAR
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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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