C-U Biz-en-scène: 03.17.2011

“C-U Biz-en-scène” appears every Thursday/Friday on C-U Blogfidential to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!

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MFHQ & YOU:
It’s Time for CUBiz: The Short Form!

We’re taking off this week and possibly the next from heavy duty CUBiz-ness, but we’ll still be slaving away at the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters while we go green with envy as all the regular folk enjoy St. Patrick’s Day today and the University of Illinois student body begins its Spring Break on Saturday. By the time everyone returns and/or recovers from yet another fun-time stretch, we hopefully will be much farther along in developing C-U Confidential issue 5 and programming the next New Art Film Festival; watch for announcements on both shortly, dearest readers!!!

PLAYING THIS WEEK

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: BIUTIFUL (3/18 on), THE GREEN HORNET (3/18, 3/19, 3/24, 10:30 p.m.), Don Quixote (3/19, 3/20, 12 p.m., ballet)

@ Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: NORA (3/17, 6 p.m., w/filmmakers)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE QUIET MAN (3/17, 7 p.m., free), LIMITLESS, RED RIDING HOOD, RANGO (3/18 on)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE QUIET MAN (3/17-3/18, 7 p.m.), THE PINK PANTHER (1964) (3/19-3/20, 7 p.m.)

@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL: RANGO (3/18 on)

@ Gemini Cinemas, Villa Grove, IL: GNOMEO & JULIET, RANGO (3/18 on)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: GNOMEO & JULIET (3/18, 7 p.m.; 3/19, 2 & 7 p.m.; 3/20, 7 p.m., 3/23, 7 p.m.)

@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE FIGHTER, HEREAFTER, WASTE LAND, THE SWITCH, SHARKTOPUS, A SHINE OF RAINBOWS, BMX BANDITS, more! (3/15 on)

@ Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, IL: 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival (3/22-3/27)

UPDATE! @ Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL – season begins April 1!

@ Route 66 Drive-In, Springfield, IL – season begins April 1!

@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN – season begins March 25!

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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Go see ‘em!


COMING SOON

3/26: DIY Film Festival at Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago, IL

3/30-4/1: Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

4/3: Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ 88 Broadway, Urbana, IL

4/8: The New Art Film Festival at Boneyard Arts Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

4/14: STONEWALL UPRISING screening/discussion/taping
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m.

NEW! 4/14-4/17: Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
@ Wicker Park Arts Center/Music Box Theatre/etc., Chicago, IL

4/27-5/1: Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

4/30: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
@ The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL, 11 p.m. w/Millikin U. shadow cast

5/4: 2nd Annual Feminist Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

6/23-6/26: Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL

7/19-7/24: Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, Palatine, IL

9/16-9/18: Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL

COMMUNITY FILM SERIES

“Real Vs. Reel” Movie Series
@ Danville Public Library, Danville, IL, 6:30 p.m.

4/11: THE FUGITIVE

Springfield Art Association 20th Annual Film Festival
@ AMC Parkway 8, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. (Sun.), 7 p.m. (Tues.)

3/27, 3/29: MADE IN DAGENHAM; 4/10, 4/12: MY DOG TULIP

The News-Gazette Film Series 2011
@ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.

4/23: TOY STORY; 5/14: REAR WINDOW; 6/4: MOULIN ROUGE!; 7/23: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S; 8/6: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE; 9/10: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; 10/8: THE EXORCIST; 11/5: THE GODFATHER; 12/3: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

WILL-TV/Independent Lens “Community Cinema” series
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m.

3/17: PUSHING THE ELEPHANT; 4/26: BHUTTO: 5/10: WELCOME TO SHELBYVILLE; TBA: TWO SPIRITS

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES

AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary/Film Series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.

4/5: THE SWEETEST EMBRACE; 5/3: IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE

Global Lens 2011: International Films
@ Latzer Hall, University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.

3/17: BELVEDERE, Bosnia-Herzegovina; 4/21: DOOMAN RIVER, China; 5/19: THE INVISIBLE EYE, Argentina; 6/16: THE LIGHT THIEF, Kyrgyzstan; 7/21: SOUL OF SAND, India; 8/18: STREET DAYS, Georgia; 9/15: THE TENANTS, Brazil; 10/20: A USEFUL LIFE, Uruguay; 11/17: WHITE MEADOWS, Iran

IPRH Film Series Spring 2011
@ Room 62, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.

3/31: AVALON

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That’s it for the “business of our scene” this week!

If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in CUBiz, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com.

Compiled by Jason Pankoke

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