Calendar du C-U: October 25-31
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
10/25/13-10/31/13
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: Dangerous Docs 3 Film Festival – INEQUALITY FOR ALL (10/25, 5 p.m.; 10/26, 7 p.m. w/panel; 10/27, 2:30 p.m.; 10/31, 2:30 p.m.), FIRE IN THE BLOOD (10/25, 7 p.m. w/panel; 10/27, 5 p.m.; ), CALL ME KUCHU (10/26, 2:30 p.m.; 10/29, 7 p.m. w/panel; 10/30, 5 p.m.), AFTER TILLER (10/26, 5 p.m.; 10/27, 7 p.m. w/panel; 10/29, 5 p.m.); THE FRUIT HUNTERS (10/28, 5 p.m.; 10/30, 7 p.m.), FREE THE MIND (10/28, 7 p.m. w/panel; 10/30, 2:30 p.m.), “Shocktober” Late Night: THE WICKER MAN (1973; 10/25-10/26, 10 p.m.; 10/27, 11:30 a.m.; 10/31, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m.), HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959; 10/26, 11:30 a.m.), HAUSU (HOUSE, 1978; 10/30, 10 p.m.)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: “5 Nights of Hitch!” Alfred Hitchcock festival – REBECCA (10/26, 1 & 7 p.m.), STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (10/28, 7 p.m.), VERTIGO (10/29, 7 p.m.), NOTORIOUS (10/30, 7 p.m.), PSYCHO (10/31, 7 p.m.)
@ Auditorium, Architecture Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL: 40 North | 88 West, FAA Career Services, and the Urbana Public Arts Program present lecture, “Grant Writing + Fund Raising for Artists + Performers” feat. filmmaker Amy Young (10/29, 5:30 p.m., free w/registration)
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL: Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013 selection THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL, Mexico (10/29, 6:30 p.m., free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (10/31, 7 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: BEFORE MIDNIGHT, THE CONJURING, THE WAY WAY BACK, THE INTERNSHIP, ONLY GOD FORGIVES, FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH, AS COOL AS I AM, SHEPARD & DARK, THE WALL, THE UNINVITED (Criterion), more! (10/22 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE COUNSELOR (10/25 on), ENOUGH SAID, GRAVITY (3-D) (10/25-10/30), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast (10/25-10/26, Midnight), ENDER’S GAME (10/31)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE GHOST & MRS. MUIR (10/24-10/25, 7 p.m.), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (10/26-10/27, 7 p.m.)
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL: 4th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival* (10/31-11/2)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: JACKASS PRESENTS BAD GRANDPA, CARRIE, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, GRAVITY (3-D & 2-D) (10/25 on), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10/25-10/26, 11 p.m.), ESPN Monday Night Football: Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams (10/28, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (10/25-10/27), FRANKENWEENIE @ Kiwanis Park (10/26, 11 a.m., free), The Timothy Tegge Show (magic; 10/27, 1 & 6:30 p.m.)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: CARRIE, EVIL DEAD (10/25-10/26)
@ AMC River East 21, Chicago, IL: 49th annual Chicago International Film Festival (through 10/24)
@ Hollywood Blvd., Woodridge, IL: 7th annual B Movie Celebration, Naperville, IL (10/25-10/27)
@ various, Indianapolis, IN: 22nd annual Heartland Film Festival (through 10/26)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: Closed for the season!
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: Closed indefinitely for fundraising
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
UPDATE! 11/8: Issue release: C-U Confidential #7
+ Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
10/31-11/2: 4th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/1-11/2: 12th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/2-11/3: 5th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
11/7-11/9: 9th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival*
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
11/12: 100th Anniversary: “From Nickel to Pixel: The Art’s History”
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 6 p.m.
11/12: 100th Anniversary: TIME TRIP silent shorts program w/Andrew Alden Ensemble performance
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 8 p.m.
11/13: 100th Anniversary: VAMPYR w/ Andrew Alden Ensemble performance
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 8:30 p.m.
11/14-11/24: 22nd annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
12/5: TV premiere: WE ARE MONTICELLO*
@ WILL-TV (Channel 12), Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. CST
2/18-2/23, 2014: 36th annual Big Muddy Film Festival*
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/7-3/15, 2014: 21st annual SXSW Film Festival, Austin, TX
3/25-3/30, 2014: 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
4/2-4/6, 2014: 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/3-4/11, 2014: 16th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/5-4/13, 2014: 18th annual Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City, MO
4/10-4/13, 2014: 40 North | 88 West presents the Boneyard Arts Festival
@ various, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/13, 2014: 3rd Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/23-4/27, 2014: 16th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
“5 Nights of Hitch!” Alfred Hitchcock festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/26: REBECCA; 10/28: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN; 10/29: VERTIGO; 10/30: NOTORIOUS; 10/31: PSYCHO
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
10/26: REBECCA; 11/9: ALL ABOUT EVE; 12/7: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; 1/18/14: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION; 2/8/14: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY; 3/15/14: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.; 4/5/14: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; 5/24/14: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21/14: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12/14: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities Through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
12/3: THE STATE OF ARIZONA; 2/4/14: LAS MARTHAS; 3/4/14: THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI; 4/1/14: MEDORA; 6/3/14: THE NEW BLACK
Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m., free
10/29: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL, Mexico; 11/7: ABOUT 111 GIRLS, Iraq; 12/12: BEIJING FLICKERS, China
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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