Calendar du C-U: March 14-20
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
3/14/14-3/20/14
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Friday, March 7: Colleen Cook (manager, Digital Media Services, ATLAS, UIUC); Tuesday, March 18: Joseph Muskin (co-author, The Art Theater: Playing Movies for 100 Years) … celebrate!
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ http://newartfilmfestival.com/: Film submissions for the fifth New Art Film Festival* in Champaign, IL (through 3/14, 10 p.m.)
@ YouTube.com: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s, Episode Six: 1977, part 2* (3/13 on, free streaming)
@ IndieGoGo.com: Fundraising campaign for Urbana-based independent feature THE GARDEN OF CHLOE* (through 4/13)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: NORTH BY NORTHWEST (3/14, 5 p.m.; 3/15, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; 3/19, 1:30 p.m.), FANTASTIC MR. FOX (3/14, 7:30 p.m.; 3/15, 5 p.m.; 3/16, 2:30 p.m.; 3/18, 6:30 p.m.; 3/20, 7:30 p.m.), THE GREAT BEAUTY (3/15, 11:30 a.m.; 3/20, 2 p.m.), MOONRISE KINGDOM (3/16, 4:30 p.m.; 3/18, 4 & 9 p.m.; 3/19, 6:30 p.m.; 3/20, 5 p.m.), BOTTLE ROCKET (3/16, 6:30 & 9 p.m.; 3/19, 4 & 9 p.m.), WOLF* multimedia performance feat. Deke Weaver (3/17, 6 & 8 p.m.); Late Night: THE MUPPET MOVIE (3/14, 10 p.m.; 3/15, 11:30 a.m. & 10 p.m.; 3/20, 10 p.m.)
@ Robeson Pavilion Rooms A & B, Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL: The Art Theater Co-op’s second annual MOO-VIE (Meeting of Owners | Very Important Elections) general membership meeting (3/16, 3 p.m.)
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “One Porch Party Project” feat. video projection by Matt HarsH of The Common Mind in “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” by Heather Hart (3/14, 5-8 p.m., free)
@ The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL: Illini Student Musicals present The Rocky Horror Show (3/14, 7:30 p.m. & Midnight)
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL: A BAND CALLED DEATH in “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” by Heather Hart (3/15, 6 p.m., free)
@ Shatterglass Studios, Champaign, IL: Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Pens to Lens Pitches” (3/18, 7 p.m., free)
@ Room 111, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (3/20, 8 p.m.)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: OUT OF THE FURNACE, THE BOOK THIEF, HOMEFRONT, THE PATIENCE STONE, THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, MADEMOISELLE C, THE GRANDMASTER, BEYOND OUTRAGE, 100 YEARS OF WRIGLEY FIELD, more! (3/11 on)
@ various, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL: 7th annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival* (3/17-3/20, free)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE MONUMENTS MEN, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3/14 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE QUIET MAN (3/13-3/16, 7 p.m.)
@ Highland Room, Hilton Hotel, Springfield, IL: Central Illinois Film Commission meeting (3/20, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: NEED FOR SPEED (3-D & 2-D), 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (3-D & 2-D), MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3-D & 2-D), NON-STOP (3/14 on), DIVERGENT (3/20, 8 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (3/14-3/16, 3/19)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, THE LEGO MOVIE (3/14-3/16)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (3/14, 7 p.m.; 3/15-3/16, 5 p.m.), ME AGAIN (3/15, 3 p.m.; 3/16, 1 & 3 p.m.)
@ various, Austin, TX: 21st annual SXSW Film Festival (through 3/15)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Season begins March 21!
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Season begins April 4!
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: Closed for the season!
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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
3/25-3/30: 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
4/2-4/6: 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
4/3-4/11: 16th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/5-4/13: 18th annual Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City, MO
4/10-4/13: 40 North | 88 West presents the Boneyard Arts Festival
@ Various, Champaign-Urbana, IL
4/13: 3rd Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival
@ Fluid Events Center, Champaign, IL
4/13: 5th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 5 p.m.
TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
4/23-4/27: 16th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #9
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
11/7-11/8: 13th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/7-11/8: 6th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ TBA, Peoria, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
5/24: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY; 8/2: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
AEMS, IPRH, and Spurlock Museum present AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
4/8: THE REVOLUTIONARY
Illinois School of Art + Design presents “Porch Project Film Showings” in the “Social Habitat: The Porch Project” exhibit by Heather Hart
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL, free
3/15: A BAND CALLED DEATH (6 p.m.); 3/22: CUFS Pens to Lens short films*, BEDTIME FOR TIMMY*, A BEAR IN THE WOODS*, SRIRACHA* (2 p.m.), HOUSE OF THADDEUS* (6 p.m.); 3/29: UP (4 p.m.)
Illinois Public Media and ITVS present Community Cinema: Engaging Communities through Film
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
4/1: MEDORA; 6/3: THE NEW BLACK
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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