Calendar du C-U: March 11-17
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
3/11/16-3/17/16
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Monday, March 14: Stephen R. Bissette (instructor, The Center for Cartoon Studies, Hartford, VT) … Thursday, March 17: Annie Young (assistant crew, Pens to Lens) … celebrate!
10 Years Ago … Wednesday, March 15, 2006: The first feature film production from Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign to receive distribution, CRAB ORCHARD, is shown locally at the Virginia Theatre as a Midwest premiere. Producer and writer Robin Christian introduces the 7 p.m. screening to a near-capacity crowd north of 1,300. After appearing first in international markets and undergoing a title change, CRAB ORCHARD would come to U.S. DVD in early 2011 as SHEEBA (Questar Home Video). The cast of this family drama includes Ruby Handler, Dylan Patton, Betsy Zajko, Judge Reinhold, and Edward Asner. Media entrepreneur and photojournalist Michael J. Jacobs directed the film for Dreamscape. As reported on 3/12/06, 3/19/06, 1/27/11 at CUBlog.
FLICKER OF THE WEEK
Connoisseurs of the American art house “golden era” in the late Fifties and early Sixties can relive that pivotal period at the Normal Theater in Normal this weekend with a revival of François Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS (1959) and a new documentary by Kent Jones, HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT (Cohen Media Group), which examines the legacy of Sir Alfred Hitchcock through interviews with modern directors and the fabled audio recording made in 1962 of a wide-ranging conversation between Hitch and the French critic-turned-filmmaker Truffaut. On the opposite end of the aisle, consumers of multiplex pop culture have apparently received another gift from producer J.J. Abrams in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (Paramount Pictures), a spiritual successor to the monster mash CLOVERFIELD (2008) opening wide today. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher, Jr., and the great John Goodman, this thriller brings their characters together in an underground bunker after a largely unexplained calamity. Shrewdly cagey trailers all but show that Michelle (Winstead) is fated to escape the confines built by the unpredictable Howard (Goodman) and face whatever additional horrors reside on the surface. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus is quite favorable, if you follow such things.
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (3/11 on), ONLY YESTERDAY (3/11-3/13, 3/15-3/17), WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (3/12, 3/13, 3/16), THE LADY IN THE VAN (3/11-3/13, 3/16-3/17), UI Krannert Art Museum presents “Time/Image Series” feat. experimental works by Semiconductor and The Otolith Group (3/14, 7:30 p.m., discussion w/Amy L. Powell)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. DADDY’S HOME (3/11, 3/12, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ WILL-TV, Campbell Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Pens to Lens Pitches” (3/15, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Reel Deals presents “A Salute to Newman & Redford” feat. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (3/15, 3/17, 7 p.m.)
@ Room 205, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (3/17, 7:30 p.m.)
@ IMC Gallery, Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL: “Fires in the Sky” exhibit feat. movie themed art by Derek W. Clem (free; exhibit runs through 3/26)
@ Main Level, East Gallery, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “Time/Image” modern art exhibition (free; exhibit runs through 4/23)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (3/11 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE 400 BLOWS (3/10, 3/12, 7 p.m.), Beyond Normal Films presents HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT (3/11, 3/13, 7 p.m.), THE QUIET MAN (3/15, 7 p.m.), BNF Farlee Film Festival presents BROOKLYN (3/17, 7 p.m.)
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL: 7th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival (3/11-3/12)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY, EDDIE THE EAGLE, RACE, LONDON HAS FALLEN, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (3/11 on), RISEN (3/11-3/15), DEADPOOL (3/11-3/16), MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (3/16 on), THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (3/17, 7:30 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: ZOOTOPIA (3/11 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: DEADPOOL (3/11-3/13), THE IRON GIANT (3/12, 11 a.m., free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents THE PEANUTS MOVIE (3/11-3/13)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY, THE PERFECT MATCH, THE YOUNG MESSIAH, DEADPOOL, GODS OF EGYPT, LONDON HAS FALLEN, RACE, RISEN, WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (3/11 on), MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (3/16 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (IMAX & 2-D), THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY, THE PERFECT MATCH, THE YOUNG MESSIAH, DEADPOOL, EDDIE THE EAGLE, GODS OF EGYPT, KUNG FU PANDA 3, LONDON HAS FALLEN, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, RACE, THE REVENANT, RISEN, WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (3/11 on), GOOSEBUMPS (3/11-3/13, 10 a.m.), BEST OF ENEMIES (3/15, 5 & 7 p.m.), THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (3/17, 7 & 9:45 p.m. (IMAX), 7:15 & 10 p.m. (standard))
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, DEADPOOL, GODS OF EGYPT, LONDON HAS FALLEN, RISEN, ZOOTOPIA (3-D & 2-D) (3/11 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: THE PEANUTS MOVIE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, MACBETH, THE BENEFACTOR, COMING HOME, 10,000 KM, PUNK’S DEAD: SLC PUNK 2, BREAK POINT, THE SPOILS OF BABYLON (s1), more! (3/8 on)
@ various venues, Austin, TX: 23rd annual SXSW Film Festival (3/11-3/19)
@ The Michigan Theater, etc., Ann Arbor, MI: 54th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival (3/15-3/20)
UPDATE! @ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Season begins March 25!
@ 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 (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
NEW! 3/22: U.S. VOD release: CONSUMED*
+ MarVista Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA/Mister Lister Films, Los Angeles, CA
4/13-4/17: 18th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/14-4/21: 18th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/24: Illinifest*: University of Illinois Student Film Festival
@ Room 112, Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL, time TBA
4/30: BEFORE ‘I DO’* world premiere w/filmmakers
@ The Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL, 7 p.m.
6/1-6/5: 23rd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/21-10/23: 2nd annual Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
3/19: 42ND STREET; 4/2: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; 5/21: THE GRADUATE; 6/25: Reader’s Choice TBA; 7/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
AEMS, IPRH, and Spurlock Museum present AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
4/12: MY FAIR WEDDING
Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
3/11, 3/12: DADDY’S HOME; 3/18, 3/19: POINT BREAK; 3/25, 3/26: SECRET IN THEIR EYES; 4/1, 4/2: SISTERS; 4/8, 4/9: DIRTY GRANDPA; 4/15, 4/16: ZOOLANDER 2; 4/22, 4/23: RIDE ALONG 2; 4/29, 4/30: HOW TO BE SINGLE; 5/6, 5/7: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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