Select movie listings for November 7-13, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for October 3-9, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for August 22-28, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for August 8-14, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for July 18-24, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week? Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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Select movie listings for July 11-17, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for June 27-July 3, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week? Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanacs for today?
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Select movie listings for June 13-19, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for June 6-12, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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As the first Savoy Lumière continues at the Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX in Savoy, IL, now through June 2, we discuss its origins with festival director Nat Dykeman of the Chambana Film society. Read our interview!
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Select movie listings for May 30-June 5, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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The Chambana Film Society is introducing a new annual event to Champaign County this weekend with the first Savoy Lumière at the Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX in Savoy, IL, from May 29 to June 2. Read our preview!
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University of Illinois students have organized a showing of University of Illinois students’ films that will be hosted by the Spurlock Center for World Cultures in Urbana on May 2, 2025. Check out the Illinois Student Film Festival!
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But wait, there’s more! Beginning later tonight, Thursday, April 24, the 2025 Foxtail Film Festival will empower the next generation of media storytellers at the Normal Theater in Normal, Illinois, for the weekend. We have the deets!
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Roger Ebert’s Film Festival brings its 2025 selections to the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, for the weekend starting on Wednesday, April 23. Read our new post for a smartphone-sized reminder of what plays when!
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