Archive for the 'Public Events' Category

Calendar: September 20-26, 2024

Friday, September 20th, 2024

Select movie listings for September 20-26, 2024 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 Image of the week?

Calendar: September 6-12, 2024

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Select movie listings for September 6-12, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week?

Calendar: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2024

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Select movie listings for August 30-September 5, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week?

Calendar: August 16-22, 2024

Friday, August 16th, 2024

Select movie listings for August 16-22, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Calendar: April 26-May 2, 2024

Saturday, April 27th, 2024

Select movie listings for April 26-May 2, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

25 years later, it’s ‘Ebertfest’ ‘24

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

Durability is one of many things accomplished in Champaign-Urbana by Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, which celebrates 25 years this week with a diverse program and quality one-film-at-a-time presentation as their trademarks.

Crop of horrors yields CORN, more

Saturday, November 11th, 2023

The monster invasion of the Midwest never stops and indie groups like Acrostar Films, Moonlight Films, and Cheevies Film Productions are more than happy to keep ’em coming. How have they scared us lately?

Ozoners rev it up for Drive-in Day

Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Get outside this summer and enjoy the pleasures of the drive-in theater, whether on National Drive-in Day or any other time they’re showing movies, serving up goodies, and bringing folks together.

HAG to bedevil Normal on May 12

Thursday, May 11th, 2023

The Normal Theater in downtown Normal, Illinois, will allow local filmmaker Paul A. Brooks and friends to unleash HUNTING FOR THE HAG on their silver screen on May 12, 2023. Dare to dig the Hag!

‘MacGuffin,’ SHOT hit 50th mark

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

Wouldn’t be prudent for us to promote this weekend’s UIUC and ISU student film shows without honoring the 50th anniversary of the UI student-made ‘MaGuffin’ and SHOT as well. Get learned!

‘Ebertfest’ ’23 to project empathy

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is set to captivate Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, for Year 23 from April 18-22, 2023. Here are the base details and important resources for you to know.

SUMMER run to sunset at Normal

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

The Normal Theater will present the indie feature FINAL SUMMER from Front 76 Films of Champaign on November 17, 2022. See this campground slasher before it goes on a screening hiatus!

Neon REVEALER now on RLJE DVD

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022

Shatterglass Films of Champaign will have its first in-house feature film, REVEALER, distributed across America on DVD on November 15, 2022, through RLJE Films and Shudder. Success!

10 days left to enter C-U film fest

Friday, August 5th, 2022

Filmmakers of all ages have a week and a half left to submit their short subjects to the brand-new CU International Film Festival, which is set to debut in October on the UIUC campus.

Virginia catches TIGER at tail end

Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

If we can’t have the Art Theater, then we’ll gladly take an “Arthouse Experience” in its place. The program’s first series at the Virginia Theatre ends tonight with a showing of THE WHITE TIGER.