Archive for the 'Public Events' Category

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.28.2010

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about FARM, ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972, “GEEKS AND ZOMBIES,” the Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival, and what movies are now playing/renting near you! Holy guacamole!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.21.2010

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about one more REVOLTING, an Innocent Words DVD drive, a portfolio photo opportunity, a new N-G movie column, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Films to get Freeky at the Creek

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Joe Taylor of Sleepy Creek Vineyards in Fairmount, IL, has announced the entries that will be shown during the Freeky Creek Short Film Festival on October 29-31, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.15.2010

Friday, October 15th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we discuss THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY with Jay Rosenstein, encourage walking, engage in talking, and reveal what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Cautionary health doc to hit Art

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Scientist and author Sandra Steingraber and Toronto filmmaker Chanda Chevannes have scheduled the first stop of their Illinois tour for the new documentary, LIVING DOWNSTREAM, at the Art Theater in Champaign on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 10.07.2010

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we bitch about unkempt work spaces, we moan about neighbor apathy towards local film, and we tell you what movies are now renting/playing near you!

“Zombie” fest to nosh on Peoria

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Nearly 50 years after H.G. Lewis first proved it, success comes to those indie horror flicks that know how to “bleed in Peoria” when the third annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival tosses cookies on the carpets of The Peoria Theater on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, 2010.

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.30.2010

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you where LEADING LADIES and REVOLTING will play soon, how to help Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions make their next short, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.25.2010

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about LEADING LADIES, REVOLTING, FARM, RAGSTONE AVENUE, CONTAGION, THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY, and what movies are now playing/renting near you! Hot damn!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.17.2010

Friday, September 17th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about this week’s AMBER ROSE preview, this weekend’s Route 66 and Latin American film fests, next week’s Freeky Creek deadline, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 09.10.2010

Friday, September 10th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you what happened to A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, how we upgraded our new YouTube channel, which publications profiled friends of CUBlog, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Multimedia “Home” hits in Sept.

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Military veteran Thomas R. Jones translates his war experiences to the stage in a new multimedia performance called “A Long Way Home” at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in downtown Springfield, IL, running September 10-12, 2010.

IOW: REVOLTING trailer, photo

Friday, August 20th, 2010

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Characters turn into caustic observers which sets up conflicts aplenty in REVOLTING, produced by Mike and Leslie Boedicker of Roselawn Productions. Check out the first trailer and a group photo before taking in the movie at the Fischer Theatre in Danville this weekend!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 08.19.2010

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about future plans for REVOLTING, the next Champaign Movie Makers meeting, unhappy Lorraine Theater news, a new IFV Web site, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Local talent in R66FF mix

Monday, August 16th, 2010

The fall will be movie time on the Mother Road when the Route 66 International Film Festival rolls around for its ninth outing in Springfield on September 17-19, 2010. Some of their neighbors will also be exhibiting at the event.