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Coming Soon: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES @ Normal Theater, Normal, IL (2/16/08), Springfield and Central Illinois Film Commission meeting @ Kicks, Springfield, IL (2/21/08), African Film Festival @ Beverly Cinemas, Champaign, IL (2/22-28/08), Insect Fear Film Festival @ Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/23/08), Dead of Winter Film Festival @ Lincoln Theatre, Decatur, IL (3/1/08), and Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour @ Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (3/6/08).

Coming Soon: CHINA BLUE @ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL (1/23/08), CITIZEN KANE @ Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (1/12/08), and [in time time] installation @ Tarble Arts Center, EIU, Charleston, IL (now-2/24/08).

Once again, classic and contemporary Hollywood find a home at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign thanks to the News-Gazette’s on-going Film Series.

Coming Soon: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD @ Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (1/12/08), NIGHT OF THE DEMON @ Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (1/18/08), and Film Noir class @ Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (1/24-3/13/08).

Coming Soon: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET and NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (12/1/07), Christmas movie marathon at Normal Theater, Normal, IL (12/1-23/07), Illini Film & Video weekly meetings at English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (12/3-10/07), CU Video Group monthly meeting at Rock’s, Champaign, IL (12/5/07), and THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING at Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL (12/6/07).

The 11th Annual Martirano Award Concert, taking place on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL, will revive Salvatore Martirano’s mixed-media piece “L’s G.A.” and feature an excerpt from an upcoming documentary on his life.

The Illinois Wesleyan University student film club 9×9 will unveil their latest project, DOUBLE BLIND, on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at 9 p.m. in the Hansen Student Center.

Coming Soon: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN at 62 Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/8/07), the SIGGRAPH 2007 Electronic Theater at auditorium of NCSA Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/8/07), A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A MAN at 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/8/07), RUSSIAN ARK at G17 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/8/07), African Film Conference at various locations, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/8-10/07), 49 Hour Film Competition showcase at auditorium of Natural History Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/9/07), ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/9-10/07), Asian Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/9-10/07), After Dark Horrorfest at Savoy 16, Savoy, IL (11/9-18/07), and ACT YOUR AGE premiere at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/14/07).

Festival passes for the next Ebertfest, taking place at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on April 23-27, 2008, are now on sale.

Coming Soon: Ken Burns speaks at Hansen Student Center, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, and Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (10/1/07), ONE FINE DAY! Episode 3 debut on YouTube.com (10/1/07), THE QUIET MAN and HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/3/07), and cast members of MYTHBUSTERS speak at Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (10/3/07).

Coming Soon: THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE at Normal Theater, Normal, IL (10/25-28/07), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) at Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (10/26/07), Community Planning Month Film Festival at Urbana City Council Chambers, Urbana IL (10/28/07), CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE at Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (10/31/07), and “Film Exposed” workshop at 131 GSLIS Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL (11/2/07).

Coming Soon: IN THE BEDROOM at 319 Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/18/07), DIVIDED WE FALL at 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/18/07), BROTHER 2 at G17 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/18/07), Springfield and Central Illinois Film Commission meeting at Kick’s, Springfield, IL (10/18/07), Schoolhouse Film Festival at Normal Theater, Normal, IL (10/18-21/07), Gangster film conference at 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/19-20/07), and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/19-20/07).

ACT YOUR AGE, the fourth feature-length movie from Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, will have its local premiere at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on November 14, 2007.

Coming Soon: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (10/12-13/07), the Food Film Fest at 180 Bevier Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/14/07), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) at the Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/15/07), MUTINY: ASIANS STORM BRITISH MUSIC at 217 Noyes Lab, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/16/07), and THE GENERAL at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (10/17/07).

Coming Soon: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY at Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL (10/4/07), FARMINGVILLE at Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (10/4/07), ONE FINE DAY! debut episode on YouTube.com (10/4/07), ART:21 previews at McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (10/9-13/07) and University Galleries, ISU, Normal, IL (10/16), and HELVETICA at Parkland Theatre, Parkland College, Champaign, IL (10/10/07).