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Festival passes for the next Ebertfest, taking place at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on April 22-26, 2009, are now on sale.

The 15th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival will give the Midwest its first public look at the documentary HOOPESTON, produced by New York-based indie SYNYDYNE, this Thursday, October 30, 2008.

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the signing of veteran actor Hal Holbrook to appear at LincolnFest in downtown Champaign on March 12-15, 2009. Also, your editor bitches about ill-chosen words by well-meaning people.

Coming Soon: Sixth annual AEMS Asian Film Festival @ Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/3-5/08), THE VISITOR @ Normal Theater, Normal, IL (10/4-5/08), IPRH Film Series @ 62 Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10/9-11/13/08), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW @ Avon Theater, Decatur, IL (10/24-25/08), and Fourth annual Tournees French Film Festival @ Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/31-11/6/08).

This weekend, the Illinois Independent Film Festival hosts THE LIFELINE: TRILOGY and NEAR MISS up in St. Charles, IL, while the Route 66 Film Festival welcomes SAMSARA 2 and THE TRANSIENT over in Springfield, IL. Why are you still sitting in front of your computer right now?

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the tenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

A preview in The Hollywood Reporter covers the upcoming 10th edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival in Champaign, IL, revealing that the opening night attraction is a 70mm print of HAMLET (1996), directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the Lincoln FilmFest, planned by former Ebertfest executive director Nancy Casey and C-U historian Dannel McCollum, to take place March 13-15, 2009, at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign. Also, your editor ruminates about a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

The BNFilmFest is accepting submissions through Friday, May 2, for its annual event, which will take place May 13-14, 2008, at the Normal Theater in Normal, IL.

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: 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: 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).

Coming Soon: TAXI DREAMS at Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (9/27/07), the Tournees French Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (9/28-10/4/07), Film Series Group general meeting at Illinois Street Residence Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (9/29/07), C-U Video Group monthly meeting at Rock’s, Champaign, IL (10/3/07), PRESS START theatrical premiere at the Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (10/3/07), and a tangent regarding KURT COBAIN: ABOUT A SON theatrical premiere in NYC (10/3/07).

Coming Soon: VERTIGO at Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL (9/13/07), SEOUL TRAIN at Wardall Hall/ISR, UIUC, Urbana, IL (9/13/07), the sixth annual Route 66 Film Festival at Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL (9/15-16/07), and the third annual Embarras Valley Film Festival in Charleston, IL (9/18-22/07).