Select movie listings for April 25-May 1, 2025 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?
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Select movie listings for February 21-27, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!
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Some say that’s “progress.” We say that’s cruel. Get your shit together, America, once and for all.
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Select movie listings for December 27, 2024-January 2, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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Select movie listings for September 27-October 3, 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?
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Patricia A. Pellow, your humble editor’s mother, passed away on December 26 of last year at age 78. Here are a few belated words in her memory.
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Carl W. Pellow, Jr., your humble editor’s stepfather, passed away a year ago at age 74. Here are a few belated words in his memory.
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Many artists and creators in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond are stepping up post-pandemic. Good for them! Where does that leave C-U Blogfidential, though? We’re not sure, and that’s not good.
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Chase & Shep welcomed C-U Blogfidential publisher Jason Pankoke to their October horror film podcast series. Was three times the charm for the former podcast co-host? Read before you listen!
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We can value the worth of “location, location, location” in our lives, and it isn’t about real estate prices.
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Recent life necessities have forced me to sort out a lot of things. At least I get to keep the can.
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There might as well be something soothing about this and, surprise, it doesn’t come from the cinema.
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Where have all the good times gone? That is one of several major understatements for today. Do your civic duty, C-Uvians, and then consider whether our film culture can rebuild after the drought.
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Self-restriction has been lifted as your humble editor rockets out the gate with fresh words on important topics and miscellany as well as dear old Dad. He might mention a few filmy things on top of that.
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University of Illinois students a generation apart do their on-camera best to convince viewers that campus spirits drift among us. Their existence somewhat haunts your humble editor to this day.
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