C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: With one public display of C-U cinema in the books and another coming up very soon, we recall the 10th anniversary of our original attempt at presenting movies and reveal a failed bid at bonus street cred for our not-ready-for-prime-time efforts.

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our fourth set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our third set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our second set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our first set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we’ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!

If Year 6 turns out to be the same as it ever was for C-U Blogfidential, will it be best for the spinning wheels to simply stop turning? This one’s up to you, dearest readers.

William Otto Pankoke, also known as your humble editor’s “Pappy JaPan,” has passed away at age 83.

Year 5 may beget the trial by fire C-U Blogfidential must face in order for its long-term worth to be gauged.

Your editor remembers that personal success often comes in the smallest of packages.

C-U Blogfidential needs to step it up in tandem with Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond if there is to be actual growth during Year 4.

Article and video in Bloomington (IL) daily The Pantagraph about the grand opening of the Stadium 14 cinemas in Normal on Friday, February 27, 2009. Also, your editor is suddenly rarin’ to bitch again like in the good ol’ days.

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about Playboy content producer Greg Johnson previewing the upcoming “mobisode” series INTERNS for University of Illinois undergraduate students at Lincoln Hall. Also, your editor grouses about the usual suspects.

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.

Your editor grumbles at length about the opportunity missed by the Illinois Film Office at their inaugural “IFO Night at the Movies” in Savoy on June 30, 2008, to educate and connect with downstate media makers.

Articles in Decatur daily Herald & Review about the impending location shooting of Steven Soderbergh’s next studio picture, THE INFORMANT, in Decatur, IL, this April and May. Also, your editor scolds a well-meaning group for taking initiative on something that wasn’t theirs to begin with.