Archive for the 'C-U Confidential Shows' Category

June a bluesy boon for TTC

Friday, June 29th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On June 29, 2012, we unleash a cornucopia of movie styles with comedic ninjas, droll knights, troubled stop-motion children, a stand-up robot, and all the vintage blues culture you can handle!

May’s TTC is MAD, we say!

Friday, May 25th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today and yesteryear with “The Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On May 25, 2012, we climb even higher with additional NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, cringe at the conundrums cooked up by THE WINDOW INTO TIME, wonder about the mental state of THE BLACK KNIGHT OF SIOUX CITY, and allow Vincent Price full reign as THE MAD MAGICIAN!

April TTC buzzed on ninjas!

Friday, April 27th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the not-so-lost retro movie gems of today with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On April 27, 2012, we take a leap of faith with NINJA THE MISSION FORCE, root for the loonies paddling UP THE CREEK, and marvel at the low-budget ingenuity behind STAR WARS UNCUT!

Art hosts NAFF 2012 today!

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Please read through the complete line-up for the third annual New Art Film Festival, celebrating locally-made cinema at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Friday, April 20, 2012, and then experience the real deal with us tonight!

Psych! TTC to vanish until April

Friday, March 30th, 2012

C-U Confidential *would* team up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the lost movie gems of yesteryear with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, this fine evening but, alas, that will not come to pass. Until April, anyway.

In My Backyard: Year 7

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, you’d think Year 7 would conjure allusions to “luck” and many other positive outpourings. Instead, a whole other litany of four-letter words comes to mind. It’s a good thing your humble editor knows how to edit for general consumption.

Love hurts at Feb. 24 TTC!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the lost movie gems of yesteryear with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On February 24, 2012, we get swept up in the poetic words of CYRANO DE BERGERAC and dark undercurrents of NIGHT TIDE!

NAFF 2012 to kick ass April 20

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Hear ye, hear ye! The New Art Film Festival will prove the third time’s the charm by enveloping the Art Theater of Champaign, IL, with immeasurable local movie love on Friday, April 20, 2012! Submit your agents of artistic amore now!

C-U Biz-en-scène: 01.30.2012

Monday, January 30th, 2012

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we mention two film festival opportunities and a production grant, note the passing of Bingham Ray and Eiko Ishioka, dare to touch Andy Dick’s pigskin (movie), and more!

Price is right for Jan. 27 TTC!

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

C-U Confidential teams up with Psychic Joker Entertainment to present the lost movie gems of yesteryear with “The Psychic Joker’s Time Traveling Cinema” at SoDo Theatre in Champaign, Illinois! On January 27, 2012, we hop into THE YESTERDAY MACHINE, weather THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, and take up ill-fated residence in the HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL!

IOW: Eight arms to ixnay you

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

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.

IOW: Bursting with NAFF flavor!

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We provide a final blast of New Art Film Festival madness with this still image gallery and a thank-you to everyone who made the NAFF a big success last night at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign!

NAFF invades the Art tonight!

Friday, April 8th, 2011

For your referencing pleasure, here is the complete line-up for the second annual New Art Film Festival, celebrating locally-made cinema at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Friday, April 8, 2011!

CUBlog EtF! nails it in eight

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

We tease to please by releasing in advance the self-contained “center section” of the fifth C-U Confidential issue during the New Art Film Festival on Friday, April 8, 2011, at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign, IL.

PS2, AMBER, ’72 to play NAFF

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The New Art Film Festival returns on Friday, April 8, 2011, to downtown Champaign, IL. Don’t you want to know what we’re showing?