C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, all the C-U consumers of CONSUMED will gather at the Art Theater Co-op to get a first look at this locally shot, out-of-town indie. Will you be one of them?

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Hide your Easter baskets! Lock up your children! The decidedly mature Freeky Creek Short Film Festival returns on October 29-31, 2015, with rabbit and cat to be pulled from their hats!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We bet you didn’t see an IOW featuring Japanese monster icon Mothra coming your way, did you? Read on to learn how the fabulous Miss M. relates to the C-U.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Our man Colin Price critiques the contemporary horror cinema in his new first-person Web series, “Priceless B Movies,” on YouTube. Watch and see if you agree!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Heroic Age Studios of Mt. Zion, IL, celebrates “The Art of Fear” with activities all day on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at their Heroic Age Art Center.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Dark History Con of Champaign welcomes veteran dark artist Hart D. Fisher and his infamous locally-filmed opus, THE GARBAGE MAN, back to town.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Chinese Independent Film Society enters its fourth academic year at the University of Illinois with movies to watch and make. Here’s our introduction to their club activities.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We’ve just invented a new consumer “holiday” for which the main catalysts are misfit toys from our youth and lo-fi ingenuity from the present day. In other words, ROBOT COP!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Our man Mike Trippiedi makes an appearance on the UPTV cable access show ART NOW!, sharing his performing arts experiences with host Virginia Waller.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Let’s take a whirlwind tour of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, on film … even though it took trips the world over for various filmmakers to depict the BloNo home front!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Before the students in your life go back to school, take them to the Pens to Lens Gala on Saturday, August 15, 2015, at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL. Good things will be learned!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, takes apart the film projector (with love and affection) in his ongoing YouTube video series. There will be a quiz after the viewing!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Animated high school students come to life in real-life college student Andrew Ambrose Lee’s new Web comedy, TABLOIDS. There will be a quiz after the reading!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It’s more a “Concept of the Week,” Holly Rushakoff’s forthcoming Web archive Champaign-Urbana Music is, but it also has a picture. Fun!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Here is a video-laden update on indie films with a touch or two du C-U – THE END OF THE TOUR, THE ORIGINS OF WIT & HUMOR, and CONSUMED!