C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: There may be no honor involved in remembering when Hollywood enlisted the C-U, but that does not mean we can’t throw a little love down WITH HONORS way.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Just because it’s back-to-school time doesn’t mean we can’t recall what everybody (and we mean EVERYBODY) filmed on their summer vacation! Behold, a Pens to Lens 2014 update…

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Round and round and round it goes (in the UI-7 schedule) and where it will stop, nobody knows! We provide belated love to the University of Illinois student-made series, FOR THE RECORD.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It takes key knowledge and selective investment to make the most of a low-budget movie. Good thing Hugh Sullivan of the Decatur Herald & Review is BEHIND THE LENS to cover the basics, one episode at a time!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: In this extra-length IOW, we flash you with Pens to Lens brilliance and then talk with short film organizer and director Thomas Nicol about this unique C-U activity.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Can moral support help us heal after an inhuman apocalypse? Find out by watching DEAD THERAPY, a new locally-made film short created by screenwriter Jeff Kacmarynski.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: “They may not look like much, but they’ve got it where it counts, kid.” ~ Han Solo on the new Third Stone gag video promoting this year’s Red Hot Summerfest at Cowboy Monkey and SOMA Ultralounge

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: No need anymore to rely solely on iPods and ear buds to hear the best of local indie rock and rap, kids! The new UI-7 show CU HEADPHONES has you covered with Elsinore and everyone else.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: A pair of deep summer teen lovers attempt to reconcile recent past with present in the new music video “Never Meant,” produced by Chris Strong and set to an American Football song from 1999. Yes, 1999.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: A quartet of thirtysomethings attempt to reconcile past with present by reforming their rock group in the upcoming independent drama WE HAD THIS BAND, filmed in Bloomington-Normal. We have the teaser trailer for you.

Will LIFE ITSELF be one of the rare breakout documentary hits at the box office? Who can say! At least we finally know when we can see it again in Champaign-Urbana after it stunned the Roger Ebert faithful on opening night of “Ebertfest” 2014…

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The sixteenth Roger Ebert’s Film Festival will hit Champaign on April 23-27, 2014, and you can take a brief look back at the fifteenth Ebertfest courtesy the UI College of Media and Shatterglass Studios.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: In the mix of the fifth New Art Film Festival tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, IL, will be the drama-comedy THE DRUNK. Here is a first look at its upcoming DVD release!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It’s a double dose of disco lights, platform heels, and analog mayhem as we harken back to ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: When projects pop up from nowhere, we simply must share! Behold the covers to the full-sized and mini editions of The Popcorn Farm, a new low-budget literary magazine launched in Springfield, Illinois.