C-U Blogfidential

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.

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.

Urbana filmmaker Johnny Robinson and crew would love to see you put on your best summertime threads and appear as extras later tonight, Saturday, March 22, 2014, in a concert scene for his feature THE GARDEN OF CHLOE.

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.: Melodic with shades of melancholy, “Still” is the most recent song by Megan Johns and Moonwish to receive the music video treatment.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Lucky dearest readers, you get two Images of the Week this week! Here’s the first, a cover reveal for the most recent DVD release from Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Does your child have great imagination? Can she or he put it into words? Then, she or he might have fun writing a short film script for the 2014 Pens to Lens competition sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Film Society!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Elvis Brothers never *really* left the building, as C-U Blogfidential has discovered! Dig on these vintage Elvis Bros. videos, one of which features the former Cinema Theater of Urbana as a backdrop.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Peek out from underneath those covers this weekend as you stream the local feature film HOUSE OF THADDEUS in its entirety on your computer or television … for a limited time only FOR FREE!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We are pleased to introduce a new anthem for your alcoholic activities, thanks to the mildly disgruntled winery employees in the most recent episode of UP THE CREEK. Enjoy responsibly!