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Calendar: Dec. 26, ’25-Jan. 1, ‘26

Friday, December 26th, 2025

Select movie listings for December 26, 2025-January 1, 2026 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week? Also, have you memorized the BRAND-NEW Confidential Almanac for today?

Calendar: November 21-27, 2025

Friday, November 21st, 2025

Select movie listings for November 21-27, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?

Calendar: July 4-10, 2025

Friday, July 4th, 2025

Select movie listings for July 4-10, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?

Calendar: Feb. 28-March 6, 2025

Friday, February 28th, 2025

Select movie listings for February 28-March 6, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you also memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Calendar: Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2025

Friday, January 31st, 2025

Select movie listings for January 31-February 6, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

Calendar: January 10-16, 2025

Friday, January 10th, 2025

Select movie listings for January 10-16, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?

Calendar: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2024

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Select movie listings for August 30-September 5, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week?

Calendar: May 31-June 6, 2024

Friday, May 31st, 2024

Select movie listings for May 31-June 6, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

Lady MFX artists make MONSTER

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

In her newest project and Kickstarter push, Decatur-area native Jessie Seitz sets out to course-correct monster movie history in MONSTER GIRLS, a salute to women makeup effects artists.

10 days left to enter C-U film fest

Friday, August 5th, 2022

Filmmakers of all ages have a week and a half left to submit their short subjects to the brand-new CU International Film Festival, which is set to debut in October on the UIUC campus.

SUMMER of Swede seeks final $4K

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Swede Films of Urbana, Illinois, is about to embark on making the horror feature FINAL SUMMER. Their Kickstarter campaign needs an infusion of support in its final days. Can you contribute, dearest C-U?

Talents come together in support

Friday, July 10th, 2020

Singing words of wisdom, the numerous folks behind a new audio/video rendition of “Let it Be” want their Champaign-Urbana neighbors to feel better about our future and invest in the care of others.

Virus fells Orpheum, shorts Avon

Friday, July 3rd, 2020

Nationwide consensus is that small businesses and organizations will get raked over the coals before the pandemic is over. We look at how a first-run, mixed-use, and former movie theater are doing.

Don’t ever let the dust settle, C-U

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Self-restriction has been lifted as your humble editor rockets out the gate with fresh words on important topics and miscellany as well as dear old Dad. He might mention a few filmy things on top of that.

Oblong title is truth in advertising

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

Two decades have passed since Mike Trippiedi cut loose the slasher spoof BUCKY McSNEAD on Champaign-Urbana. How will the rest of Illinois fare when THE TRUE TALE OF OLE SPLITFOOT is finally told?