Select movie listings for January 23-29, 2026 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!
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Select movie listings for January 16-22, 2026 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!
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Select movie listings for January 9-15, 2026 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!
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Select movie listings for December 12-18, 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? Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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Select movie listings for December 5-11, 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? Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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Select movie listings for January 24-30, 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?
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Select movie listings for December 20-26, 2024 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?
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Select movie listings for July 26-August 1, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week?
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Select movie listings for July 19-25, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
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At one time, four indie television shows were being worked on simultaneously in downstate Illinois. Only PEORIA has persisted with little interruption. What happened to the rest? These are their stories.
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Wouldn’t be prudent for us to promote this weekend’s UIUC and ISU student film shows without honoring the 50th anniversary of the UI student-made ‘MaGuffin’ and SHOT as well. Get learned!
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Illinois native Shea VanLaningham tried to crack the indie horror market with DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE some 10 years ago. We thought it had been long buried. We were dead wrong.
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Where have all the good times gone? That is one of several major understatements for today. Do your civic duty, C-Uvians, and then consider whether our film culture can rebuild after the drought.
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Ye Ed is rooting for the film culture of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, to rebound from the turbulence of recent years. Not everything will survive, such as the theaters he recently photographed.
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In a restructuring effort by new ownership, the Goodrich Quality Theaters chain has decided to let go of the Savoy 16 IMAX in Savoy, IL. It could reopen if another tenant-operator fills the void.
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