In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about the brand-new Art Co-op memberships, several things Ebert/fest, and the Damian Duffy Hates Everything podcast!
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In the return of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about CONSUMED coming to the Art, the fate of a few thousand Rentertainments, and a pair of festivals with deadlines!
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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.
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The next meetings of Illini Film & Video will be on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, and Thursday, September 10, 2015, both at 7:30 p.m. on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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We are an intelligent and imaginative society, yes? Then we should be able to comprehend and solve the nagging conundrum addressed by a certain sports mascot documentary, no?
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The eighth annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival will take place March 23-25, 2015, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, featuring indie films FISH TANK and MOSQUITA Y MARI.
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Organizers of the eighth annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, will be accepting submissions through Sunday, March 1, 2015.
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A flurry of old-school, post-school experiences came back to occupy Mr. JaPan after taking part in a symposium about do-it-yourself print media. In the spirit of the milieu, he cut and pasted together this post just for you.
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The occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Champaign, Illinois, inspires Perry C. Morris and friends to celebrate local movie history!
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Student filmmakers in downstate Illinois are invited to submit their work between now and Friday, October 10, 2014, for possible inclusion in the tenth annual Embarras Valley Film Festival at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL.
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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!
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The School for Designing a Society in Urbana will host its first-ever Interdependent Film Festival beginning tonight, Thursday, July 31, 2014,at the Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana, featuring the work of local women filmmakers.
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