Archive for the 'Alums Done Good' Category
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!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Area Festivals, Business Matters, Calendar du C-U, Champaign Movie Makers, Home Videos du C-U, How You Can Help, Images du C-U, Job Opportunities, Preservation, Print Matter du C-U, Public Events, Theatres & Venues, Videos du C-U |
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Friday, December 27th, 2024
Select movie listings for December 27, 2024-January 2, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Article du C-U, Broadcast Dates, Calendar du C-U, Chicago Stories, Confidential Almanac, Documentary, Images du C-U, JP Confidential, Media Coverage, Personalities du C-U, Preservation, Public Events, Scary Places, The Old School |
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Friday, December 6th, 2024
Select movie listings for December 6-12, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! Did you take a peek at the Images of the week? And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Area Festivals, Article du C-U, Calendar du C-U, Chicago Stories, Confidential Almanac, Education/Classes, Happy Places, Home Videos du C-U, Images du C-U, Media Coverage, Print Matter, Print Matter du C-U, Public Events |
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Friday, November 29th, 2024
Select movie listings for November 29-December 5, 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 Image of the week?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Article du C-U, Business Matters, Calendar du C-U, Chicago Stories, Gone Hollywood, Images du C-U, Media Coverage, Production Updates, Public Events, Roger Ebert, The Video Throne, VHS is Best |
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Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Select movie listings for September 13-19, 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?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Business Matters, Calendar du C-U, Confidential Almanac, Education/Classes, Images du C-U, Job Opportunities, Media Coverage, Preservation, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues |
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Friday, September 6th, 2024
Select movie listings for September 6-12, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Did you take a peek at the Image of the week?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Area Festivals, Calendar du C-U, Deadline du C-U, Films in Retrospect, Images du C-U, Public Events, Theatres & Venues |
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023
We pause to reflect on those who did not get to share their creativity, compassion, and community with the rest of us in 2023, except for in the memories and legacies they’ve left in our care.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Personalities du C-U, Sad Places |
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Thursday, May 11th, 2023
The Normal Theater in downtown Normal, Illinois, will allow local filmmaker Paul A. Brooks and friends to unleash HUNTING FOR THE HAG on their silver screen on May 12, 2023. Dare to dig the Hag!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Article du C-U, Happy Places, News du C-U, Production Updates, Public Events |
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Thursday, April 27th, 2023
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!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Area Festivals, Cinema Discourse, Competition du C-U, Education/Classes, Ones That Got Away?, Preservation, Print Matter du C-U, Public Events, Student Film, The Old School |
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
The specters of Illinois urban legends form the basis of a pair of brand-new indie features, LANTERN’S LANE from Vertical Entertainment and BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION from Dark Sky Films.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Chicago Stories, Gone Hollywood, Home Videos du C-U, Media Coverage, Streaming Cinema |
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
This has been a very long year. Whether it’s been better or worse than the year before is debatable. Let’s put the soapboxes aside and remember those who are no longer here for 2022.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Mendota an' Movies, Personalities du C-U, Sad Places |
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Monday, November 8th, 2021
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.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Ones That Got Away?, Preservation, Streaming Cinema |
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Thursday, August 19th, 2021
When Into the Night Motion Pictures of Normal, Illinois, emerges from the Pontiac woods at the end of August, they will be haggard due to long hours spent HUNTING FOR THE HAG. Is the flick worth the risk?
Posted in Alums Done Good, Article du C-U, Gone Hollywood, Production Updates |
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
There might as well be something soothing about this and, surprise, it doesn’t come from the cinema.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Bittersweet Places, JP Confidential, Secret MFHQ, The Old School |
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Our limited series on filmmaking books from the Michael Wiese Productions library continues with ‘John Badham on Directing’ by John Badham, reviewed by Andrew J. Rausch.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Critique du C-U, Education/Classes, Gone Hollywood, Print Matter |
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