C-U Blogfidential

The next meeting of Illini Film & Video will be on Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:30 p.m., in Room 259 of the UIUC English Building on the Main Quad.

Friends, filmmakers, countrymen, lend us your ears! The New Art Film Festival will return to the Art Theater in downtown Champaign, IL, on Friday, April 8, 2011, and we need your submissions and attendance to make it a hit!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we applaud AMBER ROSE, pine for PRESS START 2, shill for Krannert Art Museum, stump for IL/MO/CA film festivals, request your C-U words, and tell what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Look everybody, it’s a C-U Blogfidential contest! We have three DVD copies of Dreamscape Cinema’s SHEEBA from Questar Home Video to hand out … don’t you want to know how to win?

Despite nearly all-new subject matter discussed by fresh hosts and correspondents, this is pretty much your mother and father’s AT THE MOVIES set to a slightly more rapid beat. And it makes us happy.

In the premiere of C-U Blogfidential’s new column, “The Double Life of a Cinéaste,” author Tyler Tharpe explains why he moved to Hollywood and back in the pursuit of making his own movies.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It’s time for another dose of “remakesploitation” mayhem through the lens of DEJA VIEW, the Web series from Dark Maze Studios of Champaign! We also pass along a new teaser image from their upcoming movie, PRESS START 2 CONTINUE, coming to DVD on March 11!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we update the story of THE STORY OF HAPPINESS, break down the Art Theater’s Documentary Festival, grovel for you to litter CUBlog with comments, and update what movies are now playing/renting near you!

C-U Blogfidential’s monthly open forum, “Clean Slate,” asks which 2010 movie releases you liked the best!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we announce the World Premiere of Dreamscape Cinema’s DISPOSABLE, pass along film fest deadlines, prove our commitment to print, and list what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Champaign/Monticello filmmaker Robin Christian reports from the road about two of several industry events he attends each year, the American Film Market and the AFI Film Festival.

C-U Blogfidential’s monthly open forum, “Clean Slate,” asks what the new Roger Ebert movie review show on PBS will need to offer viewers in order to thrive!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we announce Dreamscape Cinema film classes, prepare for the return of AT THE MOVIES, welcome new writers to the fold, and list what movies are now playing/renting near you!