Archive for February, 2014

Calendar du C-U: Feb. 28-Mar. 6

Friday, February 28th, 2014

Select movie listings for February 28-March 6, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Includes a panel appearance by your humble editor!

IOW: Artsy STILL is stylish thrill

Friday, February 28th, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Melodic with shades of melancholy, “Still” is the most recent song by Megan Johns and Moonwish to receive the music video treatment.

IOW: MY DOG, it’s full of stars…

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Lucky dearest readers, you get two Images of the Week this week! Here’s the first, a cover reveal for the most recent DVD release from Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER!

Talk to tackle film and socialism

Monday, February 24th, 2014

For deep thought on class issues and contemporary film, visit the UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Champaign later tonight, Monday, February 24, 2014, for an appearance by socialist movie critic and “The Sky Between the Leaves” author David Walsh.

IFFF to let toxins, ideas seep in

Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

Is pest control worth the pesticide we add to the growing produce we eventually harvest and eat? The Insect Fear Film Festival asks this and other related questions tonight, Saturday, February 22, 2014, beginning at 7 p.m.!

Calendar du C-U: February 21-27

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Select movie listings for February 21-27, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Includes deadlines & call for movie extras!

Calendar du C-U: February 14-20

Friday, February 14th, 2014

Select movie listings for February 14-20, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Includes call for movie extras!

NAFF 2014 is ready to rumble!

Monday, February 10th, 2014

Can we see a show of hands? You can still count the number of New Art Film Festivals on that hand as the fifth edition approaches on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Art Theater Co-op in Champaign, IL! Start entering those films now!

IOW: P2L2 seeking K-12 scripts

Saturday, February 8th, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Does your child have great imagination? Can she or he put it into words? Then, she or he might have fun writing a short film script for the 2014 Pens to Lens competition sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Film Society!

Calendar du C-U: February 7-13

Friday, February 7th, 2014

Select movie listings for February 7-13, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Includes local film auditions!

IOW: Cinema struts to Elvis Bros.

Saturday, February 1st, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Elvis Brothers never *really* left the building, as C-U Blogfidential has discovered! Dig on these vintage Elvis Bros. videos, one of which features the former Cinema Theater of Urbana as a backdrop.