C-U Blogfidential

Select movie listings for March 28-April 3, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the sixteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

Urbana filmmaker Johnny Robinson and crew would love to see you put on your best summertime threads and appear as extras later tonight, Saturday, March 22, 2014, in a concert scene for his feature THE GARDEN OF CHLOE.

A completely unofficial prelude to the wonders one might watch at the New Art Film Festival next month, the local film “double feature” at Figure One in downtown Champaign on Saturday, March 22, 2014 aims to educate and inspire.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It’s a double dose of disco lights, platform heels, and analog mayhem as we harken back to ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE 1970s!

Select movie listings for March 21-27, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

The 2014 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival is underway on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Read on for a preview of the selections and overarching themes of the event!

Select movie listings for March 14-20, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: When projects pop up from nowhere, we simply must share! Behold the covers to the full-sized and mini editions of The Popcorn Farm, a new low-budget literary magazine launched in Springfield, Illinois.

Select movie listings for March 7-13, 2014 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!

Mr. JaPan goes flashbacking again as he prepares for the “Cut & Paste” ‘zine culture symposium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during which he will participate as panelist, commentator, and cut-and-paste fiend. Hand him that glue, quick!

In the first of several consecutive posts wherein your humble editor pulls a Mr. Peabody and goes back in time to facilitate education, he introduces college-era friend Scott Jenkins and the Syfy special CARVERS airing March 4, 2014, on which Jenkins served as producer!