Calendar: January 13-19, 2017
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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FLICKER OF THE WEEK | Suggestions in Full-Motion Arts
Five genre films open or go wide this weekend to fill up first-run screens, with possibly the Boston Marathon bombing reenactment PATRIOTS DAY (CBS Films/Lionsgate) most likely to resonate, as a sixth goes less wide and therefore fails to hit the immediate area – Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE. You can either roll the dice with this lot or go see the well-received Dev Patel/Rooney Mara drama LION (The Weinstein Co.), directed by Garth Davis and based on the true story of an Australian man who was orphaned as a small child in his native India and attempts to locate his lost family, at Goodrich Savoy 16 and the Art Theater Co-op. The latter also has a free showing of the potent 1971 documentary by Mike Gray and Howard Alk, THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON (Facets), on Mon., 1/16, 7 p.m., to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; an ambush by Chicago police officers on sleeping members and friends of the Illinois Black Panther Party resulted in the deaths of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark in 1969, touching a very raw nerve in the city’s African-American population. This film not only captured the immediacy of the situation but also proved valuable in helping to refute how the incident had been spun in the local and national media. Finally, wiseacre actor Woody Harrelson will attempt to shoot the movie comedy LOST IN LONDON on location and in one take while the effort is concurrently broadcast in theaters; you can watch the “live cinema event” unfold at Savoy on Thurs., 1/19, 8 p.m., as “LOST IN LONDON Live” (Waypoint Entertainment/Fathom Events) and start taking bets with your pals as to how many joints Harrelson must have rolled with co-stars Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson before thinking this was such a good idea. The project is based on the star’s overnight experience from many years ago, holed up in a jail cell in old London town, and will also serve as his debut as feature film director and writer. Hollywood vanity could be less creative, we guess. “FOW” is hereby fin.
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL
LION (1/13 on), ELLE (1/13-1/15, 1/18-1/19), THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON w/discussion (1/16, 7 p.m., free)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL
THE BYE BYE MAN, LIVE BY NIGHT, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, SLEEPLESS, FENCES, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, MOANA, A MONSTER CALLS, MOONLIGHT, PASSENGERS, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS, WHY HIM? (1/13 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
DEEPWATER HORIZON, THE ACCOUNTANT, THE BIRTH OF A NATION, KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?, MAX STEEL, UNDER THE SHADOW, THE MONKEY KING 2, HOMELAND (s5), more! (1/10 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
THE BYE BYE MAN, LIVE BY NIGHT, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, SLEEPLESS, FENCES, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND, LION, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOANA, A MONSTER CALLS, PASSENGERS, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS, WHY HIM? (1/13 on), ALIENS (1/15, 1/18), SHERLOCK Season 4 Finale (1/16, 1/18), LOST IN LONDON Live (1/19, simulcast), SAILOR MOON R THE MOVIE (1/19)
@ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 205 (1/17, 6 p.m.)
@ SoDo Theatre, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers meeting, “Champaign Screenwriters Presents” (1/17, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Films of Francis Ford Coppola: APOCALYPSE NOW (1/10, 1/12), Rewind 92.5 Film Series: TOP GUN (1/14), Films of Sofia Coppola: LOST IN TRANSLATION (1/17, 1/19)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL
Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series
A MAN CALLED OVE (1/15, 1/17)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
LIVE BY NIGHT, PATRIOTS DAY, SLEEPLESS, HIDDEN FIGURES, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING (1/13 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
PATRIOTS DAY, HIDDEN FIGURES, LA LA LAND (1/13 on)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE BYE BYE MAN, LA LA LAND, MONSTER TRUCKS, PATRIOTS DAY, FENCES, HIDDEN FIGURES, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SING, UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS (1/13 on), SPLIT (1/19)
@ The Lincoln Square Theatre, Decatur, IL
PET SEMATARY (1/13)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
THE BFG (1/13-1/15)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MISS HOKUSAI (1/13, subtitled; 1/15, dubbed), MOONLIGHT (1/14, 1/18), Midwest Songwriter Sessions (1/16, free), SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (1/17), GHOSTBUSTERS (1984; 1/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
MONSTER TRUCKS (1/13-1/15, 1/18)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
COLLATERAL BEAUTY (1/13-1/15), THE WILD LIFE (1/14, free)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/21-2/26
39th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/30-4/6
19th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/19-4/23
19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free w/i-card
1/20, 1/21: HACKSAW RIDGE; 1/27, 1/28: MOANA; 2/3, 2/4: DOCTOR STRANGE; 2/10, 2/11: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM; 2/17, 2/18: THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN; 2/24, 2/25: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY; 3/3, 3/4: PASSENGERS; 3/10, 3/11: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY; 3/17, 3/18: LA LA LAND; 3/24, 3/25: MOONLIGHT; 3/31, 4/1: THE BYE BYE MAN; 4/7, 4/8: THE FOUNDER; 4/14, 4/15: SING; 4/21, 4/22: BASTARDS; 4/28, 4/29: SPLIT
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
1/21: DRACULA; 2/4: SWING TIME; 3/25: THE GENERAL; 4/15: DUCK SOUP; 5/27: CITIZEN KANE; 6/24: HIGH NOON; 7/22: THE GOLD RUSH; 8/26: THE WIZARD OF OZ
Springfield Art Association presents
The Molly Schlich Independent | International Film Series 2017
@ AMC Parkway 8 Theatre, Springfield, IL, 1 & 4 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
1/15, 1/17: A MAN CALLED OVE; 1/22, 1/24: THE INNOCENTS; 1/29, 1/31: RADICAL GRACE; 2/5, 2/7: MISS HOKUSAI; 2/12, 2/14: DHEEPAN; 2/19, 2/21: DON’T THINK TWICE; 2/26, 2/28: THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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