Calendar: September 22-28, 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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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!

9/23: Austin McCann (artistic director, The Art Theater)
9/23: Ryan Marzolph (post production lead, Snapchat)
9/25: Bogdan Heretoiu (producer, LIVING AIKIDO LIFE)
9/27: Robert Hubbard (script supervisor, GOODLAND)


CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

10 Years AgoWeek of Monday, September 24, 2007: Champaign radio producer and “atomic age culture” fan Jason Croft releases the first edition of Bachelor Pad Magazine, emulating the “men’s digests” of the Fifties and partly inspired by the first print issue of C-U Confidential. Croft’s quarterly publication packs in the hallmarks of the era – pulp stories, pin-up photography spreads, cocktail recipes, and so on – as remembered and practiced by the worldwide subculture keeping it alive. Various topics known beyond the neo-burlesque circuit that would appear in the pages of BPM include Bettie Page, the ultimate 20th century pin-up model, Tura Satana, the memorable leather-clad actress at the fore of Russ Meyer’s feature FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, and Shag, the popular illustrator loved for his colorful mid-century aesthetic. Also notable is the long-running movie column by Seattle novelist Will Viharo of the “Vic Valentine” private investigator series. Croft has kept BPM on the press ever since, anointing the recent issue 40 as its 10th anniversary number; modern pin-up Kalani Kokonuts graces the cover. As reported on 10/7/07 at CUBlog.


LOCAL FILMS, ETC.

@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Call for Entries for the 13th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival* (9/4-10/9) Information

@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Call for Entries for ChamPain Horror Indie Festival* (7/2-10/2) Information

@ The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL
Protagonist Pizza Productions auditions and food drive (9/23, 12-3 p.m.) Questions: protagonistpizzaproductions [at] gmail [dot] com


NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
10th Latin American Film Festival: CHAVELA (9/22, 7:45 p.m.), THE CLAN (9/22, 9/24, 9/27), MADE IN CUBA film shorts + CODIGO COLOR, MEMORIAS short (9/23-9/25), SECOND MOTHER (9/23-9/24, 9/26), ROSA CHUMBE (9/23, 9/26, 9/28), THE CLUB (9/23, 9/25, 9/27), DOLORES (9/24, 9/26), Smart Kids: THE BOOK OF LIFE (9/23-9/24, 11:30 a.m., free), Late Night: SANTA SANGRE (9/22, 9/27-9/28)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
FRIEND REQUEST, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, MULAN (Re-release), AMERICAN ASSASSIN, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, HOME AGAIN, IT, MOTHER!, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, WIND RIVER (9/22 on), SPYDER (2/26 on, in Tamil or Telugu language), STEVE MCQUEEN: AMERICAN ICON (9/28, 7 p.m.), AMERICAN MADE, A QUESTION OF FAITH (9/28 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
WONDER WOMAN, THE BIG SICK, THE HERO, STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITORS OF MARS, THE BAD BATCH, GHOST HOUSE, CARTEL, ARROW (s5), BATES MOTEL (s5), more! (9/19 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BRAD’S STATUS, FRIEND REQUEST, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, AMERICAN ASSASSIN, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, HOME AGAIN, IT, LEAP!, MOTHER!, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, WIND RIVER (9/22 on), TO CATCH A THIEF (9/24, 9/27), Studio Ghibli Fest: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (9/24-9/25, 9/27), SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY (9/26, 7 p.m.), JEEPERS CREEPERS 3 (9/26, 7 p.m.), STEVE MCQUEEN: AMERICAN ICON (9/28, 7 p.m.),

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. DESPICABLE ME 3, Pine Lounge (9/22-9/23, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video meeting, Room 1022 (9/25, 7 p.m.)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (9/23)

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 Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
FRIEND REQUEST, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, AMERICAN ASSASSIN, HOME AGAIN, IT (9/22 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, IT (9/22 on), “Hollywood’s Greatest Leading Men” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 9/14-11/3, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)

@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
IT, ANNABELLE: CREATION (Screen 1), “‘80s Flashback Weekend”: DIRTY DANCING, LABYRINTH (Screen 2) (9/22-9/23)

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
FRIEND REQUEST, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, AMERICAN ASSASSIN, HOME AGAIN, IT, JAWS (9/22 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
WONDER WOMAN (9/22-9/24), ventriloquist Mark Rubbén (9/22, 7 p.m., @ Lorraine Theatre)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Farlee Film Festival: JULES AND JIM (9/22, 9/24), CHILDREN OF PARADISE (9/23), and AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (9/28); also: NAPPING PRINCESS (9/22), IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (9/23), REVOLTING RHYMES (9/24), “Vaudeville Monday” (9/25), HAPPY DEATH DAY advanced screening (9/26), ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (9/27)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (9/22-9/24), CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (9/23, 11 a.m., free)

@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE, IT (Screen 1), KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (Screen 2) (9/22-9/23)


NOW PLAYING | Midwest

@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
35th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 10/1)


COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

10/4
“Shocktober 2017” kick-off feat. DEVOTION* local premiere
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

10/12-10/26
53rd annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL

10/12-10/22
26th annual Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN

10/14
The Art of Fear 2017
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL

10/26-10/28
13th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival*
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

10/27-10/29
2nd annual Lincoln Film Festival
@ Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL

10/28
ChamPain Indie Horror Fest*
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL

10/29
8th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

11/2-11/12
26th annual St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO

11/3-11/4
16th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL

2/19/18-2/25/18
40th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

4/5/18-4/12/18
20th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

4/18/18-4/22/18
20th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

5/31/18-6/4/18
25th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL


COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/10: THE APOLOGY; 11/14: THIS ISLAND IS OURS

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
9/22, 9/23: DESPICABLE ME 3; 9/29, 9/30: BABY DRIVER; 10/6, 10/7: GIRLS TRIP; 10/13, 10/14: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING; 10/20, 10/21: ALL I SEE IS YOU; 10/27, 10/28: ANNABELLE: CREATION; 11/3, 11/4: THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD; 11/10, 11/11: LEAP!; 12/1, 12/2: IT; 12/8, 12/9: FLATLINERS

The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
9/23: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; Alfred Hitchcock series – 10/23: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, 10/24: THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, 10/25: TO CATCH A THIEF, 10/26: REBECCA, 10/27: PSYCHO; 11/11: BEN HUR (1959)

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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