Calendar: September 21-27, 2018
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!
9/21: Lisa Cerezo (webmaster, New Art Film Festival)
9/23: Austin McCann (former general manager, The Art Theater)
9/27: Robert Hubbard (contributor, MICRO-FILM)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE WIFE (9/21 on), Art House Theater Day: FOREIGN BODY (9/23, 7 p.m.), Member Screening: SUMMER OF 1993 (9/25, 7:30 p.m.), Introduction of Art Theater executive director Dr. Porché R. Garner feat. HOLIDAY HEART (9/26, 7:30 p.m.), Late Night: DEEP RED (9/21-9/22, 10 p.m.)
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
FAHRENHEIT 11/9, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (re-release), CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, SEARCHING, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK (9/21 on), THE TRANSFORMERS event (1986; 9/27, 7 p.m.)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, DAMSEL, HEARTS BEAT LOUD, BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB, SIBERIA, LOST CHILD, FAHRENHEIT 451 (TVM), AMERICAN HORROR STORY (s7), THE LOOMING TOWER (s1), more! (9/18 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
ASSASSINATION NATION, FAHRENHEIT 11/9, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE MEG, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, SEARCHING, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK (9/21 on), PETER RABBIT (9/21-9/23, 10 a.m.), LABYRINTH (9/23, 9/26), National Theater Live: King Lear starring Ian McKellen (9/27, 7 p.m., simulcast)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. INCREDIBLES 2, Pine Lounge (9/21-9/22, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL
“Vachel Lindsay: Poet, Artist, Visionary” exhibit, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery (through 9/29)
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
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, THE NUN, PEPPERMINT, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR (9/21 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
LIFE ITSELF, OPERATION FINALE, THE PREDATOR (9/21 on), THE WIFE (9/21-9/23), “Great Leading Men – Part 2” classes with Skip Huston (Thursdays, 9/20-11/8, 6:30 p.m., enroll @ Avon)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
Frightfest Weekend 1: THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (Screen 1), THE NUN, THE EXORCIST (Screen 2) (9/21-9/22)
@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, LIFE ITSELF, PEPPERMINT, THE NUN, THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION, WHITE BOY RICK (9/21 on), NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT (9/27 on)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (9/21-9/23)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
LOVE, GILDA (9/21-9/22), THE ROOM (9/21), Art House Theater Day: LOVE, GILDA (9/23, 12:30 p.m.), SKATE KITCHEN (9/23, 2:30 p.m.), RETURN OF THE HERO (9/23, 5 p.m.), and THUNDER ROAD (9/23, 7:30 p.m.), THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (9/24), Tuesday Night Classic: THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (9/25), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (9/26), BAD REPUTATION (9/27)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for cleaning (through 10/1)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE MEG (9/21-9/23)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
THE PREDATOR, THE DARKEST MINDS (Screen 1), THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (9/21-9/22)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinemas, Chicago, IL
36th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 9/30)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 10/1
Roger Ebert Symposium feat. A BEAUTIFUL PLANET in IMAX
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL, 4:30 p.m.
10/3
2018 Shocktober Film Festival
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
10/30
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
11/2-11/3
17th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL
11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
10/11: ART IN SMOG; 11/8: MRS. B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN
Illini Union Board Presents “Weekend Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., 7 & 10 p.m. Sat., free w/i-card
9/21, 9/22: INCREDIBLES 2; 9/28, 9/29: THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME; 10/5, 10/6: THE FIRST PURGE; 10/12, 10/13: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU; 10/19, 10/20: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP; 10/26, 10/27: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3; 11/2, 11/4: BLACKkKLANSMAN; 11/9, 11/10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS; 11/29, 11/30: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS; 12/7, 12/8: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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