Calendar: October 12-18, 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!

10/13: Alaric Rocha (producer, Blue Bassoon Pictures)
10/18: Dave Domal (producer/actor, MONSTER)

 

CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

60 Years AgoFriday, October 3, 1958: Showman and entrepreneur Louis K. Sher of Columbus, Ohio, helps Champaign mayor Virgil Lafferty cut the ceremonial ribbon outside the Art Theater to celebrate its grand opening. Formerly the Park Theater and one of the few local movie houses not sold by the Alger Brothers to the Kerasotes theater chain earlier this year, the Art is a member of Sher’s growing Art Theater Guild, which turns neglected venues into destinations for those movie viewers who want more sophisticated fare and have less patience for the hustle and bustle of the typical first-run theater. Their celebration includes Richard Packer, the first Art general manager, and Andrew Moraetes, a fellow manager from the nearby Illini Theatre that also belongs to the guild, as recalled in The Art Theater by Perry Morris, et al. A capacity crowd fills all 511 seats at the Art to watch the premiere attraction, THE RED AND THE BLACK (LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR), a 1954 French-Italian period drama from filmmaker Claude Autant-Lara with Danielle Darrieux and Gérard Philipe in the lead roles that is based on the nineteenth century novel by Stendahl and released by the Distributors Corporation of America. According to a cover story run by Boxoffice magazine four years later, the formula for success by guild president Sher includes a generous renovation of each venue, concentration on a single feature per engagement, free coffee and soda for sale in lieu of popcorn or a snack bar, and fine art hung on lobby walls to affect a relaxing atmosphere. Sher would expand the guild’s reach to more than 50 locations, dabble in Broadway shows, and produce exploitation films for his own distribution arm, Sherpix.

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunication, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting, “Film Music with Eric Watkins,” WILL-TV studio (10/15, 7 p.m., free)

@ Wyndham City Centre Hotel, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting, “‘The Dark Side’ with guest speaker Tamara Pritchett,” Grill Breakfast Room (10/18, 7 p.m., free)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
BLAZE (10/12 on), MANDY (10/13-10/14, 12 p.m.), Member Screening: MCQUEEN (10/15, 7:30 p.m.), Migrant Solidarity Series: THIS IS HOME: A REFUGEE STORY (10/16, 7 p.m.), Shocktober 2018: GANJA & HESS (10/12, 10 p.m.), “All-Nite Horror Marathon IV” feat. PATRICK (1978), THE DRILLER KILLER (1979), NEKROMANTIC, PSYCHOS IN LOVE, and HEAVY METAL MASSACRE (10/13, 10 p.m.), and PROM NIGHT (1980; 10/17, 10 p.m.)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, CINDERELLA (2015; re-release), COLETTE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, NIGHT SCHOOL, THE NUN, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/12 on), HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE (10/18 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION, SKYSCRAPER, HOTEL AREMIS, EIGHTH GRADE, DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN, THE 100 (s5), more! (10/9 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, COLETTE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, GOSNELL: THE TRIAL OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST SERIAL KILLER, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, HELL FEST, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, NIGHT SCHOOL, A SIMPLE FAVOR, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, SHINE, VENOM, WONDER (10/12 on), REAR WINDOW (10/14, 10/17), “Michael Jr.: More than Funny” (10/18, 7 p.m.), HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE (10/18 on)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, Pine Lounge (10/12-10/13, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Reel Deals: BEETLEJUICE (10/16, 10/18, 7 p.m.)

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
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/12 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, A STAR IS BORN (10/12 on)

@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
Closed for the season!

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, FIRST MAN, GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, NIGHT SCHOOL, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (10/12 on), HALLOWEEN (10/18 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (10/12-10/14)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
HALLOWEEN (1978; 10/12-10/13), THE AVENGING EAGLE (10/12, 10/15), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984; 10/13), FRANKENSTEIN & BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN double feature (10/14), Ethnographic Film Series: WHOSE STREETS? (10/8, 7 p.m., free, discussion w/producer Damon Davis), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (10/17), WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (10/18)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS (10/12-10/14, 10/17)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS (10/12-10/14), SHREK 2 (10/13, 11 a.m., free)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

@ AMC River East 21, etc., Chicago, IL
54th annual Chicago International Film Festival (through 10/21)

@ AMC Castleton Square 14, etc., Indianapolis, IN
27th annual Heartland Film Festival (through 10/21)

 

COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

10/28
2nd annual ChamPain Indie Horror Festival
@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL

10/29
9th annual New Art Film Festival*
@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL

NEW! 11/1-11/11
27th annual St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO

11/2
THE STRIPPER RIPPER* reprise
@ Vintage Villains, Danville, IL, 4 & 8 p.m.

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

4/10-4/14, 2019
21st Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

 

COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

AEMS presents AsiaLENS Documentary/Film Series
@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
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
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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