Calendar: November 9-15, 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!

11/9: Andrew Nygard (director, I’M NOT EVIL, Pens to Lens 2018)
11/9: Andrew Stengele (director, THE CONTEST, Pens to Lens 2018)
11/9: Adam D. Jameson (author, I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: ‘Star Wars’ and the Triumph of Geek Culture)
11/11: William J. Wright (contributor, Exploitation Nation/Videoscope)

 

CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History

5 Years AgoTuesday, November 12, 2013: Local historian Perry C. Morris of Urbana unveils his long-in-the-works book, The Art Theater: Playing Movies for 100 Years, during the centennial celebration of the title venue in downtown Champaign, Illinois. Researched and co-authored with Joseph Muskin and Audrey Wells, the softcover volume is the first to be released under Morris’ Champaign-Urbana Theater History imprint and one of the only publications of its kind devoted to the legacy and cultural impact of a single movie house in the region. It traces the origin of the Art from before its first day of business as the Park Theatre on November 12, 1913, to its current iteration as a cooperative funded by community members. C-U Blogfidential editor Jason Pankoke served as the layout designer for the book through his position at Adept Content Solutions in Urbana and contributed an afterword. Morris plans to move forward on additional entries keyed in to the upcoming anniversaries of the Orpheum Theater, opened in October 1914, and Virginia Theatre, opened in December 1921, based on the positive support given to The Art Theater. As reported on 11/12/13, 11/15/13 at CUBlog.

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers

@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (11/12, 7 p.m.)

@ Wyndham City Centre Hotel, Springfield, IL
Central Illinois Film Commission* meeting, “‘Taco Bell Ad Campaign’ with guest speaker Ron ‘RT’ McDonald,” Grill Breakfast Room (11/15, 7 p.m., free)

 

NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL
THE GUILTY (11/9-11/11, 11/15), THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (11/9-11/12), FREE SOLO (11/10-11/11, 11/14), STUDIO 54 (11/10-11/11, 11/13, 11/15), Art Theater 105th anniversary show feat. SAVING BRINTON w/filmmaker Tommy Haines and subject Michael Zahs (11/12, 7 p.m.), GREEN BOOK preview (11/13, 8 p.m., free), BEFORE THE FLOOD (11/14, 7:30 p.m., free), Late Night: THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (11/9-11/10, 11/15, 9:30 p.m.)

@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, THE GRINCH, OVERLORD, THUGS OF HINDOSTAN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, NIGHT SCHOOL, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (11/9 on), FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD (11/15 on)

@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
INCREDIBLES 2, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, BLACKkKLANSMAN, DESTINATION WEDDING, PAPILLON, AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD, MARA, LOVING PABLO, more! (11/6 on)

@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BEAUTIFUL BOY, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, THE GRINCH, OVERLORD, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, FIRST MAN, HALLOWEEN, THE HATE U GIVE, HUNTER KILLER, JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, SMALLFOOT, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM (11/9 on), The Metropolitan Opera: Marnie (11/10, 11:55 a.m., simulcast; 11/14, 6:30 p.m., recorded), PATTON (11/11, 11/14), BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM 25th Anniversary (11/12, 7 p.m.), Cirque du Soleil Cinema presents “KURIOS: Cabinet of Curiosities” (11/13, 7 p.m.), RESTORING TOMORROW (11/13, 7 p.m.), FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD (11/13, 7 p.m.; 11/15 on)

@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Weekend Films at the Union” feat. CRAZY RICH ASIANS, Pine Lounge (11/9-11/10, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)

@ McKinley Foundation, UIUC, Champaign, IL
“Movies at McKinley” feat. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK w/discussion, Foundation Living Room (11/14, 7 p.m.)

@ Spurlock Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music presents “Exploring the Unspoken Silences that Define Us through Silent Film and Music” feat. Reneé Baker of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Knight Auditorium (11/14, 5 p.m., free)

@ Unit One/Allen Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU screening feat. writer/director Boots Riley (11/12, 7 p.m., free)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (11/3, 1 & 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
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, THE GRINCH, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, HALLOWEEN, NOBODY’S FOOL, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/9 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (11/9 on), FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD (11/15 on)

@ The Lincoln Grand 8, Lincoln, IL
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, THE GRINCH, OVERLORD, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, HALLOWEEN, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (11/9 on), I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (11/9-11/15, 2 p.m., free), FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD (11/15 on)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
INCREDIBLES 2 (11/9-11/10), FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (11/11)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
MONROVIA, INDIANA (11/9-11/11), FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (11/9, 11/12), ON HER SHOULDERS (11/10-11/11), BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (11/13), Six Week Film School: Broadway adaptations feat. DEATH OF A SALESMAN (1985; 11/14, free)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE GRINCH (11/9-11/11, 11/14)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
VENOM (11/9-11/11), American Legion fundraiser feat. SGT. STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO (11/10, 3 p.m., free w/donation)

 

NOW PLAYING | Midwest

@ various venues, St. Louis, MO
27th annual St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11/11)

 

COMING SOON | Area-wide Events

11/16-11/18
4th Dark History & Horror Convention
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL

11/16-11/18
Dark History & Horror Convention Film Festival
@ Garden Hotel, Urbana, IL

3/21-3/24, 2019
29th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL

4/4-4/11, 2019
21st Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

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

 

COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area

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
11/9, 11/10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS; 11/29, 11/30: THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS; 12/7, 12/8: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
12/17: THE BISHOP’S WIFE (7 p.m. only); 12/18: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 7 p.m. only); 12/19: WHITE CHRISTMAS (7 p.m. only); 12/20: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 7 p.m. only); 12/21-12/22: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (7 p.m. only on 12/21); 1/12/19: CHARADE; 2/9/19: TOP HAT; 3/9/19: GASLIGHT; 4/6/19: METROPOLIS; 5/25/19: THE THIN MAN; 6/22/19: ON THE WATERFRONT; 7/13: STAGE DOOR

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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.

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