Calendar: December 13-19, 2019
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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LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting, “Secret Santa Critique,” Robeson Pavilion, Room A (12/16, 7 p.m., free)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BLACK CHRISTMAS, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, RICHARD JEWELL, 21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DARK WATERS, FORD V FERRARI, FROZEN II, HARRIET, KNIVES OUT, MIDWAY, QUEEN & SLIM (12/13 on), THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (12/17, 7 p.m.; 12/18, 4 & 7 p.m.; 3-D), BOMBSHELL, CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12/19 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
IT: CHAPTER TWO, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, HUSTLERS, LUCKY DAY, FREAKS, ALONG CAME THE DEVIL II, SEMPER FI, BADLAND, THE ORVILLE (s2), THE LOUDEST VOICE (cs), more! (12/10 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
BLACK CHRISTMAS, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, NO SAFE SPACES, RICHARD JEWELL, 21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DARK WATERS, FORD V FERRARI, FROZEN II, HONEY BOY, KNIVES OUT, MIDWAY, PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE, QUEEN & SLIM (12/13 on), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (12/15, 12/18), Studio Ghibli Fest: THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA (12/16, 12/18, 7 p.m.), THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (12/17, 7 p.m.; 12/18, 4 p.m.), STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12/19 on)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (12/16, 7 p.m.), MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947; 12/17, 7 p.m.), WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/18, 7 p.m.), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951; 12/19, 7 p.m.), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/20, 7 p.m.; 12/21, 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
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, FROZEN II, HARRIET, KNIVES OUT, PLAYING WITH FIRE (12/13 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
BLACK CHRISTMAS, DARK WATERS, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, RICHARD JEWELL, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, KNIVES OUT (12/13 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
JOJO RABBIT, LAST CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II (12/13 on), CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12/19 on)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
SCROOGED (12/17, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
BLACK CHRISTMAS, PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE, RICHARD JEWELL, FROZEN II, HARRIET, KNIVES OUT,
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
ANGEL HAS FALLEN (12/13-12/15)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
“A Further Jazz Holiday” concert with Glenn Wilson & Friends (12/13, 7 p.m.), SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (12/13), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, WHITE CHRISTMAS (12/14), A CHRISTMAS STORY (12/15, 12/17), THE PREACHER’S WIFE (12/15-12/16), HOME ALONE (12/15), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12/18), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (12/19)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12/13-12/15, 12/18)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (12/13-12/15), THE STAR (12/14, 11 a.m., free)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
BLACK CHRISTMAS, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, 21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, KNIVES OUT, PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE (12/13 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
2/24-3/1/20
42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
3/12-3/15/20
30th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
3/24/20
SHERLOCK, JR. w/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.
4/2-4/9/20
22nd annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
4/15-4/18/20
22nd annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m. (holiday series are 7 p.m. only)
12/16: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT; 12/17: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947); 12/18: WHITE CHRISTMAS; 12/19: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951); 12/20-12/21: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1/11/20: 12 ANGRY MEN (1957); 2/2/20: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER; 3/21/20: ON THE WATERFRONT; 4/26/20: COOL HAND LUKE; 5/16/20: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; 6/20/20: FANTASIA
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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