Calendar: April 24-30, 2020
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!
4/25: Marty McKee (writer, Johnny LaRue’s Crane Shot, Chicago, IL)
4/28: John Isberg (founder, Workshop Films Collective, Champaign, IL)
4/29: Sophie McMahan (artist, Sophie McMahan, Urbana, IL)
4/30: Eric Sizemore (actor, THE LAST RUNG ON THE LADDER, Swede Films, Urbana, IL)
4/30: Matt Shivers (voice actor, SUPERZUZAA, WildBrain/DHX Media, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … April 26-30, 2000: The second edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL, becomes the perfect vehicle to debut the second edition of MICRO-FILM journal released by Opteryx Press of Champaign. Mere blocks from their office, editor Jason Pankoke tables at “Ebertfest” for the first time in the main lobby next to Wisconsin filmmaker Mark Borchardt, whose fabled genre short COVEN and star-making documentary AMERICAN MOVIE play the night of Thursday, April 27. Articles in MICRO-FILM 2 feature interviews with filmmakers Kevin DiNovis on “Ebertfest” 1999 selection SURRENDER DOROTHY, Jay Rosenstein on the hotly debated IN WHOSE HONOR?, Mark Pirro on COLOR-BLINDED and his micro-budget output, and Chris Smith on AMERICAN MOVIE, as well as discussion of the distinguished film artists Maya Deren and Bill Viola. This issue receives the largest press run in the publication’s history based on the positive feedback to MF 1 and potential for newsstand distribution in the United States. Purchase
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
THE GENTLEMEN, LIKE A BOSS, THE TURNING, THE LAST FULL MEASURE, IP MAN 4, THE NOMADS, INFECTION, more! (4/21 on)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL
Closed for the week.
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
Closed for the week.
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: SORRY WE MISSED YOU, ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON & THE BAND (through 4/30), THE WHISTLERS, THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES (4/24-5/7) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
Closed for the week.
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, as well as cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 10/4
Dead in Decatur presents “The Art of Fear”
@ Heroic Age Art Center, Mt. Zion, IL, 4 p.m.-12 a.m.
11/28
SAFETY LAST feat. BIG BUSINESS w/live organ accompaniment by Steven Ball
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
5/16: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; 6/20: FANTASIA
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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