Calendar: September 18-24, 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!
9/19: Eric Pankoke (webmaster, C-U Blogfidential, Champaign, IL)
9/19: Paul A. Brooks (producer, Into the Night Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, CA/Normal, IL)
9/21: Lisa Cerezo (designer/webmaster, New Art Film Festival, Champaign, IL)
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom
C-U Cinefile virtual meeting (9/18, 9/25, 4 p.m.) Join mailing list
@ online Zoom
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (9/21, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
INFIDEL, BLACK PANTHER, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, TENET, UNHINGED, WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS (9/18 on), AKIRA, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, KAJILLIONAIRE (9/24 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BECKY, A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU, EASY DOES IT, WISH UPON A UNICORN, FEAR PHARM, A DARK PATH, OUTLANDER (s5), more! (9/15 on)
@ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union” feat. 42, Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor (9/18, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
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
INFIDEL, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (9/18 on)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
INFIDEL, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (9/18 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
AMERICAN GRAFFITI, TENET, UNHINGED (9/18-9/20)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Encore Drive-in Nights concert: Kane Brown feat. Granger Smith, Lauren Alaina, Jimmie Allen” (Screen 1 & 2) (9/18, 9 p.m. (sold out)), PITCH PERFECT, MAMMA MIA! (Screen 1), BULLITT, CHRISTINE (Screen 2) (9/19-9/20)
@ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL
TROLLS WORLD TOUR (9/18-9/20)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Closed for the week. “Living Room Film Festival” virtual screenings: THE HOLE (through 9/24), LUCKY GRANDMA, MADE IN BANGLADESH (9/18-10/8) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (9/18-9/20)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL
TENET, THE NEW MUTANTS (Screen 1), BACK TO THE FUTURE, LIAR LIAR (Screen 2) (9/18-9/19)
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
FREE WILLY, INFIDEL, THE SECRETS WE KEEP, TEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (9/18 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, TULSA, THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY, THE NEW MUTANTS, TENET, UNHINGED (9/18 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
38th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, virtual edition (9/24-10/4) Tickets
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! 10/8, 10/22, 11/5
Ebert Symposium Series 2020
@ College of Media, UIUC, Urbana, IL (virtual events)
10/16-10/17
Dead in Decatur International Film Festival
@ Decatur, IL (virtual event)
11/6-11/7
19th annual Route 66 Film Festival
@ State House Inn, Springfield, IL
9/8-9/11, 2021
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Illini Union Board presents “Throwback Films at the Union”
@ Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
9/18: 42; 9/25: TITANIC; 10/2: THE BREAKFAST CLUB; 10/9: UP; 10/16: PRETTY WOMAN; 10/23: PULP FICTION; 10/30: JURASSIC PARK; 11/6: MALCOLM X; 11/13: CLUELESS; 11/20: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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