Calendar: Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2021
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.
~~~~~
MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
1/26: Mike Watt (publisher, Grindhouse Purgatory, Happy Cloud Media, Pittsburgh, PA)
1/30: Eric Watkins (composer/engineer, Studio E, Decatur, IL)
1/31: Paul Scrabo (video technician, NBC Studios, New York, NY, retired)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
A full week after the end of my exodus from the Sesquicentennial Neighborhood of Champaign, my body has finally stopped aching in anticipation of getting up in the morning with a bolt every day to pack, move, and crash. I still have a couple of things to take care of personally in the C-U and then it’s all about the goddamned money. Ironically, Ma JaPan is trying a fresh living situation as I write that may be the key to resolving the family-centered stalemate that has kept me tied to the home on the edge of an American small town for too long. Time will tell how this will ultimately go and time needs to heal like the adage claims.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ online Zoom
Illini Film & Video virtual meeting (2/1, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
BACK OPEN! @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, FATALE, FREAKY, THE LITTLE THINGS, THE MARKSMAN, MONSTER HUNTER, NEWS OF THE WORLD, SUPERNOVA, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29 on)
NEW! @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series” feat. INTERSTELLAR, The Courtyard Café, 1st floor (1/29, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE LITTLE THINGS, OUR FRIEND, SUPERNOVA, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, THE MARKSMAN, MONSTER HUNTER, NEWS OF THE WORLD, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29 on)
@ Redbox, Champaign-Urbana, IL
BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON, BORN A CHAMPION, COME PLAY, more! (1/26 on) Online rentals
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
~~~~~
NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
BACK OPEN! @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, THE LITTLE THINGS, THE MARKSMAN, NEWS OF THE WORLD, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29-1/31)
@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL
THE LITTLE THINGS, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, FATALE, FREAKY, THE MARKSMAN, MONSTER HUNTER, NEWS OF THE WORLD, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29-1/31)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL
THE LITTLE THINGS, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, NEWS OF THE WORLD (1/29-1/31)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, 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: PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN (1/29-2/18), THE REASON I JUMP (through 2/11), ROCK CAMP (through 2/4) Purchase
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
Closed for the week.
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
Closed for the week.
@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL
THE LITTLE THINGS, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, THE MARKSMAN, NEWS OF THE WORLD, NO MAN’S LAND, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29 on)
@ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL
THE LITTLE THINGS, MONSTER HUNTER, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, NEWS OF THE WORLD, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (1/29 on)
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
3/17-3/21
43rd Big Muddy Film Festival
@ The Varsity Center, SIU, Carbondale, IL
5/13-5/20
22nd Wisconsin Film Festival
@ Madison, WI (virtual event)
6/10-6/13
31st Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/8-9/11
22nd Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! Illini Union Board presents “Spring 2021 Film Series”
@ The Courtyard Café, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri., free w/i-card
1/29: INTERSTELLAR; 2/5: TOY STORY 4; 2/12: MOONLIGHT; 2/19: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER; 2/26: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON; 3/5: LITTLE WOMEN (2019); 3/12: FRIDA; 3/19: ABOMINABLE; 3/26: SELENA; 4/2: MEAN GIRLS; 4/9: PARASITE; 4/16: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION; 4/23: INCREDIBLES 2; 4/30: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
~~~~~
Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
~~~~~
“Calendar du C-U”
© 2021 Jason Pankoke/C-U Blogfidential