Calendar: May 2-8, 2025
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!
5/4: Andrew J. Rausch (author, Generation Tarantino: The Last Wave of Young Turks in Hollywood, Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, NY)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
The Report is on hiatus until June. Thank you for your readership, CUvians and Agents! You should pay attention to Smile Politely, The Daily Illini, Champaign Movie Makers, and Chambana Film Festival for breaking news and updates in our scene. CUBlog will also keep in step with our friends and share to Facebook when we come across things you would like. Keep reading!
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing My Old Scene on Your Screen
We’ll be right back. Go see a movie in the meantime!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Parkland Theatre, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Compass Casting “photo open call” (5/3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
UIUC College of Media presents MACS Illinois Student Film Festival* (5/2, doors 6 p.m., event 7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE DUMPLING QUEEN (in Mandarin with English sub), RAID 2 (in Hindi with English sub), ROSARIO, THE SURFER, THUNDERBOLTS*, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, THE AMATEUR, THE KING OF KINGS (faith animation), THE LEGEND OF OCHI*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, UNTIL DAWN (5/2 on), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (5/5, 7 p.m.), Blumhouse 15th anniversary “Halfway to Halloween” feat. ANNABELLE (5/7, 7 & 9 p.m.), CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD sneak preview (5/7, 6:30 p.m.), CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, FIGHT OR FLIGHT, JULIET & ROMEO, SHADOW FORCE (5/8 on) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE SURFER, THUNDERBOLTS*, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, THE AMATEUR, CHEECH & CHONG’S LAST MOVIE* (documentary), THE KING OF KINGS (faith animation), THE LEGEND OF OCHI*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, UNTIL DAWN, WARFARE, THE WOMAN IN THE YARD (5/2 on), ON SWIFT HORSES* (5/2, 5/4-5/8), MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 50th anniversary (5/4, 5/7, 4 & 7 p.m.), SCREAM (1996) (5/4, 3 & 7 p.m.; 5/7, 7 p.m.) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (5/2-5/3, 7 p.m., free w/i-card), 5/4: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (5/4, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
No movies this 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
@ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL
THUNDERBOLTS*, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, UNTIL DAWN (5/2 on)
@ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL
THUNDERBOLTS*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE (5/2 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
THUNDERBOLTS* (Screen 1), THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (Screen 2) (5/2-5/4)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THUNDERBOLTS* (5/2-5/4)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
ROSARIO, THE SURFER, THUNDERBOLTS*, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, THE AMATEUR, DROP*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, UNTIL DAWN, WARFARE* (5/2 on), Indian cinema: RETRO* (Tamil w/Eng sub, 5/2-5/5, 5/7), HIT: THE THIRD CASE* (Telugu w/Eng sub, 5/2-5/7), and RAID 2* (Hindi w/Eng sub, 5/2-5/4, 5/6), WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (5/4, 4 p.m.; 5/5, 6 p.m., MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 50th anniversary (5/4, 3 p.m.; 5/7, 6:30 p.m.), Marcus “Mystery Movie” (5/5, 7 p.m.), CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, FIGHT OR FLIGHT, SHADOW FORCE (5/8 on) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
STAR WARS (5/2-5/4), THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (5/3-5/4), RETURN OF THE JEDI (5/3-5/4), ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (documentary) w/discussion (5/6, 7 p.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THUNDERBOLTS* (5/2-5/4)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE KING OF KINGS (faith animation) (5/2-5/4)\
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
THE ACCOUNTANT 2, A MINECRAFT MOVIE (Screen 1), THUNDERBOLTS*, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (Screen 2) (5/2-5/3)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
THUNDERBOLTS*, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, THE AMATEUR, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, UNTIL DAWN (5/2 on), MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 50th anniversary (5/4, 4 & 7 p.m.; 5/7, 7 p.m.)
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. And for northern Illinois industry news, be sure to read Reel Chicago and Screen Magazine.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
5/29-6/2
Champaign Film Society presents
the first Savoy Lumierè* film festival
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
6/25
“Jay & Silent Bob Aural Sects Tour” starring Kevin Smith & Jay Mewes
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
9/21
Champaign Film Society presents
the first CineSonic* music film festival
@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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