Calendar: May 23-29, 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!
5/26: Lana Hinshaw-Klann (photojournalist, WBBM Channel 2 (CBS), Chicago, IL)
5/29: Amy Penne (arts editor, Smile Politely, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
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!
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society presents the 2025 Savoy Lumière* film festival (5/29-6/2) Information
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
FRIENDSHIP, THE LAST RODEO, LILO & STITCH, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, THE ACCOUNTANT 2*, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, HURRY UP TOMORROW, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, THUNDERBOLTS* (5/23 on), BRING HER BACK, KARATE KID: LEGENDS (5/29 on) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE LAST RODEO, LILO & STITCH, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, THE ACCOUNTANT 2, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, HURRY UP TOMORROW*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, SINNERS, THUNDERBOLTS* (5/23 on), BLAZING SADDLES (5/25, 3 & 7 p.m.; 5/28, 7 p.m.), KARATE KID: LEGENDS (5/29 on) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
NEW! @ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. ONE OF THEM DAYS (5/29, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents JAWS (5/25, 2 p.m.; 5/26, 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
@ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL
THE LAST RODEO, LILO & STITCH, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (5/23 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
LILO & STITCH, A MINECRAFT MOVIE (Screen 1), LILO & STITCH, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (Screen 2) (5/23-5/25)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
LILO & STITCH (5/23-5/25, 5/29)
@ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL
FRIENDSHIP, THE LAST RODEO, LILO & STITCH, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, THE ACCOUNTANT 2*, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, HURRY UP TOMORROW*, A MINECRAFT MOVIE*, SINNERS, THUNDERBOLTS* (5/23 on), Indian cinema: ACE* (Tamil w/Eng sub, 5/25-5/28), BRING HER BACK, KARATE KID: LEGENDS (5/29 on) *single screenings daily (except for THUNDERBOLTS*)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE TROUBLE WITH JESSICA (5/23-5/25), THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (5/29)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
LILO & STITCH (5/23-5/25)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THUNDERBOLTS* (5/23-5/25)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
LILO & STITCH, THUNDERBOLTS* (Screen 1), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (Screen 2) (5/23-5/25, 5/28-5/29)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
THE LAST RODEO, LILO & STITCH, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, THUNDERBOLTS* (5/23 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema, Chicago, IL
Chicago Filmmakers and Goethe Institut Chicago present TICKET OF NO RETURN (5/24, 7 p.m.)
@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema, Chicago, IL
Chicago Filmmakers presents THE PREMIERE w/filmmaker Jon Silver in attendance (5/24, 7 p.m.)
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
11/8-11/9
Dark History & Horror Con 2025
@ The Orpheum Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
5/29: ONE OF THEM DAYS; 6/5: THE UNBREAKABLE BOY; 6/12: PADDINGTON IN PERU; 6/19: SNOW WHITE; 6/26: A MINECRAFT MOVIE; 7/3: THE PATRIOT; 7/10: THE WOMAN IN THE YARD; 7/17: THE LEGEND OF OCHI; 7/24: DROP; 7/31: THUNDERBOLTS*; 8/7: LILO & STITCH; 8/14: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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