Calendar: August 1-7, 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!
8/1: Cara Maurizi (actress, SWEET DREAMING, Consumer Grade Film Co., Chicago, IL + actress, ESSENCE, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL)
8/1: Jed Brian (writer, 4TH OF JULY, ACM Official Studios, Los Angeles, CA)
8/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer/director, ESSENCE, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL)
8/3: Laura Richter (producer, FINAL DAYS: TALES FROM THE END TIMES, Horror-Fix Feature Films, Springfield, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
There will be Report!
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scenes on the Small Screen
There will be Images!
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), THE NAKED GUN, SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, THALAVIAN THALAIVII (in Tamil with English sub), TOGETHER, F1 THE MOVIE*, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, OH HI!, SMURFS (animation), SUPERMAN (8/1 on), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (8/4, 7 p.m.), SKETCH (8/4 on), FREAKIER FRIDAY, WEAPONS (8/7 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), THE NAKED GUN, TOGETHER, EDDINGTON, ELIO (animation), F1 THE MOVIE, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, THE HOME, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, LILO & STITCH, SMURFS (animation), SUPERMAN (8/1 on), THE BLUES BROTHERS (8/3, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8/6, 7 p.m.), “‘Critical Role’ Live” (role-playing game competition) (8/5, 7 p.m., simulcast from Indianapolis, Indiana), WHAT IF… 15th anniversary (faith film) (8/5, 8/7, 7 p.m.), SKETCH (8/5 on), The Metropolitan Opera Encore: Lucia di Lammermoor (8/6, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), FREAKIER FRIDAY, WEAPONS (8/7 on)
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. LILO & STITCH (8/7, 9 p.m., free)
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 BAD GUYS 2 (animation), THE NAKED GUN, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, SUPERMAN (8/1 on), SHREK (animation) (8/1-8/2, 10 a.m., free)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“PickleFest 2025” + “Pajama Paw-ty” fundraiser for animal shelters feat. THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation) (Screen 1), THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (Screen 2) (8/1-8/6), THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation) (Screen 1), FREAKIER FRIDAY (Screen 2) (8/7)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
TOGETHER (8/1-8/3), FREAKIER FRIDAY (8/7)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
REAL GENIUS, AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (8/1-8/3), the Normal and the Children’s Discovery Museum present CINDERELLA (animation) (8/4, 1 p.m.; 8/6, 7 p.m.), “The Summer of Bond” series feat. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (8/7)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation) (8/1-8/3)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SUPERMAN (8/1-8/3)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH (Screen 1), THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, SUPERMAN (Screen 2) (8/1-8/3, 8/6-87)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), THE NAKED GUN, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, SMURFS (animation), JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, SUPERMAN (8/1 on), I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER* (8/1-8/2), SUNSET BOULEVARD 75th anniversary (8/3, 1 & 7 p.m.; 8/4, 7 p.m.), MIGRATION (animation) (8/6-8/7, 10 a.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
8/16
Pens to Lens Gala 2025*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 3 p.m.
8/16-8/17
“FischerFest”* celebrating Gene Hackman
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
9/17-9/21
32nd Chicago Underground Film Festival
@ ACX Harper Theater – Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
NEW! 9/19-9/28
43rd Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/20-9/22
Champaign Film Society presents
the first CineSonic* music film festival
@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL
10/15-10/26
61st Chicago International Film Festival
@ Music Box Theatre, etc., Chicago, IL
11/7-11/8
24th Route 66 International Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
11/8-11/9
Dark History & Horror Con* 2025
feat. Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ The Orpheum Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/23-4/26, 2026
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival*
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Champaign Park District presents “Moo-vie Nights at Prairie Farm”
@ Prairie Farm/Centennial Park, Champaign, IL, 8 p.m., free
8/8: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (2006)
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
8/14: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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