Calendar: August 22-28, 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!
8/23: Shannon Beranek (copy editor, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
8/23: Luke Boyce (series co-creator and co-executive producer, REVIVAL, Blue Ice Pictures, Toronto, Canada/Syfy, New York, NY)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Keep an eye out for the Report…
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scenes on the Small Screen
…and your other one trained on Images.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema, Chicago, IL
JIMMY IN SAIGON* screening w/filmmaker Peter McDowell (8/22, 7 p.m.; 8/24, 6 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
HONEY DON’T, NE ZHA II (animation; English dub), RELAY, THE SHADOW’S EDGE* (in Mandarin with English dub), THE BAD GUYS 2* (animation), THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FREAKIER FRIDAY, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON*, JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH*, THE NAKED GUN*, NOBODY 2, SHIN GODZILLA* (in Japanese with English sub), SUPERMAN, WEAPONS (8/22 on), THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN 20th anniversary (8/22, 3 p.m.; 8/25-8/26, 4 p.m.), TRAINWRECK 10th anniversary (8/22-8/23, 6:15 p.m.), Studio Ghibli Fest: PONYO (animé) (8/23, 4 p.m., 8/24, 4 & 7 p.m., 8/27, 7 p.m., English dub; 8/25-8/26, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), CAUGHT STEALING, JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release), THE ROSES, THE TOXIC AVENGER (8/28 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
HONEY DON’T, NE ZHA II (animation; English dub), PARADHA (in Telugu with English sub), PRIMITIVE WAR, RELAY, THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), COOLIE* (in Tamil with English sub), DEAD TO RIGHTS* (in Mandarin with English and Chinese sub), F1 THE MOVIE, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FREAKIER FRIDAY, THE NAKED GUN, NOBODY 2, SKETCH*, SUPERMAN, WAR 2* (in Hindi with English sub), WEAPONS (8/22 on), AMERICANA* (8/22-8/24), KPOP DEMON HUNTERS “sing-a-long” edition (animation) (8/23-8/24), Studio Ghibli Fest: PONYO (animé) (8/23, 2 p.m., 8/24, 4 & 7 p.m., 8/27, 7 p.m., English dub; 8/25-8/26, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (8/23, 2 & 7 p.m.; 8/24, 3 & 7 p.m.), EAST OF WALL* (8/25-8/27), JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Welcome Back Film on the Quad” feat. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (8/24, 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
NE ZHA II (animation; English dub), THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), FREAKIER FRIDAY, NOBODY 2, WEAPONS (8/22 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
TWISTER, TWISTERS w/appearance by actor Sean Whalen (Screens 1 & 2) (8/22-8/23), TWISTER, TWISTERS (Screen 1), LIFERS: A LOCAL H MOVIE (music documentary), PHANTASM (Screen 2) (8/24)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation) (8/22-8/24), JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release) (8/28 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (8/22), CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (8/22-8/23), BIG TOP PEE-WEE, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (8/23-8/24), SPLIT PERSONALITIES ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS downstate premiere (8/26, 8 p.m., free)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
FREAKIER FRIDAY (8/22-8/24)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (8/24, 3 p.m.)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
THE NAKED GUN, FREAKIER FRIDAY (Screen 1), WEAPONS, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (Screen 2) (8/22-8/23)
@ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 35th anniversary (re-release), THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FREAKIER FRIDAY, JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH*, THE NAKED GUN, NOBODY 2, WEAPONS (8/22 on)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival presents “Global Kaleidoscope Night” (8/25, 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, Screen Magazine, and the Chicago Reader.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
9/17-9/21
32nd Chicago Underground Film Festival
@ ACX Harper Theater – Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
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
Chambana 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
11/6-11/16
34th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
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
NEW! 11/21
Chambana Film Society presents
The Found Footage Festival
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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