Calendar: Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 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!
9/27: Robert Hubbard (contributor, 366 Weird Movies, Louisville, KY)
10/1: Jason Croft (editor/publisher, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
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LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* workshop, “Camera Movement” (9/26, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
DEAD OF WINTER, DUDE PERFECT: THE HERO TOUR (performance/documentary), ELEANOR THE GREAT*, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2, THEY CALL HIM OG* (in Telugu with English sub), A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY*, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, HIM, THE LONG WALK, THE SENIOR* (9/26 on), SPIDER-MAN (2002) (9/26, 4 & 7 p.m.), SPIDER-MAN 2.1 (2004) (9/27, 4 & 7 p.m.), SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) (9/28, 4 & 7 p.m.), “BTS 2016 Live: ‘The Most Beautiful Moment in Life on Stage’” (concert film re-release) (9/28, 2 p.m.), “BTS 2017: ‘The Wings Tour the Final’” (concert film re-release) (9/28, 5 p.m.), AMC “Scream Unseen” (mystery movie) (9/29, 7 p.m.), “BTS 2019 Live: ‘Love Yourself Speak Yourself: London’” (concert film re-release) (10/1, 7:30 p.m.), “BTS 2021 Live: ‘Muster Sowoozoo” (concert film re-release) (10/2, 7 p.m.), ANEMONE, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (re-release), THE SMASHING MACHINE (10/2 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
DUDE PERFECT: THE HERO TOUR (performance/documentary), ELEANOR THE GREAT, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2, THEY CALL HIM OG (in Telugu with English sub), AFTERBURN*, A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, HIM, HAMILTON (filmed stage presentation), THE LONG WALK, THE SENIOR, WEAPONS (9/26 on), SPIDER-MAN (2002) (9/26, 1,4, & 7 p.m.), SPIDER-MAN 2.1 (2004) (9/27, 1,4, & 7 p.m.), SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) (9/28, 1,4, & 7 p.m.), Bernadette of Lourdes (faith musical) (9/28, 3 p.m., 9/29, 7 p.m.; recorded), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (9/28, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/1, 7 p.m.), SATISFIED (Renée Elise Goldsberry documentary) (9/30-10/2, 7 p.m.), *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents 28 YEARS LATER (9/26-9/27, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Mix 94.5 and Rewind 92.5 present TWILIGHT w/ImpactLife blood drive (9/27, 2 & 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
DUDE PERFECT: THE HERO TOUR (performance/documentary), GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, HIM (9/26 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, SCOOBY-DOO (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PARTS 1 & 2 (Screen 2) (9/26-9/27)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE (9/25-9/27, 10/2 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
28th annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival (9/25-9/28), the Normal and Midwest Toy and Comic Fest present FINAL DESTINATION w/series creator Jeffrey Reddick (9/27, 8 p.m.), CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (10/1), D(e)AD (10/2)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE (9/26-9/28)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2, THE LONG WALK (Screen 1), HIM, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (Screen 2) (9/26-9/27)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival presents YEAR ONE feature film screening (9/29, 7 p.m.)
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
Chicago Filmmakers presents the 43rd Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival (through 9/28)
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
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! 11/8
4th Champaign Urbana International Film Festival*
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
11/21
Chambana Film Society presents
The Found Footage Festival Vol. 11
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Chambana Film Society presents “The Savoy Arthouse”
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 3 p.m. unless noted otherwise
10/5: “Animation Mixtape” presented by Don Hertzfeld; 10/12: 25 CATS FROM QATAR (3 p.m.) and MY OMAHA presented by the IRL Movie Club (5:30 p.m.); 10/19: PERFECT DAYS; 10/26: STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2025 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
10/3-10/4: F1 THE MOVIE; 10/10-10/11: THE NAKED GUN; 10/17-10/18: THE BAD GUYS 2; 10/24-10/25: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER; 10/30-10/31: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES; 11/7-11/8: FREAKIER FRIDAY; 11/14-11/15: DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE; 11/21-11/22: HIM; 12/5-12/6: CAUGHT STEALING
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
10/23: PICCADILLY screening; 10/24: Fall lecture by UC Santa Cruz professor Yiman Wang on the career of Anna May Wong; 11/13: HEREDITARY screening
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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