Calendar: October 10-16, 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!
10/12: Christopher Folkens (producer/director, CATALYST, 4Digital Media, Gerrards Cross, UK)
10/13: Alaric Rocha (producer, LOVE, BLOOD & AZTEC DEMONS, Leomark Studios, Los Angeles, CA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Coming soon…
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scenes on the Small Screen
Coming soon…
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting (10/10, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society* presents “The Savoy Arthouse” feat. 25 CATS FROM QATAR (10/12, 3 p.m., documentary) and MY OMAHA presented by the IRL Movie Club (10/12, 5:30 p.m., documentary)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, ROOFMAN, SOUL ON FIRE (faith film), TRON: ARES, ANEMONE, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, PERFECT BLUE* (animé re-release) (in Japanese with English sub), THE SMASHING MACHINE, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2* (10/10 on), THE DARK CRYSTAL (8/12, 4 & 7 p.m.; 8/13, 7 p.m.), 100 METERS (animé) (10/12, 4 p.m., 10/14, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 10/13, 7 p.m., English dub), BATTLE ROYALE 25th anniversary (in Japanese with English sub) (10/12-10/15, 7:30 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/13, 7 p.m.), AFTER THE HUNT sneak preview (10/15, 7 p.m.), WISDOM OF HAPPINESS sneak preview w/Richard Gere livestream (14th Dalai Lama documentary) (10/16, 6 p.m.), BLACK PHONE 2, GOOD FORTUNE (10/16 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES, ANEMONE*, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, ELEANOR THE GREAT, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD BOY, HIM, KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 (in Kannada or Telugu with English sub), THE LONG WALK, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE SMASHING MACHINE (10/10 on), CORPSE BRIDE 20th anniversary (animation) (10/11, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/12, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.; 10/15, 7 p.m., “WWE Crown Jewel – Perth” (entertainment wrestling) (10/11, 2 p.m., simulcast), THE DARK CRYSTAL (8/12, 4 & 7 p.m.; 8/13, 7 p.m.), TRICK ‘R TREAT (10/14, 10/16, 7 & 9:15 p.m.), “‘Critical Role’ Live” (role-playing game competition) (10/15, 6 p.m., simulcast from New York, NY), THE FAMILY MCMULLEN (10/15, 4 & 7 p.m.), BLACK PHONE 2 (10/16 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents THE NAKED GUN (10/10-10/11, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
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
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
HOCUS POCUS (10/13, 6 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
FRIGHT NIGHT (1985), THE LOST BOYS (Screen 1), PRACTICAL MAGIC, THE CRAFT (Screen 2) (10/10-10/11)
@ The Lincoln Square Theater, Decatur, IL
TRICK AND TREATS* limited run (10/11, 7 p.m.; 10/12, 2 p.m.)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
TRON: ARES (10/10-10/12, 10/16 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
BEETLEJUICE, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) (10/10), HOCUS POCUS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956), BLADE (10/11), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (10/12), PAN’S LABYRINTH (10/13), BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (10/14), “‘Queer for Fear Live!’ edutainment program’ featuring author Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli and drag performer Peaches Christ (10/15, 7 p.m., free), Severin Films and “Queer for Fear Live!” present ALL ABOUT EVIL screening feat. filmmaker Joshua Grannell and moderator Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli (10/16, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE (10/10-10/12)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (Screen 1), CASPER 20th anniversary, CORPSE BRIDE 20th anniversary (animation) (Screen 2) (10/10-10/11)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ AMC Newcity 14, Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center, etc., Chicago, IL
61st Chicago International Film Festival (10/15-10/26)
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
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
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
10/19: 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
10/17-10/18: 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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