Calendar: October 17-23, 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!
10/16: Chaz Ebert (founder, Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, College of Media, UIUC, Champaign, IL)
10/18: Mike Everleth (publisher, Underground Film Journal, Los Angeles, CA)
10/20: Lana Wildman (volunteer, Route 66 International Film Festival, Springfield, IL)
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Esquire Lounge, Champaign, IL
Champaign Movie Makers* meeting (10/20, 7 p.m.)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting (10/18, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society* presents “The Savoy Arthouse” feat. PERFECT DAYS selected by Sanford Hess (10/19, 3 p.m., documentary)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
AFTER THE HUNT, BLACK PHONE 2, EXORCISM CHRONICLES: THE BEGINNING* (animation), GOOD FORTUNE, GROW, TRUTH & TREASON, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, ROOFMAN, SOUL ON FIRE (faith film), TRON: ARES (10/17 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY (animé) (10/18, 4 p.m., 10/19, 4 & 7 p.m., English dub; 10/20-10/21, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), AMC “Scream Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/20, 7 p.m.), THAMMA (in Hindi with English sub) (10/21-10/22, 7:30 p.m.), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation) (10/22, 6 p.m., 3-D), BLUE MOON, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé), REGRETTING YOU, SHELBY OAKS, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (10/23 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BLACK PHONE 2, GOOD FORTUNE, GROW, SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE*, TRUTH & TREASON, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD BOY, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN*, THE LONG WALK, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES (10/17 on), Indian cinema: BISON: KAALAMAADAN* (10/17-10/18, in Tamil with English sub), DUDE (10/17-10/20, in Tamil or Telugu with English sub), K-RAMP* (10/17-10/19, in Telugu with English sub), TELUSU KADI* (10/17-10/20, in Telugu with English sub),and MITHRA MANDALI (10/18-10/19, in Telugu with English sub), The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula (10/18, 12 p.m., simulcast; 10/22, 12 & 5:30 p.m., recorded), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY (animé) (10/18, 2 p.m., 10/19, 4 & 7 p.m., 10/22, 7 p.m., English dub; 10/20-10/21, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004) (10/19, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/22, 7 p.m.), OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY (religious documentary) (10/23, 7 p.m.), REGRETTING YOU, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (10/23 on) *single screenings daily
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* presents screening of PICCADILLY starring Anna May Wong (10/23, 7 p.m., free)
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation) (10/17-10/18, 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
NOW OPEN! @ Golden Ticket Cinemas Ale House, Bloomington, IL
BLACK PHONE 2, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD FORTUNE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES, TRUTH & TREASON (10/17 on), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation) (10/22, 7:15 p.m., 3-D),
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
“Supernatural Scares” triple: GOOD BOY, 28 DAYS LATER, FINAL DESTINATION (Screen 1), “Killer Creatures” triple: KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, CRITTERS, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Screen 2) (10/17), “Hellinois” triple: HALLOWEEN (1978), CHILD’S PLAY (1988), CANDYMAN (1992) (Screen 1), “Killer Icons” triple: SCREAM (1996), SAW, TERRIFIER (Screen 2) (10/18)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
TRON: ARES (10/17-10/19), ELEANOR THE GREAT (10/22)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
POLTERGEIST (1982), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (10/17), HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959), HOCUS POCUS, THE THING (1982) (10/18), SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999), DRACULA (1931, in Spanish with English sub) (10/19), TEEN WITCH (10/20), THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA (in Japanese with English sub) (10/21), THE CRAFT (10/22), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/Community Players Theatre shadow cast (10/23, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (10/17-10/19)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
BLACK PHONE 2, FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S (Screen 1), MONSTER HOUSE (animation), CASPER 20th anniversary (Screen 2) (10/17-10/18), “Trunk or Treat” for kids (10/18, 5-7 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ AMC Newcity 14, Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center, etc., Chicago, IL
61st Chicago International Film Festival (through 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
10/26: 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
10/24-10/25: 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
10/24: 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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