Calendar: November 7-13, 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!
11/5: Nora Mckirdie (actress, THE FAWN, Ten Wing Media, Chicago, IL)
11/10: Andrew Stengele (filmmaker, MISSING, Pens to Lens 2025, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
11/10: Andrew Nygard (filmmaker, THE MAN IN THE MOON, Pens to Lens 2025, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
24th Route 66 International Film Festival* (11/7-118) Information
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* 48 Hour challenge (11/7, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* ‘48 Hours Award Ceremony and Film Screening’ (11/10, 7 p.m., Room 1002)
@ The Orpheum Theatre, Champaign, IL
Dark History & Horror Con* 2025 feat. Screaming Mad Film Festival* (11/8-11/9) Information
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
4th Champaign Urbana International Film Festival* (11/8, 6:30 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show) Information
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
CHRISTY, DIE MY LOVE, GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE* (animation), NUREMBERG, PREDATOR: BADLANDS, SARAH’S OIL (faith film), BACK TO THE FUTURE 40th anniversary (re-release), BLACK PHONE 2, BUGONIA, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), REGRETTING YOU, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE*, TRON: ARES (11/7 on), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (11/10, 7 p.m.), KEEPER, NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, THE RUNNING MAN (11/13 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE CHRISTMAS RING (faith film), CHRISTY, GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE* (animation), NUREMBERG, PREDATOR: BADLANDS, SARAH’S OIL (faith film), ANNIVERSARY*, BLACK PHONE 2, BUGONIA, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), REGRETTING YOU, ROOFMAN, STITCH HEAD (animation), SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, TRON: ARES, VIOLENT ENDS* (11/7 on), Indian cinema: THE GIRLFRIEND (in Telugu with English sub; 11/7-11/12), THE GREAT PRE-WEDDING SHOW* (in Telugu with English sub; 11/7-11/9), and JADATHARA* (in Telugu with English sub; 11/7-11/12), The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème (11/8, 12 p.m., simulcast; 11/12, 12 & 5:30 p.m., recorded), HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (11/9, 3 & 7 p.m.; 11/12, 7 p.m.), VIRGIN PUNK: CLOCKWORK GIRL (animé) (11/11, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 11/13, 7 p.m., English dub), THE RUNNING MAN (11/13 on) *single screenings daily
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* presents HEREDITARY screening (11/13, 7 p.m., free)
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents FREAKIER FRIDAY (11/7-11/8, 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
No movies this week!
@ Golden Ticket Cinemas Ale House, Bloomington, IL
THE CHRISTMAS RING (faith film), CHRISTY, GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE* (animation), PREDATOR: BADLANDS, SARAH’S OIL (faith film), BACK TO THE FUTURE 40th anniversary (re-release), BLACK PHONE 2, BUGONIA, REGRETTING YOU, ROOFMAN, STITCH HEAD (animation), SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE* (11/7 on), NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, THE RUNNING MAN (11/13 on)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THE CHRISTMAS RING (faith film) (11/7-11/9), THE WIZARD OF OZ (11/13-11/14, 7 p.m.)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE PRODUCERS (1967) (11/7-11/9), BIG SHARK/THE ROOM double feature w/Greg Sestero (11/8, 7 p.m.), ISU School of Creative Technologies present “An Evening with Ian MacKaye” w/WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. (documentary) (11/411, 6:30 p.m.), “Queering Horror Series” feat. QUEENS OF THE DEAD (11/13)
BACK OPEN! @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
SOUL ON FIRE (faith film) (11/7-11/9)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TRUTH & TREASON (11/7-11/9)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
Closed for the season.
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ CineCity Studios, Chicago, IL
Midwest Film Festival presents the 20th annual Best of the Midwest Awards (11/13, 6-11 p.m.)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
31st Black Harvest Film Festival (11/7-11/16)
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Cinema St. Louis presents the 34th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11/16)
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
11/21
Chambana Film Society presents
The Found Footage Festival Vol. 11
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
NEW! 11/28
‘Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam’ presents “Remembering [Robert] Redford”
feat. THE STING, THE WAY WE WERE, THE NATURAL w/Chuck Koplinski & Pam Powell
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 12-9 p.m.
NEW! 12/6
FischerFest presents “Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Dick Van Dyke”
feat. national premiere of DICK VAN DYKE: 100 CELEBRATION
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 5 p.m. doors, 6:30 p.m. program
NEW! 12/7
FischerFest presents “Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Dick Van Dyke”
feat. BYE BYE BIRDIE, THE COMIC, MARY POPPINS w/Chuck Koplinski
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 11 a.m.-9 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
11/16: screening cancelled; 11/21: The Found Footage Festival Vol. 11; 11/30: THE LADDER; 12/7: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS; 12/14: SONG SUNG BLUE (2008); 12/21: Sanford Hess selection TBA; 12/28: “Short Docs” program
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
11/14-11/15: DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE; 11/21-11/22: HIM; 12/5-12/6: CAUGHT STEALING
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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