Calendar: November 14-20, 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!
11/14: Ross Snyder (co-owner, Saturn’s Core Audio & Video, Bloomingdale, NJ)
11/15: Brian Hagy (filmmaker, THE KING’S CHALLENGE, Pens to Lens 2025, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
11/16: Kymberly Harris (founder/producer, Firsthand Films, Los Angeles, CA)
11/17: Eric Stanze (director/co-writer/executive producer, ANXIETY, Wicked Pixel Cinema, St. Louis, MO)
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Analog Wine Bar, Urbana, IL
QUIET TONIGHT* short film screening (11/20, 7 p.m.)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting & tour of Illinois Public Media (11/14, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE CARPENER’S SON*, KEEPER, KING IVORY*, MUZZLE: CITY OF WOLVES*, NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, THE RUNNING MAN, WICKED (re-release), BLACK PHONE 2, BUGONIA, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DIE MY LOVE*, NUREMBERG*, PREDATOR: BADLANDS, REGRETTING YOU, SARAH’S OIL (faith film) (11/14 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: THE BOY AND THE HERON (animé) (11/15, 4 p.m., 11/16, 4 & 7 p.m., 11/19, 7 p.m., English dub; 11/17-11/18, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (11/17, 7 p.m.), WICKED: FOR GOOD sneak preview (11/19, 6, 6:30 & 9:15 p.m.), WICKED/WICKED: FOR GOOD double feature (11/20, 11 a.m.), RENTAL FAMILY, SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, WICKED: FOR GOOD (11/20 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
DE DE PYAAR DE 2 (in Hindi with English sub), KEEPER, KING IVORY*, NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, THE RUNNING MAN, TRAP HOUSE*, BLACK PHONE 2, BUGONIA, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), CHRISTY*, NUREMBERG, PREDATOR: BADLANDS, REGRETTING YOU, ROOFMAN, SARAH’S OIL (faith film), SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, STITCH HEAD* (animation) (11/14 on), GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE* (animation) (11/14-11/15, 11 a.m.), Studio Ghibli Fest: THE BOY AND THE HERON (animé) (11/15, 3 p.m., 11/16, 3 & 7 p.m., 11/19, 7 p.m., English dub; 11/17-11/18, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), UFC 322: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev, more (mixed martial arts) (11/15, 9 p.m., simulcast), THE SOUND OF MUSIC 60th anniversary (11/16, 3 & 7 p.m.; 11/19, 7 p.m.), WICKED: FOR GOOD sneak preview (11/19, 6 p.m.), WICKED/WICKED: FOR GOOD double feature (11/20, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.), WICKED: FOR GOOD (11/20 on) *single screenings daily
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE (11/14-11/15, 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
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (11/15, 6:30 p.m.)
@ Golden Ticket Cinemas Ale House, Bloomington, IL
NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, THE RUNNING MAN, WICKED (re-release), BLACK PHONE 2, CHRISTY, GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE* (animation), PREDATOR: BADLANDS, REGRETTING YOU, ROOFMAN, SARAH’S OIL (faith film) (11/14 on), WICKED: FOR GOOD sneak preview (11/19, 7 p.m.), WICKED/WICKED: FOR GOOD double feature (11/20, 11 a.m.)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
WICKED (re-release) (11/14-11/16), WICKED: FOR GOOD (11/20 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
Coalescence Theatre Project presents So You Think You Can Stay (11/15-11/16, 3 & 7 p.m. performances), DEMONS (11/20)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL
CHRISTMAS AT THE CABIN (faith film) (11/14-11/16)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
SOUL ON FIRE (faith film) (11/14-11/16)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Gene Siskel Film Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
31st Black Harvest Film Festival (through 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.
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.
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
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
UPDATE! 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: LOCKE; 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
11/21-11/22: HIM; 12/5-12/6: CAUGHT STEALING
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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