Calendar: June 19-25, 2026
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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PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed
6/12: Gene Shalit, 100 (film critic, TODAY, NBC-TV, New York, NY, retired)
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
30 Years Ago … June 14-27, 1996: After celebrating a grand opening in March and establishing a business model of serving alcohol and pizza with second-run Hollywood fare, the operators of the Brew & View at the Thunderbird team with The Octopus alternative weekly to develop signature events. Their inaugural show, “The 1st Annual Octopus Sci Fi Film Festival,” presents several science fiction classics and favorites across a two-week summer stretch at Urbana’s Thunderbird Theater, touted in its previous first-run era as having the largest movie screen in Champaign-Urbana. Selected by Octopus publisher Paul Young with assistance from his staff, including future New Art Film Festival program director Jason Pankoke, the marathon pairs episodes from the 1940 serial incarnation of pulp hero “The Shadow” with a choice roster: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, ALIEN, BLADE RUNNER, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), DR. STRANGELOVE, INVADERS FROM MARS (1953), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE ROAD WARRIOR, THE TERMINATOR, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953). All films are projected from 35 and 16 mm prints rented through various agencies from all over the United States. Similar shows of a more esoteric bent would follow the well-received “Sci Fi” experience over the next year, ceasing in mid-1997 after the Brew & View’s closure. [R]
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, LEVITICUS, TOY STORY 5 (animation), BACKROOMS, DISCLOSURE DAY, THE FURIOUS, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, MICHAEL, OBSESSION, SCARY MOVIE, STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU*, STOP! THAT! TRAIN!* (6/19 on), Fan Faves: PADDINGTON IN PERU (6/22, 6/24, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (6/22, 7 p.m.), SUPERGIRL sneak preview (6/24, 7 p.m.), BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR – THE CALAMITY (animé, Episodes 1-3; in Japanese with English sub or English dub), JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), SUPERGIRL (6/25 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, LEVITICUS, TOY STORY 5 (animation), BACKROOMS, DISCLOSURE DAY, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, MICHAEL, OBSESSION, PROJECT HAIL MARY*, SCARY MOVIE, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, STOP! THAT! TRAIN!* (6/19 on), OCEAN’S ELEVEN 25th anniversary (6/21, 4 & 7 p.m.; 6/24, 7 p.m.), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (6/21, 12:15, 3 & 7 p.m.; 6/24, 7 p.m.), SUPERGIRL sneak preview (6/24, 7 p.m.), BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR – THE CALAMITY (animé, Episodes 1-3; in Japanese with English sub or English dub), JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), SUPERGIRL (6/25 on) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. JAWS (6/25, 9 p.m., free)
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
@ Courthouse Lawn, Effingham, IL, 8:30 p.m.
The Heart Theater presents “Summer Movie Night” feat. THE GOONIES (6/19, 8:30 p.m.
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
“Father’s Day Movie Night” feat. FIELD OF DREAMS (6/21, 6 p.m.)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1 & 2) (6/19-6/20), TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1), DISCLOSURE DAY (Screen 2) (6/21-6/24), TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1), SUPERGIRL (Screen 2) (6/25 on)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/19-6/21, 6/25 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (6/19, 6:30 & 9:15 p.m.), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (6/20, 3 & 7 p.m.), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (6/21, 3 & 7 p.m.), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991, Disney animation) (6/22, 1 p.m.; 6/24, 7 p.m.), E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (6/25, 7 p.m.)
@ Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
Film Society of the Giant Screen Theater presents “Art of Film: American Realism” curated by A. S. Hamrah feat. STROSZEK; (6/19, 6:30 p.m.; 6/21, 2:30 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/19-6/21)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation), THE BREADWINNER (Screen 1), DISCLOSURE DAY, OBSESSION (Screen 2) (6/19-6/21, 6/24-6/25)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
6/26
Arthouse 217 presents
“Homage to Cinema” feat. Georges Méliès shorts
@ Old Tiernan Hall, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show
7/21-7/26
Heartland Film presents
9th Indy Shorts Film Festival
@ Living Room Theaters, etc., Indianapolis, IN
8/22
Halloran Family Foundation presents
FischerFest* “Big Stories, Short Films”
@ Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 3-10 p.m., free
9/7-9/17
44th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/23-9/27
33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival
@ ACX Harper Theater – Hyde Park, etc., Chicago, IL
10/8-10/18
35th Heartland Film Festival
@ various venues, Indianapolis, IN
11/5-11/15
Cinema St. Louis presents
35th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
11/20-11/22
25th anniversary Route 66 Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
Film Society presents “Art of Film: American Realism” curated by A. S. Hamrah
@ Giant Screen Theater, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
6/26, 6/28: KAJILLIONAIRE; 7/3, 7/5: LEAVE NO TRACE
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
7/2: GREASE; 7/9: MICHAEL; 7/16: WICKED; 7/23: COCO; 7/30: POWER BALLAD; 8/6: PROJECT HAIL MARY; 8/13: STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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