Calendar: June 26-July 2, 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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LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Old Tiernan Hall, Urbana, IL
Arthouse 217 presents “Homage to Cinema” feat. Georges Méliès shorts w/live accompaniment by Nu Orbit Ensemble, local arts showcase (6/26, 5:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR – THE CALAMITY (animé, Episodes 1-3; in Japanese with English sub or English dub), JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), LUCKY STRIKE*, SUPERGIRL, BACKROOMS, THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD*, DISCLOSURE DAY, LEVITICUS*, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, OBSESSION, SCARY MOVIE, TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/26 on), Fan Faves: DAVID (faith animation) (6/29, 7/1, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (6/29, 7 p.m.), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (7/1 on), YOUNG WASHINGTON (faith film) (7/2 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR – THE CALAMITY (animé, Episodes 1-3; in Japanese with English sub or English dub), JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), LUCKY STRIKE, SUPERGIRL, BACKROOMS, THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD*, DISCLOSURE DAY, LEVITICUS*, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, MICHAEL*, OBSESSION, PROJECT HAIL MARY*, SCARY MOVIE, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/26 on), SPACEBALLS (6/27, 3, 5, 7 & 9 p.m.; 6/28, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.; 7/1, 7 p.m.), TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY (6/28, 6/30, 5:15 p.m.; 7/1, 4:15 p.m.), MINIONS & MONSTERS sneak preview (6/29, 6 p.m.), .MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (7/1 on), *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. GREASE (7/2, 9 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (6/28, 7 p.m.)
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 Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1), SUPERGIRL (Screen 2) (6/26-6/30), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (animation) (Screen 1), TOY STORY 5 (animation), SUPERGIRL (Screen 2) (7/1-7/3, 7/5)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/26-6/28), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (7/1 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (6/26, 7 p.m.; 6/27, 3 p.m., 6/28, 7 p.m.), E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (6/27, 7 p.m.; 6/28, 3 p.m.), THE NEVERENDING STORY (6/29, 1 p.m.; 7/1, 7 p.m.), JAWS (7/2, 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. KAJILLIONAIRE (6/26, 6:30 p.m.; 6/28, 2:30 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (6/26-6/28)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation), THE BREADWINNER (Screen 1), SUPERGIRL, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Screen 2) (6/26-6/28, 7/1-7/2)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
7/21-7/26
Heartland Film presents
9th Indy Shorts Film Festival
@ Living Room Theaters, etc., Indianapolis, IN
NEW! 7/23-7/25
Midwest Film Festival presents “Midwest Royale”
feat. “Best of the Midwest” Film Festival
@ Ramova Theatre, Chicago, IL
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
UPDATE! Chambana Film Society presents “2026 CineSonic Music Film Festival”
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 2 p.m.
7/12: LIFERS: A LOCAL H MOVIE; 7/19: RESYNATOR; 7/26: JACK JOHNSON: SURFILMUSIC; 8/2: THE LAST CRITIC; 8/9: BROTHER VERSUS BROTHER; 8/16: “Shorts: Music Documentary”; 8/23: WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON D.C.; 8/30: RADIOHEART: THE DRIVE & TIMES OF DJ KEVIN COLE
Film Society presents “Art of Film: American Realism” curated by A. S. Hamrah
@ Giant Screen Theater, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
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
7/9: 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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