Calendar: July 3-9, 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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NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
ALPHA* (in Hindi with English sub), BACKROOMS extended cut, MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), RAO BAHADUR* (in Telugu with English sub), YOUNG WASHINGTON (faith film), BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR – THE CALAMITY (animé, Episodes 1-3; in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DISCLOSURE DAY, JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), OBSESSION, SCARY MOVIE*, SUPERGIRL, TOY STORY 5 (animation) (7/3 on), Fan Faves: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2025) (7/6, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.), EVIL DEAD BURN, GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS, MOANA (7/9 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BACKROOMS extended cut, MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), YOUNG WASHINGTON (faith film), DISCLOSURE DAY, JACKASS: BEST AND LAST (mockumentary), LUCKY STRIKE*, OBSESSION, SCARY MOVIE, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, SUPERGIRL,TOY STORY 5 (animation) (7/3 on), JAWS 50th anniversary (7/4, 12:30, 3:15, 6 & 9 p.m.; 7/5, 3, 7 & 9:45 p.m.; 7/8, 7 p.m.), CITIZEN KANE 85th anniversary (7/5, 4 & 7 p.m.; 7/8, 7 p.m.), MOANA (7/9 on) *single screenings daily
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad” feat. MICHAEL (7/9, 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
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1), TOY STORY 5 (animation), SUPERGIRL (Screen 2) (7/3, 7/5), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (Screen 1), TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 2), (7/6-7/8), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (Screen 1), MOANA (Screen 2), (7/9)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation) (7/3-7/5, 7/9 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION (7/3, 7 p.m.; 7/5, 3 p.m.), JAWS (7/5, 7 p.m.), SPY KIDS (7/6, 1 p.m.; 7/8, 7 p.m.), THE SEARCHERS (7/9, 7 p.m.)
FINAL WEEK! @ Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
Film Society of the Giant Screen Theater presents “Art of Film: American Realism” curated by A. S. Hamrah feat. LEAVE NO TRACE (7/3, 6:30 p.m.; 7/5, 2:30 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
TOY STORY 5 (animation) (7/3, 7/5)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), DISCLOSURE DAY (Screen 1), TOY STORY 5 (animation), SUPERGIRL (Screen 2) (7/3-7/5, 7/8-7/9)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 7/11
Bokeh Background Casting* open call
@ Forge Film Acting*, Rantoul Business Center, Rantoul, IL, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
7/21-7/26
Heartland Film presents
9th Indy Shorts Film Festival
@ Living Room Theaters, etc., Indianapolis, IN
7/23-7/25
Midwest Film Festival presents “Midwest Royale”
feat. “Best of the Midwest” Film Festival
@ Ramova Theatre, Chicago, IL
NEW! 7/25
Film-Fanatic.Club presents AMERICAN PSYCHO
@ The Literary, Champaign, IL, 10:30 p.m.
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
NEW! 10/23
“Behind the ‘Scream’: A Live Conversation with David Arquette”
feat. 30th anniversary screening of SCREAM (1996)
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.
NEW! 10/27
An evening with ‘Partially Devoured’ author Daniel Kraus
feat. screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
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
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
Illini Union Board presents “Summer Films on the Quad”
@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free
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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