Calendar: Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 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
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society presents “2026 CineSonic Music Film Festival” feat. RADIOHEART: THE DRIVE & TIMES OF DJ KEVIN COLE (documentary) (8/30, 2 p.m.)
@ Watson’s Shack & Rail, Champaign, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club presents OFFICE SPACE introduced by Chuck Koplinski (8/28, 9:30 p.m.)
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (8/19, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BUDDY, COYOTE VS. ACME, THE DOG STARS, IDIOTS, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 35th anniversary, TONY, THE END OF OAK STREET, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 25th anniversary*, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, MUTINY, THE ODYSSEY, PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE (animation), SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA* (8/28 on), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 25th anniversary (8/28-8/30), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (8/31, 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES (9/3, 7 p.m.), BY ANY MEANS, ONSLAUGHT (9/3 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BUDDY, COYOTE VS. ACME, THE DOG STARS, IDIOTS, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 35th anniversary, THE END OF OAK STREET, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE*, MUTINY, THE ODYSSEY, PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE (animation), SPA WEEKEND, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, TONY (8/28 on), Indian cinema: BETHLEHEM KUDUMBA UNIT* (in Malayalam with English sub; 8/28-9/2), IRUMUDI* (in Telugu with English sub; 8/28-9/2), and TOXIC (in Kannada with English sub; 8/28-9/2), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 25th anniversary (8/29, 7 p.m.; 8/30, 3 & 7 p.m.; 9/2, 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES (9/3, 12, 3 & 7 p.m.), BY ANY MEANS (9/3 on) *single screenings daily
@ Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (animation) (8/29-8/30, 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
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 25th anniversary (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Screen 2) (8/28), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE 25th anniversary (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Screen 2) (8/29), HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Screen 2) (8/30)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THE END OF OAK STREET (8/28-8/30)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (8/28, 7 p.m.; 8/29, 3 p.m.), BONNIE AND CLYDE (8/29, 7 p.m.; 8/30, 3 p.m.), “Your Normal LGBTQ Film Festival” presents PARIAH (8/30, 7 p.m.), HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (9/3, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
MINIONS & MONSTERS (8/28-8/30)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
COYOTE VS. ACME, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (Screen 1), MUTINY, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER (Screen 2) (8/21-8/22)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
9/7-9/17
44th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/19
DARK SOUL RIVER* feature film “workprint premiere” w/discussion
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
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
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.
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
4/8-4/11, 2027
37th Onion City Experimental Film Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse, Chicago, 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.
8/30: RADIOHEART: THE DRIVE & TIMES OF DJ KEVIN COLE
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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