Calendar: October 2-8, 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 Doctoberfest” feat. HANGING BY A WIRE (10/2, 7 p.m.), THE LAST MOVIE CRITIC* (10/8, 7 p.m.) Information
@ The Scratching Post, Champaign, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival” feat. THE BLACK CAT (1934) (10/8, 6:30 p.m.)
@ Shake It Up Cocktail Lounge & Eatery, Bloomington, IL
“B-Movie Bingo” hosted by Paul A. Brooks* feat. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988), MURDER PARTY (10/8, 7 p.m.)
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (10/7, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BEWARE BOIÚNA, DIGGER, DRISHYAM: THE CONCLUSION (in Hindi with English sub), THE INCOMER*, THE INFLUENCER PROJECT, ROLLING LOUD: THE MOVIE, VERITY, AVENGERS: ENDGAME – ENCORE (re-release), FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), HEART OF THE BEAST, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (10/2 on), Fan Faves: STAND AND DELIVER (10/2-10/5, 4 p.m.) and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation) (10/2, 10/5, 10/7-10/8, 4:15 p.m.; 10/4, 4:15 & 10 p.m.; 10/6, 5:30 p.m.; 3-D), DONNIE DARKO 25th anniversary (10/2-10/4, 7 p.m.), HOSTEL 20th anniversary (10/2, 10/6, 8 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/5, 7 p.m.), Studio Ghibli Fest: Spirited Away: Live on Stage (animé adaptation) (10/8, 7 p.m., recorded), ANGEL AND THE BADMAN, OTHER MOMMY, THE SOCIAL RECKONING (10/8 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
APRIL X, BUDDY (sing-a-long edition), DIGGER, ROLLING LOUD: THE MOVIE, VERITY, AVENGERS: ENDGAME – ENCORE (re-release), COYOTE VS. ACME, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), HA-CHAN SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!, HEART OF THE BEAST, THE ODYSSEY, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (10/2 on), THE SHINING (10/3, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/7, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera encore: Cosi fan tutte (10/7, 12 & 5:30 p.m., recorded), OTHER MOMMY, PAN’S LABYRINTH 20th anniversary, THE SOCIAL RECKONING (10/8 on)
@ Courtyard Café, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films” feat. OBSESSION (10/3-10/4, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
The News-Gazette Film Series presents 9 T0 5 (10/3, 7 p.m.)
Events featuring locally produced movies or organized by local groups 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
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation), BEETLEJUICE (Screen 1), PRACTICAL MAGIC, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (Screen 2) (10/2-10/3)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
HEART OF THE BEAST (10/2-10/4), VERITY (10/8 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
CLUE (10/2, 7 p.m.), TRAIN TO BUSAN (10/2, 9:30 p.m., in Korean with English sub), COLONY (10/3, 7 & 10 p.m., in Korean with English sub), HOCUS POCUS (10/4, 7 p.m.), “Bond Day” celebration feat. CASINO ROYALE (2006) (10/5, 7 p.m.), THE WOLF MAN (1941) (10/7, 7 p.m.), FRANKENSTEIN (1931) (10/8, 6:30 p.m.), RIGOR MORTIS (10/8, 9 p.m., in Cantonese with English sub)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
RUNNER (10/2-10/4)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
VERITY, PRIMETIME (Screen 1), CASPER, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (Screen 2) (10/2-10/3)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at the Square, Indy Art Center, etc., Indianapolis, IN
35th Heartland Film Festival (10/8-10/18) Information
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
10/16-10/17
Show and Tell presents
“We Interrupt This Program” feat. Bob Odenkirk
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
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.
NEW! 10/29
An evening with Jane Jensen
feat. screening of Troma’s TROMEO & JULIET
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL, 6:30 p.m.
NEW! 10/24
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Experience
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, doors 7 p.m., event 8 p.m.
10/31
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, doors 7:30 p.m., event 8:30 p.m.
11/5-11/15
Cinema St. Louis presents
35th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
11/8
Film-Fanatic.Club* presents
SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS moderated by Sam Veremchuk
@ Pizzeria Antica, Champaign, IL, time TBA
11/13
Inter-Pygmalion* presents
David Cross
@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 8 p.m.
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 Doctoberfest”
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
ALL SKATE (10/9, 7 p.m.), COOKIE QUEENS (10/10, 1:30 p.m.), JOYBUBBLES (10/10, 3:30 p.m.), THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (10/10, 6 p.m.), PINBALL: BEYOND THE BUMPERS (10/10, 8 p.m.), SILVER SCREAMERS (10/11, 12 p.m.), A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS (10/11, 2 p.m.), “CatVideoFest 2026” (10/11, 4 p.m.), THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE (10/12, 7 p.m.), THE LORRAINE (10/17, 2 p.m.), ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM (10/17, 4 p.m.), NAZA (10/18, 4 p.m.), TIME WARP (11/1, 4 p.m.) | Information
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival”
@ various locations & times, Champaign-Urbana, IL
10/8: THE BLACK CAT (1934) @ The Scratching Post, U.; 10/17: SANTA SANGRE @ Cloud Mountain Kombucha, U.; 10/20: THE HUNGER @ Amy’s Place, C.; 10/24: THE FLY (1986) @ Analog Wine Library, U.; 10/27: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) @ The Virginia Theatre, C.; 10/31: THE WITCH @ The Literary, C. | Information
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films”
@ Courtyard Café, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Sat. & Sun., free w/i-card
10/10-10/11: MINIONS & MONSTERS; 10/17-10/18: HOCUS POCUS; 10/24-10/25: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES; 10/31-11/1: COCO; 11/7-11/8: THE END OF OAK STREET; 11/14-11/15: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY; 11/21-11/22: TOY STORY 5; 12/5-12/6: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free to the public (unless otherwise noted)
10/22: 2026 Roger Ebert Lecture by Alison Nadia Field on “early Black affection on screen” (4 p.m.); 10/29: “DCP inauguration” screening feat. SUSPIRIA (1977)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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