Calendar: October 16-22, 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
@ Amy’s Place, Champaign, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival” feat. SANTA SANGRE (10/17, 8 p.m.)
@ Cloud Mountain Kombucha, Urbana, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival” feat. THE HUNGER (10/20, 6 p.m.)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society presents “2026 Doctoberfest” feat. THE LORRAINE (10/17, 2 p.m.), ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM (10/17, 4 p.m.), NAZA (10/18, 4 p.m.) Information
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (10/21, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
CRAWLERS, JAILER 2 (in Tamil or Telugu with English sub), NAYI NAVELLI/NAYYI NAVELLI* (in Hindi with English sub), PRAHAAR: THE UNTOLD STORY OF UJJWAL NIKAM* (in Hindi with English sub), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, WHALEFALL, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER, HEART OF THE BEAST, OTHER MOMMY, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, THE SOCIAL RECKONING, VERITY (10/16 on), Fan Faves: AMERICAN PSYCHO (10/16, 8 p.m.), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY 25th anniversary (animé) (10/17, 4 p.m., 10/18, 4 & 7 p.m., 10/21, 7 p.m., English sub; 10/19-10/20, p.m., in Japanese with English sub), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/19, 7 p.m.), CLAYFACE, KLARA AND THE SUN, WICKER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary) (10/22 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
JAILER 2 (in Tamil or Telugu with English sub), MR. & MRS. PARDON* (in Mandarin with English sub), RANABAALI* (in Telugu with English sub), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, WHALEFALL, YOU CAN’T LEAVE*, ANGEL AND THE BADMAN*, DIGGER, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), HEART OF THE BEAST, THE ODYSSEY*, OTHER MOMMY, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2*, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, THE SOCIAL RECKONING, VERITY (10/16 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: SPIRITED AWAY 25th anniversary (animé) (10/17, 3 p.m., 10/18, 3 & 7 p.m., 10/21, 7 p.m., English sub; 10/19-10/20, p.m., in Japanese with English sub), CLUE (10/18, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/21, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera encore: Macbeth (10/21, 12 & 5:30 p.m., recorded), CLAYFACE, WICKER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary) (10/22 on) *single screenings daily
@ Courtyard Café, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films” feat. HOCUS POCUS (10/17-10/18, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Show and Tell presents “We Interrupt This Program” feat. Bob Odenkirk & Sarah Edwards (10/16-10/17, 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 Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
VERITY (10/16-10/18), ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (10/22 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
BEETLEJUICE (10/16, 7 p.m.), ICHII THE KILLER (10/16, 9:30 p.m., in Japanese with English sub), CLUE (10/17, 3:30 p.m.), HOCUS POCUS (10/17, 7 p.m.), THE EXORCIST (10/17, 9:30 p.m.), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (animation) (10/18, 1 p.m.), WGLT-FM, etc., present MINNESOTA NEIGHBORS (documentary) w/discussion (10/18, 4 p.m.), VIDEODROME (10/18, 7 p.m.), TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (10/19, 7 p.m.), US (10/20, 7 p.m.), THE MONSTER SQUAD (10/21, 7 p.m.), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/Community Players Theatre shadow cast (10/22, 7 p.m.; 10/23-10/24, 7 & 10:30 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
HEART OF THE BEAST (10/16-10/18)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
STREET FIGHTER, HEART OF THE BEAST (Screen 1), IT, LONGLEGS (Screen 2) (10/16-10/17)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
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.
10/29
An evening with Jane Jensen
feat. screening of Troma’s TROMEO & JULIET
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL, 6:30 p.m.
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
12/7
An evening with Peter Billingsly
feat. screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY
@ Prairie Home Alliance Theater, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, 6:30 p.m.
3/25, 2027
“John Cleese: Still Not Dead (Yet)”
feat. screening of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
@ Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, 7 p.m.
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
TIME WARP (11/1, 4 p.m.) | Information
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival”
@ various locations & times, Champaign-Urbana, IL
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
10/24-10/25: 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)
10/29: “DCP inauguration” screening feat. SUSPIRIA (1977)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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