Calendar: October 23-29, 2026
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday-Sunday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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THE BLOGFIDENTIAL TELETYPE | Film News You Can Use, C-U
We didn’t realize the Teletype would drop off just as quickly as we had revved it up again a few weeks ago. Look for actual reportage in next week’s Calendar and a new interview with our friend Jason Huls, owner of Ten Wing Media and Jason Huls Creative in the west Chicago suburbs and a Bloomington-Normal native, to post within the next week and hopefully on Halloween. Ye Ed has been flipping his wig lately in the attempt to take care of other sidelines and wishes you all a “boogedy-boo” and cheers.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Analog Wine Library, Urbana, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival” feat. THE FLY (1986) (10/24, 8 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
@ Shake It Up Cocktail Lounge & Eatery, Bloomington, IL
“B-Movie Bingo” hosted by Paul A. Brooks* feat. mystery movies (10/29, 7 p.m.)
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (10/28, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
CLAYFACE, GO FOR BROKE 2* (in Mandarin with English and Chinese sub), KLARA AND THE SUN, KUNG FU SOCCER (in Mandarin with English and Chinese sub), WICKER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary), OTHER MOMMY, RESIDENT EVIL, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, VERITY*, WHALEFALL, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER* (10/23 on), Fan Faves: PET SEMATARY (1989) (10/23, 10/27, 8 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/26, 7 p.m.), AMC “Scream Unseen” (bonus mystery movie) (10/26, 9:30 p.m.), BREEDER (10/27 on), THE MOSQUITO BOWL sneak preview w/filmmaker livestream (10/29, 6 p.m.), AADARSHA KUTUMBAM – HOUSE NO. 47 (in Telugu with English sub), CHRISTMAS AT THE KRINGLES, FJORD, THE MONGOOSE, THE MOSQUITO BOWL (10/29 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
CLAYFACE, A TALENT FOR MURDER, WICKER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary), DIGGER, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), JAILER 2 (in Tamil or Telugu with English sub), OTHER MOMMY, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, VERITY, WHALEFALL (10/23 on), UFC 333: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Mosar Evloev, more (mixed martial arts) (10/24, 1 p.m., simulcast), SCREAM (1996) (10/25, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/28, 7 p.m.), THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK (10/29 on)
@ Courtyard Café, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films” feat. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (10/24-10/25, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* presents “DCP inauguration” screening feat. SUSPIRIA (1977) (10/29, 7 p.m., free, Knight Auditorium)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Illinois Public Media, etc., present an evening with ‘Partially Devoured’ author Daniel Kraus feat. screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) (10/27, 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
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL
“Behind the ‘Scream’: A Live Conversation with David Arquette” feat. 30th anniversary screening of SCREAM (1996) (10/23, 7 p.m.)
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL.
Seven Point and the Fischer present THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Experience (10/24, doors 7 p.m., event 8 p.m.), FischerFest FrightFest: SCREAM (1996) (10/26, 7 p.m.), GET OUT (10/27, 7 p.m.), IT (10/28, 7 p.m.), and HOCUS POCUS (10/29, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (10/23-10/25), RESIDENT EVIL (10/28 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
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.), IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (10/24, 1 p.m.), CASPER (10/25, 2 p.m.), FAUST (1926) w/accompaniment by The Invincible Czars (10/25, 7 p.m.), CREEPSHOW (10/26, 7 p.m.), NOPE (10/27, 7 p.m.), TEEN WOLF (10/28, 7 p.m.), An evening with Jane Jensen feat. TROMEO & JULIET (10/29, 6:30 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
DIGGER (10/23-10/25)
LAST WEEK! @ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), MONSTER HOUSE (animation) (Screen 1), OTHER MOMMY, STREET FIGHTER (Screen 2) (10/23-10/24)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ Firehouse Cinema, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
LEGALLY DRUGGED (documentary) screening w/filmmakers Vagabond Beaumont and Floyd Webb (10/23, 7 p.m.)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
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 Billingsley
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
NEW! Chambana Film Society screenings
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
TAKE ME HOME (11/6), MOUSE (11/13), CHRONOVISOR (11/20), WINTER HYMNS (12/4), HEN (12/11) | Information
Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present “Shocktober Horror Film Festival”
@ various locations & times, Champaign-Urbana, IL
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
10/31-11/1: 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
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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