Calendar: November 6-12, 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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LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society* presents TAKE ME HOME (11/6, 7 p.m.) | Information
@ Pizzeria Antica, Champaign, IL
Film-Fanatic.Club* presents SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS moderated by Sam Veremchuk (11/8, 6 p.m.) | Information
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (11/11, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
THE CAT IN THE HAT (animation), DRUMMER BOY (faith film), GODZILLA MINUS ZERO (in Japanese with English sub), HEATED RIVALRY Episodes 1-2, 3-4, or 5-6 (check listings), JIMMY, RAMAYANA (in Hindi with English sub), SCENE (in Telugu or Tamil with English sub), CLAYFACE, THE MOSQUITO BOWL*, RESIDENT EVIL*, STREET FIGHTER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary) (11/6 on), OTHER MOMMY* (11/6-11/10), ROCKY 50th anniversary (11/6-11/7, 4 p.m.; 11/10, 3:45 p.m.; 11/11, 7 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (11/9, 7 p.m.), GHOST SOLDIER (11/10 on), HOW TO ROB A BANK sneak preview (11/11 on), EBENEZER (11/12 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
THE CAT IN THE HAT (animation), DRUMMER BOY (faith film), GODZILLA MINUS ZERO (in Japanese with English sub), HEATED RIVALRY Episodes 1-2, 3-4, or 5-6 (check listings), JIMMY, RAMAYANA (in Hindi with English sub), CLAYFACE, EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE* (documentary), THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, OTHER MOMMY, RESIDENT EVIL, STREET FIGHTER, VERITY, WICKER, WILDWOOD (animation), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (documentary) (11/6 on), ), ROCKY 50th anniversary (11/6-11/8, 11/11, 4 & 7 p.m.; 11/9-11/10, 7 p.m.), BACK TO THE FUTURE (11/8, 11/11, 3 & 7 p.m.), GHOST SOLDIER (11/10 on), EBENEZER, HOW TO ROB A BANK (11/12 on) *single screenings daily
@ Courtyard Café, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films” feat. THE END OF OAK STREET (11/7-11/8, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
@ Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
UI Department of Media and Cinema Studies presents MOONAGE DAYDREAM (experimental documentary) (11/12, 7 p.m., free, Knight Auditorium)
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 Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL.
“PotterFest” feat. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (11/6, doors 6 p.m., movie 7 p.m.), SIBLING’S BOND* student film premiere (11/10, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
THE CAT IN THE HAT (animation) (11/6-11/8, 11/12 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
“Summer of Bond … in November” feat. SKYFALL (11/6, 7 p.m.; 11/8, 12 p.m.), QUANTUM OF SOLACE (11/7, 1 p.m.), SPECTRE (11/7, 7 p.m.; 11/8, 3:30 p.m.), and NO TIME TO DIE (11/8-11/9, 7 p.m.), “16mm Screening: Recent Preservations from the Chicago Film Society” curated by the ISU Redbird Film Forum (11/10, 7 p.m.), “Indie Animation Night” (11/12, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation) (11/6-11/8)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, etc., St. Louis, MO
Cinema St. Louis presents 35th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11/15) | Information
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
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 screenings
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
MOUSE (11/13), CHRONOVISOR (11/20), WINTER HYMNS (12/4), HEN (12/11), Documentary Short Films (12/27), Public Domain Day (1/1/27) | Information
Film-Fanatic.Club screenings
@ various locations & times, Champaign-Urbana, IL
11/21: ADAPTATION. @ The Literary, C. (TBA), 12/3: DUNE (1984) @ Analog Wine Library, U. (TBA) | 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
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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