Calendar du C-U: July 26-Aug. 1
Our unique movie and media Calendar appears every Friday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the discerning tastes of citizens in the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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PLAYING THIS WEEK
7/26/13-8/1/13
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (7/26 on), YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET! (7/27, 11:30 a.m.; 7/29, 7:30 p.m.), Late Night: VERTIGO (The last Art movie to be shown on 35mm, for now…) (7/26-7/27, 10 p.m.; 7/28, 11:30 a.m.; 7/31, 2 & 10 p.m.; 8/1, 10 p.m.)
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL: Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013 entry STUDENT, Kazakhstan (8/1, 6:30 p.m., free)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: GINGER & ROSA, TRANCE, WELCOME TO THE PUNCH, KISS OF THE DAMNED, TWIXT, LOOSE CANNONS, GRACELAND, ZERO KILLED, STARBUCK, HUNKY DORY, BABBETTE’S FEAST (Criterion), more! (7/23 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: THE WOLVERINE, THE WAY WAY BACK, RED 2 (7/26 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE SAPPHIRES (7/25-7/28, 7 p.m.)
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: THE WOLVERINE, THE HEAT, DESPICABLE ME 2, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (7/26 on)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: THE WOLVERINE (3-D & 2-D), THE CONJURING, R.I.P.D. (3-D & 2-D) (7/26 on), TURBO (3-D & 2-D) (7/26-7/30), THE SMURFS 2 (3-D & 2-D) (7/31 on), KUNG FU PANDA 2 (7/27, 7/30, 10 a.m.)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: TURBO (7/26 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: THE LONE RANGER, THE HEAT (7/26-7/28), THE LION KING (7/27, 11 a.m., free)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: THE WOLVERINE, TURBO (7/26 on)
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL: PLIGHT OF THE MONARCH* short film (7/27, 8 p.m., free)
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: THE WOLVERINE, TURBO (7/26-7/28, 7/30, 8/1)
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Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Also find out what is “Coming Soon” by hitting the jump below. Go see ‘em, C-U!
COMING SOON
UPDATE! 8/1: Champaign Screenwriters meeting
@ The Bechtels’, 2208 Seaton Ct., Champaign, 7:30 p.m.
Fall TBA: Issue release: C-U Confidential #7
+ Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
9/4: Ellnora | The Guitar Festival presents OUT OF NOWHERE: THE CHAMPAIGN MUSIC SCENE*
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, time TBA
NEW! 9/5-9/8: 25th annual Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
@ Location TBA, Chicago, IL
NEW! 10/10-10/24: 49th annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
10/12: The Center for Women in Transition presents Sing-a-Long GREASE
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/31-11/2: 4th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL
11/1-11/2: 12th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Legacy Theatre, Springfield, IL
11/2-11/3: 5th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
11/7-11/9: 9th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival*
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
4/23-4/27, 2014: 16th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
8/31: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER or THE THIN MAN; 9/21: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE; 10/26: REBECCA; 11/9: ALL ABOUT EVE; 12/7: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; 1/18/14: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION; 2/8/14: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY; 3/15/14: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.; 4/5/14: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; 5/24/14: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA; 6/21/14: THE MALTESE FALCON; 7/12/14: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Parkland Art Gallery presents Global Lens Film Series 2013
@ Room C118, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, 6:30 p.m., free
8/1: STUDENT, Kazakhstan; 9/5: SHYAMAL UNCLE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS, India; 9/10: CAIRO 678, Egypt; 9/19: LIFE KILLS ME, Chile; 10/10: THE PARADE, Serbia; 10/29: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL, Mexico; 11/7: ABOUT 111 GIRLS, Iraq; 12/12: BEIJING FLICKERS, China
Summer Quad Cinema Series
@ Anniversary Plaza, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m.
8/15: THE GREAT GATSBY
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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