Calendar du C-U: August 8-14

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
8/8/14-8/14/14

MILESTONES

Happy Birthday toSunday, August 10: Geoff Merritt (owner, That’s Rentertainment) … Wednesday, August 13: Eddie Avinashi (stagehand, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios) … Thursday, August 14: Erin Anadkat Schwartz (contributor, MICRO-FILM) … celebrate!

15 Years AgoFriday, August 6, 1999: Micro-Scope #1, our first original print publication after MICRO-FILM: The Warning Shot, is placed in Champaign-Urbana businesses for free not unlike our current C-U Confidential digest. Each two-sided newsletter featured as many locally-oriented news items as we could cram onto that color paper stock in our pre-Internet era!

 

LOCAL FILMS, ETC.

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: 2nd annual Pens to Lens Screenwriting Competition + Awards Gala* (8/9, 2 p.m.: K-7th grade shorts; 5 p.m.: CUDO Gallery Show; 6 p.m.: 8th-12th grade shorts)

 

NOW PLAYING

@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: VENUS IN FUR (8/8-8/13), TOUCH OF EVIL (8/8-8/10), CITIZEN KOCH (8/11-8/12, 8:30 p.m.), SNOWPIERCER (8/13-8/14, 5 p.m.), OBVIOUS CHILD (8/13-8/14, 7:30 p.m.), Late Night: NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979; 8/8 w/blood drive, 8/9, 8/13, 8/14, 10 p.m.)

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: Reel Deals’ “Best of the Summer Blockbusters” presents RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (8/12-8/14, 7 p.m.)

@ Parking lot, Busey Bank, downtown Urbana, IL: Illinois Public Media and Backyard Industry present “Free Summer Movie Night” feat. SPINNING PLATES (8/8, 8 p.m., free) Details

@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: DIVERGENT, NEED FOR SPEED, OCULUS, PING PONG SUMMER, MODERN LIFE, CALIFORNICATION (s7), COMMUNITY (s5), more! (8/5 on)

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (8/8 on)

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: IDA (8/7-8/10, 7 p.m.)

@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, JERSEY BOYS, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, HERCULES (8/8 on)

@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, INTO THE STORM, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (3-D & 2-D) (8/8 on), RIO 2 (8/9, 8/12, 10 a.m.)

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (8/8-8/10, 8/13)

@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: 22 JUMP STREET (8/8-8/10), BAMBI (8/9, 11 a.m., free)

@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. THE OTHER WOMAN (8/8-8/10), GOD’S NOT DEAD (8/10)

@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (8/8-8/10)

@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, INTO THE STORM (8/8-8/10)

@ Brown County Playhouse, Nashville, IN: 8th annual B-Movie Celebration feat. 1984 releases (8/8-8/10)

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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

TBD: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL

NEW! 8/29-9/1: 41st annual Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, CO

NEW! 9/4-9/14: 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

9/18-9/25: 32nd annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, Chicago, IL

9/23: DVD release: JUMP IN*
+ Maverick Entertainment Group, Deerfield Beach, FL/Predestined Arts & Entertainment, Springfield, IL

NEW! 10/10-10/12: Immersed in Ink Tattoo and Horror Festival
@ Fluid Event Center, Champaign, IL

10/12: Courage Connection (formerly The Center for Women in Transition) presents Sing-a-Long GREASE
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.

NEW! 10/16: Evil Dead: the Musical
@ Effingham Performance Center, Effingham, IL, 7:30 p.m.

NEW! 10/31: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
@ Effingham Performance Center, Effingham, IL, 10 p.m.

10/31-11/1: 5th annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*
@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL

11/6-11/9: 10th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

11/7-11/8: 13th annual Route 66 International Film Festival
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL

11/7-11/8: 6th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL

NEW! 4/9-4/16, 2015: 17th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI

4/15-4/19, 2015: 17th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL

NEW! 4/15-4/19, 2015: 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL

 

COMMUNITY FILM SERIES

2nd annual “5 Nights of Hitch!” Alfred Hitchcock festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 & 10 p.m.
10/27: NORTH BY NORTHWEST; 10/28: DIAL M FOR MURDER; 10/29: THE 39 STEPS; 10/30: REAR WINDOW; 10/31: THE BIRDS

“The Best Christmas Movies Ever”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
12/15-12/16: HOLIDAY INN; 12/17-12/18: MIRACLE ON 34th STREET; 12/19-12/20: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

“Best of the Summer Blockbusters”
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
8/12-8/14: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; 8/19-8/21: ALIEN; 8/26-8/28: BACK TO THE FUTURE

The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
9/27: Viewer’s Choice TBA; 11/8: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; 12/13: SOME LIKE IT HOT; 1/24/15: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION; 2/14/15: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY; 3/28/15: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.; 4/4/15: GILDA; 5/30/15: HIS GIRL FRIDAY; 6/20/15: ON THE TOWN; 7/11/15: DOUBLE INDEMNITY; 8/8/15: NASHVILLE

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If you have items that you would like us to list in the Calendar, please send relevant dates, start/end times, locations, event descriptions, and ticket prices to cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com.

Compiled by Jason Pankoke

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