Calendar du C-U: November 7-13
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
11/7/14-11/13/14
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Monday, November 10: Andrew Stengele (director, THE THINKING MOLECULES OF TITAN), Andrew Nygard (director, THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PANCAKE, Pens to Lens 2014) … Thursday, November 13: Jason Butler (mastermind, WEREWOLF CEMETERY) … celebrate!
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: BIRDMAN (11/7 on), The Found Footage Festival 10th anniversary tour (11/12, 7:30 p.m.)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Friday Night Films” feat. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (11/7, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: The News-Gazette Film Series presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (11/8, 1 & 7 p.m.)
@ Room 104, English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting (11/13, 8 p.m.)
@ East Gallery, Krannert Art Museum, FAA, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “Global Groove 1973/2012” video art exhibition (through 12/13), “Gallery Talk: Global Groove, Video Ecology” feat. Hyan Kim (11/11, Noon)
@ Figure One, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “Descent into Darkness” multimedia exhibit by Coriana Close (through 11/29)
@ That’s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: MALEFICENT, HERCULES, A MOST WANTED MAN, PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE, FRONTERA, THE NEWSROOM (s2), THE EXES (s1/s2), more! (11/4 on)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: INTERSTELLAR, BIRDMAN, ST. VINCENT (11/7 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: THE GREAT ESCAPE (11/6, 11/7, 7 p.m.), GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (11/8, 11/9, 7 p.m.), DUMB AND DUMBER TO (11/11, 7 p.m.)
@ Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, IL: 13th annual Route 66 International Film Festival (11/7-11/8)
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL: 6th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival* (11/7-11/8)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: BIG HERO 6 (3-D & 2-D), INTERSTELLAR, ST. VINCENT (11/7 on)
@ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL: 10th annual Embarras Valley Film Festival* (through 11/9)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: BIG HERO 6 (11/7 on)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU (11/7-11/9), MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (11/8, 11 a.m., free)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation fundraiser screenings feat. PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (11/7-11/9), REDEEMED (11/9)
@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: Closed for the season!
@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: Closed for the season!
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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
TBA: Issue release: C-U Confidential #8
Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL
1/22-2/1, 2015: 31st annual Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
1/23-1/29, 2015: 21st annual Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT
2/24-3/1, 2015: 37th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
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
4/15-4/19, 2015: 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
“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
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
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
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board presents “Friday Night Films”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
11/7: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: 11/14: THE EXPENDABLES 3; 11/21: WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL; 12/5: THE GIVER
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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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