Calendar du C-U: December 4-10
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
12/4/15-12/10/15
MILESTONES
Happy Birthday to … Sunday, December 6: Andy Due (producer, Rubber Chicken Films) … Tuesday, December 8: Britten Traughber (performer, “Bea Trouble”) … Thursday, December 10: Sidney Taiko (publisher, Storm Cellar) … celebrate!
100 years ago … December 1915: The Macmillan Company of New York publishes what cinema historians will eventually consider the first English-language book to seriously appreciate the aesthetics of film, The Art of the Moving Picture, written by the Springfield, Illinois-raised poet and essayist Vachel Lindsay. Rarely appearing in bibliographies of his work is a follow-up entitled The Progress and Poetry of the Movies, released well after the untimely passing of Lindsay (1879-1931) and hard to find today. Conversely, both the 1915 and 1922 editions of Moving Picture can easily be accessed as electronic or print, including a 2000 reissue from Random House that is guest edited by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and features an introduction by the late Stanley Kaufmann, film reviewer at The New Republic for more than a half century. Project Gutenberg eBook
LOCAL FILMS, ETC.
@ AMC Showplace 12, Springfield, IL: CONSUMED* local premiere (12/7, 7:30 p.m.)
NOW PLAYING
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL: ROOM (12/4 on), Found Footage Festival presents “Industrial Musicals Film Show: Live!” hosted by Steve Young (12/4, 9:30 p.m.), PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT (12/5-12/6, 12/8-12/10), Art Co-op Member Screening: IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (12/7, 7 p.m.), SPIRITED AWAY (12/5, 10 p.m.; 12/6, 1 p.m.; 12/9-12/10, 10 p.m.)
@ Pine Lounge, Main Floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Union Board presents “Films at the Union” feat. THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED (12/4, 12/5, 7 p.m., free)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: WILL-TV presents “DOWNTON ABBEY Season 6 Preview Event” feat. Episode 1 screening (12/10, 7 p.m., free w/registration)
@ Lower Level, Classroom Studio B, Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: “Documenting Inequality” student art/film exhibition (through 12/12, free)
@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: LOVE THE COOPERS, THE GOOD DINOSAUR (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (12/4 on), SECRET IN THEIR EYES (12/4-12/6)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: WJBC presents HOME ALONE (12/2, 7 p.m.), Beyond Normal Films presents ABOUT ELLY (12/3, 12/5, 7 p.m.), “dress up event” feat. ANNIE (2014; 12/5, 1 p.m.), “An Evening of Silent Film Inspired Improv & Comedy” feat. Tim Soszko, Improv Mafia (12/6, 7 p.m.), The Little Foxes staged reading (12/8, 7 p.m., free), THE LITTLE FOXES (12/9, 7 p.m.), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (12/10, 7 p.m.)
@ The Lincoln Theater 4, Lincoln, IL: KRAMPUS, CREED, THE GOOD DINOSAUR (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (12/4 on)
@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (12/4-12/6, 12/9)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL: SPECTRE (12/4-12/6)
@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL: Save the Lorraine Foundation presents 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN (12/4-12/6)
@ Carmike 13, Champaign, IL: KRAMPUS, CREED, THE GOOD DINOSAUR (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2, LOVE THE COOPERS, THE MARTIAN, THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE PEANUTS MOVIE, SECRET IN THEIR EYES, SPECTRE, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (12/4 on), AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT – LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY (12/4, 12/5, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; 12/6, 4:30 p.m.; 12/10, 7:30 p.m.)
@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL: KRAMPUS, THE LETTERS, BRIDGE OF SPIES, BROOKLYN, CREED, THE GOOD DINOSAUR (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (IMAX & 2-D), LOVE THE COOPERS, THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE PEANUTS MOVIE, SECRET IN THEIR EYES, SPECTRE, SPOTLIGHT, TRUMBO, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (12/4 on), Fathom Events and Lincoln Center present George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker performed by the New York City Ballet (12/5, 12:55 p.m.; 12/10, 7 p.m.)
@ AMC Village Mall 6, Danville, IL: KRAMPUS, CREED, THE GOOD DINOSAUR (3-D & 2-D), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2, THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE PEANUTS MOVIE, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (12/4 on)
@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL: AMY, 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, GOODNIGHT MOMMY, GRACE OF MONACO, SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL, MOMENTUM, COOTIES, WAR PIGS, JERUSALEM, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (s1), ZOO (s1), more! (12/1 on)
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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
12/20: HOLLY* local film premiere w/filmmakers
@ The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign, IL, 10 p.m.
1/30, 2016: Pens to Lens* Screenwriting Class, Grades K-8
@ Bresnan Meeting Center, CPD, Champaign, IL, 2-3:30 p.m.
2/26-2/28, 2016: 38th annual Big Muddy Film Festival
@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
3/11-3/12, 2016: 7th annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival
@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL
4/13-4/17, 2016: 18th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
4/14-4/21, 2016: 18th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
6/1-6/5, 2016: 23rd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY FILM SERIES
The News-Gazette Film Series
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.
12/12: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS; 1/23/16: SHANE; 2/27/16: FORBIDDEN PLANET; 3/19/16: 42ND STREET; 4/2/16: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; 5/21/16: THE GRADUATE; 6/25/16: Reader’s Choice TBA; 7/16/16: THE AWFUL TRUTH; 8/6/16: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Illini Union Board Presents “Films at the Union”
@ Pine Lounge, Main Level, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free
12/4, 12/5: THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke
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