Blog Archives

“Whitacre” blows whistle today

Friday, September 18th, 2009

THE INFORMANT! is now playing in a theater near you.

CMM meets Tuesday, Sept. 15

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the UIUC Foreign Language Building in Urbana, IL, on Tuesday, September 15, 2009.

IFV begins with bang-bang-bang!

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Illini Film & Video, the student film-making club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will next meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14, 2009, in Room 104 of the English Building.

A tale of two INFORMANTs, sorta

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

The marketing personnel charged with selling THE INFORMANT! on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean came up with decidedly mismatched results.

Talent sought for film, haunting

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

The producer of local indie film, THE ACT OF SEPARATION, and talent coordinator of high-grade haunted house attraction in Pesotum, IL, need your acting chops. Stat.

Nine little nuggets for 9/9/09

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

It’s not often that one sees such a potluck served here at C-U Blogfidential, but here you go … all nine courses’ worth.

Be informed on INFORMANT! tix

Monday, September 7th, 2009

The Avon Theater in Decatur, IL, will start playing the Warner Bros. picture THE INFORMANT!, starring Matt Damon, on September 18, 2009.

LADIES crew quizzed + update

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

GenDance.com profiles the (literal) movers and shakers behind the upcoming music-and-dance filled drama LEADING LADIES, filmed earlier this summer in Champaign-Urbana.

Get in the DOGHOUSE on Sept. 6

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

A double-feature of locally-made short film thrillers will premiere under the umbrella title DOGHOUSE at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, at 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2009.

Ephemeral CUZine in the works

Friday, September 4th, 2009

We, the undersigned, do declare that C-U Confidential, the digest of the Movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the Cities Beyond, will engage the public discourse regarding independent local cinema for a second session during the 2009 calendar year. Tut, tut!

Illini Film & Video meets Aug. 24

Monday, August 24th, 2009

The next meetings of Illini Film & Video will be on Monday, August 24, and Thursday, August 27, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 104 of the UIUC English Building on the Main Quad.

CMM meets Tuesday, August 18

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the Champaign Public Library in Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

CMM sponsors film shoot, mixer

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Champaign Movie Makers is on the move thanks to Johnny Robinson and club volunteers! Upcoming projects include a short film premiere and a mixer open to the public.

“Knife” #1: Sharon & HANNAH

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

In the premiere of C-U Blogfidential’s very first column, “A Knife in a Gun Fight,” author Michelle Kaffko gets acquainted with Chicago editor/producer Sharon Zurek and her new film, HANNAH FREE.

Taylor to traumatize with thrillers

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Six rather different selections will also be highlighted during “Supernatural Cinema Film Class” at the Avon Theatre in Decatur, IL, which begins on August 13, 2009.