Q&A du C-U: Joe Stoltz
Sunday, December 14th, 2008EXTRA! Interview with the director of MISTER UNDERSTANDING.
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Docu to tell comix auteur’s tale
Friday, December 12th, 2008Hart D. Fisher plans on stomping the grounds of Champaign-Urbana once again, trailed by a fellow filmmaker hired to document the early Boneyard Press/GARBAGE MAN days and all the murder and mayhem they entailed.
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Forrest J Ackerman, 1916-2008
Saturday, December 6th, 2008Numerous sources report that science fiction memorabilia collector Forrest J Ackerman, the original editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, has passed away.
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Bruce + Wayne = groovy movies!
Friday, December 5th, 2008Current cult cinema returns for a local encore as the Canopy Club celebrates CHRISTMAS ON MARS one last time and the Avon Theater confirms that MY NAME IS BRUCE several times over.
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View a Quantum of Awesomeness
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008One man. One woman. One unsuspecting audience baited by James Bond. Awesomeness ensues.
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ELECTRIC CITY to light up B-N
Monday, December 1st, 2008Area native Dennis Neal Vaughn will premiere his new short subject, ELECTRIC CITY – FAR FROM NORMAL, at the Normal Theater in (you guessed it) Normal, IL, later tonight, Monday, December 1, 2008.
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DVD revels in ONE FINE DAY!
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008The seriocomic lives of fictional University of Illinois resident assistants are recounted in the 12-episode series ONE FINE DAY!, recently released as a DVD set by Premonition Pictures.
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Playboy tests INTERNS at UIUC
Friday, November 21st, 2008Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about Playboy content producer Greg Johnson previewing the upcoming “mobisode” series INTERNS for University of Illinois undergraduate students at Lincoln Hall. Also, your editor grouses about the usual suspects.
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Movie Makers to meet Nov. 18
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Champaign 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, November 18, 2008.
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CRAB ORCHARD makes DVD debut
Sunday, November 16th, 2008Champaign, IL, studio Dreamscape Cinema has belatedly released a DVD edition of their family drama CRAB ORCHARD, now known as SO OTHERS MAY LIVE.
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DEN BALLONG tops 49HrFest
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Short subjects DER BALLONG and TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT won the awards at last night’s 49 Hour Film Competition festival, presented by Illini Film & Video.
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Be a REVOLTING extra Nov. 16
Thursday, November 13th, 2008The makers of the local independent film REVOLTING are looking for extras to fill up the Kathryn Randolph Theater on Sunday, November 16, 2008, for a scene.
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Coming Soon: Nov-Dec 2008
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008There’s lots of unique movie events this month in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond. Why not stop reading this cheeky little blurb and go read the detailed post instead? You might like it.
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Get your vampire vote in … now!
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008The campaigners drumming up support for vampire Abraham Lincoln in the current election have a streaming video they would like you to see.
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EVFF 2008 fetes Joan Allen
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008The fourth annual Embarras Valley Film Festival, produced by Eastern Illinois University and highlighting the work of actress Joan Allen, will take place November 4-8, 2008, in downstate Charleston.
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