C-U Blogfidential

Your editor grumbles at length about the opportunity missed by the Illinois Film Office at their inaugural “IFO Night at the Movies” in Savoy on June 30, 2008, to educate and connect with downstate media makers.

Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign has announced a crew call to fill positions on its upcoming thriller, PANTHER ISLAND.

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the opening of the brand-new Stardust Drive-In near the intersection of Route 130 and 14th Street in Charleston, IL.

Episode 2 of SAMSARA, an offbeat short-film series juxtaposing young adult anxieites and teeming cosmic forces, has been posted for Internet streaming by co-creator Roshan Murthy.

Article in Bloomington (IL) daily The Pantagraph about a multimedia group installation titled “Test Pattern Sound Check” going live at University Galleries, Center for the Visual Arts, on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal.

The Illinois Film Office launches its “IFO Night at the Movies” statewide outreach series with a free showing of Universal Pictures’ WANTED at the Savoy 16 on Monday, June 30, 2008, in Savoy, IL.

THE LIFELINE: TRILOGY, a music film by University of Illinois graduate Chris Folkens, will play Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema in Chicago on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Article on Champaign Web site SmilePolitely.com that talks about the success and tenacity of That’s Rentertainment and Parasol Records against a highly altered merchant landscape in Champaign-Urbana that does not favor local establishments selling products for “intellgent consumption.”

THE INFORMANT has begun principal photography in Macon County, and the Decatur Herald & Review wants you to track Matt Damon’s every move. Or, not.

It’s time to get C-U Blogfidential back on track for the summer season!

EXTRA! Interview with the director of THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY.

“C-U Confidential” will be back on the beat during Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, April 23-27, 2008, in downtown Champaign, Illinois. Get it FOR FREE while supplies last!!!

Articles in Champaign daily The News-Gazette and Danville daily Commercial-News about the debut of Thomas Bender’s documentary HOOPESTON during the final installment of the New York Underground Film Festival at Anthology Film Archives in New York City.

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the tenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

Article in Bloomington (IL) daily The Pantagraph about Hollywood filmmaker Graham Streeter visiting Bloomington-Normal to scout locations for his upcoming narrative feature NORMAL FOLK, which will star Normal resident Marty Murphy as a woman living with severe autism. Also, your editor says what has to be said about location shooting locally.