Blog Archives

Calendar: June 23-29, 2023

Friday, June 23rd, 2023

Select movie listings for June 23-29, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

More than PEORIA made for TV

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

At one time, four indie television shows were being worked on simultaneously in downstate Illinois. Only PEORIA has persisted with little interruption. What happened to the rest? These are their stories.

Calendar: June 16-22, 2023

Saturday, June 17th, 2023

Select movie listings for June 16-22, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

Calendar: June 9-15, 2023

Sunday, June 11th, 2023

Select movie listings for June 9-15, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Ozoners rev it up for Drive-in Day

Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Get outside this summer and enjoy the pleasures of the drive-in theater, whether on National Drive-in Day or any other time they’re showing movies, serving up goodies, and bringing folks together.

Calendar: June 2-8, 2023

Saturday, June 3rd, 2023

Select movie listings for June 2-8, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

‘Thirty’ for Murray, more in 2022

Thursday, June 1st, 2023

We pause to reflect on those who did not get to share their creativity, compassion, and community with the rest of us in 2023, except for in the memories and legacies they’ve left in our care.

Calendar: May 26-June 1, 2023

Saturday, May 27th, 2023

Select movie listings for May 26-June 1, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Calendar: May 19-25, 2023

Saturday, May 20th, 2023

Select movie listings for May 19-25, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report!

Patricia A. Pellow, 1943-2022

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

Patricia A. Pellow, your humble editor’s mother, passed away on December 26 of last year at age 78. Here are a few belated words in her memory.

Carl W. Pellow, Jr., 1948-2022

Sunday, May 14th, 2023

Carl W. Pellow, Jr., your humble editor’s stepfather, passed away a year ago at age 74. Here are a few belated words in his memory.

Calendar: May 12-18, 2023

Friday, May 12th, 2023

Select movie listings for May 12-18, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

HAG to bedevil Normal on May 12

Thursday, May 11th, 2023

The Normal Theater in downtown Normal, Illinois, will allow local filmmaker Paul A. Brooks and friends to unleash HUNTING FOR THE HAG on their silver screen on May 12, 2023. Dare to dig the Hag!

Calendar: May 5-11, 2023

Saturday, May 6th, 2023

Select movie listings for May 5-11, 2023 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don’t forget to peruse this week’s Field Report! And, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?

Thrice the Tubi for 2023 viewing

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Here’s a CUBlog sequel you didn’t see coming! Whether you read or appreciated the original, our revised link-list of Tubi fare illustrating the histories of Ebertfest and Confidential will thrill you.