C-U Blogfidential

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Six selections will be highlighted during “Silent Movie Classics – Part 5,” the next film class at the Avon Theater in Decatur, IL, which begins on August 13, 2009.

Predestined Arts & Entertainment of Springfield is casting extras for its current short film production, THIS LIFE AIN’T EASY, needed during the next two Saturdays, July 25 and August 1, 2009.

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at WILL-TV Studios in Urbana, IL, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

If you didn’t show last time, you’ve earned a pass. Make good by volunteering your services as a LEADING LADIES extra tomorrow, Monday, June 22, at Franklin Middle School in Champaign. Don’t be square!

Have you yet to give good face to diamond DP Pete Biagi and crew on the set of LEADING LADIES? Extras have one last chance to impress the rest this Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Franklin Middle School in Champaign. Be there!

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the home of Johnny Robinson in Urbana, IL, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.