{"id":107,"date":"2006-11-17T06:52:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T11:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2014-09-06T15:01:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T21:01:34","slug":"coming-soon-nov-2006-pt2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Nov 2006 pt.2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every now and then, C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> will highlight limited-run screenings in the area which often receive little to no press in traditional news outlets. The following events are \u201ccoming soon\u201d in November; please support this diverse film programming in our community by attending and spreading the word. Multiplexes and television sets are no substitute for a true cinema experience!<\/em><\/p>\n

Just before the annual herd of Oscar-contenders and\u00a0holiday blockbusters stampedes through the nation’s cinemas, the Movie Gods have smiled upon us with a few bookings of interest, so let’s get to it!<\/p>\n

First, we take a look southwest-ward to the Avon Theatre, 426 N. Water St., Decatur, IL<\/strong>, where last night at 6:30 p.m.<\/strong>,\u00a0Head Honcho Skip Huston<\/strong> lauched the latest in his Richland Community College<\/strong>-sponsored film classes. This time out, Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong> thrillers fit the bill\u00a0and, as usual, the selections are top-secret – unless you take the class! We’re not sure if Richland will accept beyond-last-minute sign-ups for this eight-week course, but certainly the Head Honcho will have more to explore in the near future.<\/p>\n

Next, we turn northward to the Beverly Cinemas, 910 Meijer Dr., Champaign, IL<\/strong>. Yes, true believers, you have every<\/em> right to give pause at the name-checking of a Hollywood-friendly multiplex on this blog. That’s not stopping us from discussing the After Dark Horrorfest<\/strong>, a brand-new independent horror film festival founded by director Courtney Solomon<\/strong> (AN AMERICAN HAUNTING<\/strong>) that begins at 2 p.m.<\/strong> later today, Friday, November 17<\/strong>, and lasts through Tuesday, November 21<\/strong>, at the Beverly. With support from indie titan Lionsgate<\/strong>, After Dark will present a revolving schedule of eight brand-new fright flicks that probably will not receive big-screen playdates otherwise. An exception is the “bonus” ninth feature, SNOOP DOGG’S HOOD OF HORROR<\/strong>, which plays at 10 p.m.<\/strong> on Sunday, November 19<\/strong>, and receives a modest roll-out from Xenon Pictures<\/strong> early next year. Originally slated to debut in 35 cities, After Dark Horrorfest now will terrorize more than 100 locations according to a list on its Web site<\/a>, although the Beverly will be the only theater to have goodies provided by C-U’s own\u00a0Jill Van Voorst<\/strong> of LIX<\/strong>. Estudious readers might also check out\u00a0the Solomon interview<\/a> posted yesterday by Fangoria<\/u><\/strong> magazine.<\/p>\n

And then we face due east, looking just a few blocks over from the Secret MICRO-FILM<\/strong> Headquarters,\u00a0where Boardman’s Art Theatre, 126 W. Church Street, Champaign, IL<\/strong>, will present another example of contemporary Indian cinema. UMRAO JAAN<\/strong> (2006) is a remake of a 1981 feature about an abducted child who grows up to be an admired singer and dancer that loses her lover and eventually reconnects with her family. Showtimes are 12 p.m.<\/strong> this Saturday, November 18<\/strong>, and Sunday, November 19<\/strong>; admission will be $9.<\/p>\n

We now direct your attention 45 miles due west, where the Normal Theater, 209 North St., Normal, IL<\/strong>, will be playing a documentary called\u00a0THE HEART OF THE GAME<\/strong> through Sunday, November 19<\/strong>, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> each night. Depsite receiving good notices, this portrait of a Seattle high-school girls’ basketball team apparently didn’t quite catch on. Fans of sports movies and real-life underdog stories might do well to\u00a0check out HEART, directed by Ward Serrill<\/strong> and narrated by Champaign-native-turned-big-league-rapper Ludacris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And finally, the Princess Theatre<\/strong> in LeRoy, IL<\/strong>, will re-open for business on Wednesday, November 22<\/strong>, with the Danny DeVito<\/strong>–Matthew Broderick<\/strong> comedy DECK THE HALLS<\/strong>, according to Ben Slotky<\/strong> of the Castle Theatre<\/strong> in nearby Bloomington<\/strong>.\u00a0We at C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> had no clue that local real-estate developer David Kraft<\/strong>, who recently purchased and restored the Princess to its former small-town glory, put the property up for sale<\/a> earlier this year. Let’s hope that the new owners can make a successful run at keeping the Princess alive!<\/p>\n

– Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coming Soon: “Hitchcock Movies-Part Two” film class at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (11\/16\/06-???), THE HEART OF THE GAME at the Normal Theater, Normal, IL (11\/16-19\/06), After Dark Horrorfest at the Beverly Cinemas, Champaign, IL (11\/17-21\/06), UMRAO JAAN at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11\/18-19\/06), and the re-opening of the Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL (11\/22\/06).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-public-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}