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Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed<\/strong><\/p>\n 5\/11: Elijah Booker, 14 (screenwriter, WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, Pens to Lens 2019)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 20 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Friday, August 6, 1999:<\/em> Micro-Scope<\/span> #1<\/strong>, our first original print publication after MICRO-FILM: The Warning Shot<\/strong><\/span>, is placed in Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> businesses for free not unlike our current C-U Confidential<\/strong><\/span> digest. Each two-sided newsletter featured as many locally-oriented news items as we could cram onto that color paper stock in our pre-Internet era! [R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Boneyard Creek Crossing (corner of Race & Griggs), Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Sholem Aquatic Center, Champaign IL<\/strong> @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional \u201cNow Playing\u201d and \u201cComing Soon\u201d listings appear after the jump!<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL<\/strong> @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL<\/strong> @ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong> @ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL<\/strong> @ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL<\/strong> @ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n 9\/7-9\/8<\/strong> 9\/19-9\/29<\/strong> 10\/26<\/strong> 11\/1-11\/2<\/strong> 11\/4<\/strong> 11\/22-11\/23<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Illini Union Board Presents \u201cSummer Quad Cinema Series\u201d<\/strong> ~~~~~<\/p>\n Compiled by Jason Pankoke.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cCalendar du C-U\u201d Select movie listings for August 9-15, 2019 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,1836],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-12875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-u-blogfidential","category-confidential-almanac","tag-cinema-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12875","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=12875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChampaign-Urbana Film Society, Champaign Moviemakers, and CUDO present the 7th annual Pens to Lens Screenplay Competition + Gala* (8\/10, 2 p.m. doors and red carpet, 3 p.m. films)<\/p>\n
\nECHO IN THE CANYON (8\/9 on), SWORD OF TRUST (8\/9-8\/10, 8\/12, 8\/14-8\/15), PAVAROTTI (8\/11, 8\/13), Late Night: THE DEAD DON\u2019T DIE (8\/9-8\/11, 8\/15)<\/p>\n
\nTHE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, BRIAN BANKS, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4, YESTERDAY (8\/9 on), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT \u201cSpringsteen Fan Event\u201d (8\/12, 7 p.m.), THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (8\/13 on), WOODSTOCK 50th Anniversary Director\u2019s Cut (8\/15, 7 p.m.), GOOD BOYS, WHERE\u2019D YOU GO BERNADETTE (8\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cUrbanalove Summer Movie Nights\u201d feat. LOVING VINCENT (8\/14, 8 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nPOK\u00c9MON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, POMS, AMAZING GRACE, TOLKIEN, DONNYBROOK, THE OUTSIDER, DEEP MURDER, KNIGHTFALL (s2), more! (8\/6 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, BRIAN BANKS, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE FAREWELL, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4 (8\/9 on), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (8\/11, 8\/14), MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (8\/13, 7 p.m., subtitled), RiffTrax Live! feat. THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (8\/15, 7 p.m., simulcast)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board Presents \u201cSummer Quad Cinema Series\u201d feat. POK\u00c9MON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU, Anniversary Plaza (8\/15, 9 p.m., free, rain location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMovie Night at the Pool\u201d feat. LILO & STITCH (8\/9, 8 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nPens to Lens Screenplay Competition + Gala* (8\/10, 3 p.m.), Reel Deals: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951; 8\/13, 8\/15, 6:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (8\/9 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (8\/9 on)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE LION KING, YESTERDAY (8\/9 on), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (8\/14 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE LION KING (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW (Screen 2) (8\/9-8\/10)<\/p>\n
\nTHE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, TOY STORY 4 (8\/9 on), SCOOBY-DOO (8\/10, 8\/13, 10 a.m., free), BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (8\/14 on), GOOD BOYS (8\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the month!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTHE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (8\/9-8\/11), Family Movie Night: THE LEGO MOVIE (8\/14, 6 p.m., donation), LADYHAWKE (8\/15)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (8\/9-8\/11, 8\/14)<\/p>\n
\nSPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (8\/9-8\/11)<\/p>\n
\nTHE LION KING, TOY STORY 4 (8\/9-8\/11)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, TOY STORY 4 (Screen 1), HOBBS & SHAW, YESTERDAY (Screen 2) (8\/9 on)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, THE KITCHEN, HOBBS & SHAW, THE LION KING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (8\/9 on)<\/p>\n
\nFilmscape Chicago production expo
\n@ Cinespace Studios, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n37th Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\nDark History & Horror Con\u2019s Screaming Mad Film Festival
\n@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n3rd Dead in Decatur Film Festival
\n@ Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur, IL<\/p>\n
\n10th annual New Art Film Festival*
\n@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL<\/p>\n
\n18th annual Route 66 Film Festival
\n@ Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL<\/p>\n
\n@ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m., free<\/strong>
\nRain Location: Pine Lounge (1st floor), Illini Union<\/strong>
\n8\/15: POK\u00c9MON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU; 8\/24: AVENGERS: ENDGAME @ Memorial Stadium<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 2019 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"