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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 MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n 11\/16: Scott Jenkins (owner\/sculptor, Evil Jinx Studios, Chicago, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 20 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Sunday, November 8, 1999:<\/em> PBS<\/strong> affiliates premiere the hour-long television special TRANSISTORIZED!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which dramatizes the creation of the solid-state electrical component that would replace the vacuum tube and make possible much of the consumer technology we use to this day. Archive materials, reenactments, and narration by host and cowriter Ira Flatow<\/strong> (NEWTON\u2019S APPLE<\/strong>) recall the many months of trial and error that physicists Walter Brattain, John Bardeen<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and William Shockley<\/strong> went through that led up to December 23, 1947<\/strong>, the day Brattain invented a \u201ctriangle\u201d of plastic, germanium, and gold foil based on Bardeen\u2019s ideas that successfully amplified currents. Shockley, a supervisor for the project at the Bell Telephone Laboratories<\/strong> in New Jersey<\/strong> who was not present during the discovery, improved on their design independently from the entire team in an effort to control how this potential breakthrough would be credited in the future. Bardeen left Bell Labs in 1951 thanks to Shockley\u2019s micromanagement streak and joined the faculty of the physics and electrical engineering departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong>, where he taught until 1975 and continued to research and publish until his death in 1991. Despite a falling out between the three primary researchers as coworkers, they celebrated together in 1956 as laureates after accepting the Nobel Prize<\/strong> for physics in Stockholm, Sweden<\/strong>, in honor of their achievements with superconductivity. Colleagues from Illinois who appear in interview segments include the physicists Frederick Seitz<\/strong> and Nick Holonyak, Jr.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, and historians Charles C. Stewart<\/strong> and Lillian Hoddeson<\/strong>. Richard O\u2019Rourke<\/strong> plays Bardeen in the flashback scenes of TRANSISTORIZED!<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which was directed by Gary Glassman<\/strong> for KTCA-TV<\/strong> and ScienCentral, Inc.<\/strong>, in association with Boston Science Communications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Armory Building, UIUC, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, 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 Legacy Theatre, Springfield, 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>
\n11\/19: Carolyn Baxley (owner, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL)<\/p>\n
\nChampaign Movie Makers* meeting, \u201cWriting Tools,\u201d Robeson Pavilion, Room A (11\/19, 7 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nC-U Cinefile* meeting, Room 219 (11\/15, 4 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting, Room 1022 (11\/18, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Early C-U Television History\u201d talk and book signing by Doug Quick (11\/21, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BETTER DAYS, DOCTOR SLEEP, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11\/15 on), 21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II (11\/21 on)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cFor Art\u2019s Sake\u201d cinema screenings, Armory 101, 7 p.m., free: FLOATING WEEDS (11\/15), THE WAGES OF FEAR (12\/6)<\/p>\n
\nGOOD BOYS, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2, 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED, THE FAREWELL, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, BRIAN BANKS, AFTER THE WEDDING, SUPER SIZE ME 2, COBRA KAI (s2), STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (s2), GOOD OMENS (s1), more! (11\/12 on)<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BETTER DAYS, DOCTOR SLEEP, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PARASITE, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (11\/15 on), WESTERN STARS (daily, 12:45 p.m.), THE POLAR EXPRESS (11\/17, 11\/20), Studio Ghibli Fest: PRINCESS MONONOKE (11\/17, 12:55 p.m., dubbed), National Theatre Live: Fleabag<\/span> starring Phoebe Waller-Bridges (11\/18, 7 p.m., simulcast), LIONEL RICHIE IN GLASTONBURY (11\/19, 7 p.m.), A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II (11\/21 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cWeekend Films at the Union\u201d feat. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, Pine Lounge (11\/15, 7 p.m.; 11\/16, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w\/i-card), \u201cThrowback Films at the Union\u201d feat. GROWN UPS, Courtyard Caf\u00e9 (11\/21, 8:30 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nChampaign Unit 4 School District presents \u201cFamily Movie Night\u201d feat. COCO (11\/15, 7 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, DOCTOR SLEEP, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, DOCTOR SLEEP, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nFORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, DOCTOR SLEEP (11\/15 on), FROZEN II (11\/21 on)<\/p>\n
\n\u201c1939 Film Festival\u201d feat. THE WIZARD OF OZ (11\/15, 7 p.m.), STAGECOACH (11\/16, 1 p.m.), BACHELOR MOTHER (11\/16, 4 p.m.), GONE WITH THE WIND (11\/16, 7 p.m.), THE WOMEN (11\/17, 3 p.m.), and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (11\/17, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nFORD V FERRARI, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, DOCTOR SLEEP, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (11\/15-11\/17)<\/p>\n
\nFIRST LOVE (11\/15-11\/17), RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS (11\/16-11\/17), Six Week Film School: \u201cUngrateful Dead\u201d feat. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (11\/19), PARASITE (11\/21)<\/p>\n
\nTERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11\/15-11\/17, 11\/20)<\/p>\n