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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\/24: Shauna Miller (actress, RESPIRE, Red Lens Productions, Champaign, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Tuesday, June 30, 2009:<\/em> Los Angeles<\/strong>-based distributor Indie-Pictures<\/strong> releases the Midwest horror drama THE GARBAGE MAN<\/strong> on DVD, rescuing it from the well of lost motion pictures that were produced in the wake of the American \u201cindependent boom\u201d of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Originally filmed during the summer of 1993 in various local haunts and the dense student housing area to the west of the University of Illinois<\/strong> campus in Champaign-Urbana<\/strong>, this micro-budget endeavor relies on 16-millimeter grain, nonlinear cuts, tonal soundscapes, and the fa\u00e7ade of everyday normality to describe the life of a trash collector by day and serial killer by night as played by James Meredith<\/strong>. Director Hart D. Fisher<\/strong> amassed the tools and skills to shape THE GARBAGE MAN<\/strong> into releasable form while he gravitated from self-publishing under his Boneyard Press<\/strong> imprint in Illinois<\/strong> to learning commercial video production in California<\/strong>, telling the horror culture website Bloody-Disgusting<\/strong> in 2014<\/span><\/a> that a sneak preview of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT<\/strong> reignited his fire to finish it. Indie-Pictures did not provide many favors to Fisher or THE GARBAGE MAN<\/strong> apart from producing the disc itself; never listing or promoting the product on its website, weblog<\/a><\/span>, or YouTube<\/span><\/strong> account<\/span><\/a>, the company apparently went defunct a short while after the street date. Fisher soon began offering it as video-on-demand through American Horrors<\/span><\/strong>, a boutique \u201cextreme horror\u201d brand<\/span><\/a> developed with his wife Wakako Kawagoshi-Fisher<\/strong> and others that eventually spawned a free 24\/7 streaming channel of movies, music videos, and original programs via Roku<\/strong> and an annual film festival in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin<\/strong>. As reported on 11\/21\/07<\/a><\/span>, 2\/12\/09<\/a><\/span> at<\/em> CUBlog<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, 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 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 66 Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL<\/strong>
\n11\/28: Ryan Mitchelle (director, ANOTHER CINEMA SNOB MOVIE, Walkaway Productions, Springfield, IL)<\/p>\n
\n21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, DOCTOR SLEEP, FORD V FERRARI, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/22 on), THE GOOD LIAR, HARRIET, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS (11\/22-11\/26), KNIVES OUT preview (11\/22-11\/23, 7 p.m.), FRIENDS \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d (11\/24, 7 p.m., 4 episodes; 11\/25, 4 & 7 p.m., 4 additional episodes), KNIVES OUT (11\/26 on), QUEEN & SLIM (11\/27 on)<\/p>\n
\nDORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, OPHELIA, POLAROID, THE DIVINE FURY, AMERICAN DREAMER, INDIAN HORSE, THE HANDMAID\u2019S TALE (s3), CATCH-22 (cs), more! (11\/19 on)<\/p>\n
\n21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, DOCTOR SLEEP, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, HARRIET, JOJO RABBIT, JOKER, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PARASITE, PLAYING WITH FIRE, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (11\/22 on), KNIVES OUT preview (11\/22-11\/23, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Philip Glass\u2019 Akhnaten<\/span> (11\/23, 11:55 a.m., simulcast), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR\u2019S STONE (11\/24, 11\/27), FRIENDS \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d (11\/24, 7 p.m., 4 episodes; 11\/25, 4 & 7 p.m., 4 additional episodes), NEVER SURRENDER: A \u201cGALAXY QUEST\u201d DOCUMENTARY (11\/26, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cWeekend Films at the Union\u201d feat. THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2, Pine Lounge (11\/22, 7 p.m.; 11\/23, 7 & 10 p.m.; free w\/i-card), \u201cThrowback Films at the Union\u201d feat. THE BREAKFAST CLUB, Courtyard Caf\u00e9 (11\/28, 8:30 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nFROZEN II, CHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/22 on)<\/p>\n
\n21 BRIDGES, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROZEN II, CHARLIE\u2019S ANGELS, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY (11\/22 on)<\/p>\n
\nFROZEN II, FORD V FERRARI, THE GOOD LIAR (11\/22 on), THE IRISHMAN (11\/22-11\/23, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\n21 BRIDGES, FROZEN II, FORD V FERRARI, LAST CHRISTMAS, MIDWAY, PLAYING WITH FIRE (11\/22 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (11\/22, 11\/24), Movie Trivia Night (11\/23, 6:30 p.m., @ Lorraine Theatre)<\/p>\n
\nPARASITE (11\/22-11\/24)<\/p>\n
\nFROZEN II (11\/22-11\/24, 11\/27)<\/p>\n
\nMALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (11\/22-11\/24)<\/p>\n
\n18th annual Route 66 Film Festival (11\/22-11\/23)<\/p>\n