{"id":13105,"date":"2019-12-23T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=13105"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:28:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:28:58","slug":"calendar-december-20-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=13105","title":{"rendered":"Calendar: December 20-26, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"CATS (Amblin Entertainment\/Working Title\/Universal Pictures)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/Images\/CUBlog Art\/cublog_calendarBNR051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong><em> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">12\/25: Shea Cont\u00fairt Kelly (director, GET REEL, Thousand Yard Stare Productions, Decatur, IL)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>LOCAL FILMS, ETC. | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ Analog Wine Library, Urbana, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nJIMMY IN SAIGON* preview and fundraiser w\/director Peter McDowell (12\/22, 4 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nBOMBSHELL, CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, QUEEN &amp; SLIM, RICHARD JEWELL (12\/20 on), UNCUT GEMS (12\/24 on), LITTLE WOMEN, SPIES IN DISGUISE (12\/25 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nAD ASTRA, DOWNTON ABBEY, ABOMINABLE, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD, OVERCOMER, ACCELERATION, THE PARTS YOU LOSE, ABDUCTION 101, DOSED, more! (12\/17 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nBOMBSHELL, CATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FORD V FERRARI, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, RICHARD JEWELL (12\/20 on), IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12\/22, 12\/24), LITTLE WOMEN (12\/25 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The News-Gazette<\/span> Film Series: IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12\/20, 7 p.m.; 12\/21, 1 &amp; 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>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 style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nCATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT (12\/20 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nCATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, KNIVES OUT, RICHARD JEWELL (12\/20 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nCATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12\/20 on), SPIES IN DISGUISE (12\/25 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nA CHRISTMAS STORY (12\/20, 7 p.m.), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12\/21, 2 &amp; 6 p.m.), IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12\/22, 2 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Lincoln Family Theater &amp; Community Center, Lincoln, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nCATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, RICHARD JEWELL (12\/20 on), THE POLAR EXPRESS (12\/23, 10 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nABOMINABLE (12\/20-12\/22)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nWHITE CHRISTMAS (12\/20, 12\/22, 12\/24, 12\/25 (sing-a-long version)), BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974; 12\/20), BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE, ELF (12\/21), IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE (12\/21, 12\/23), HOME ALONE, CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (12\/22), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (12\/24)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nJUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12\/20-12\/22, 12\/25)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nFROZEN II (12\/20-12\/22)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>@ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong><br \/>\nCATS, STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, FROZEN II, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12\/20 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NOW PLAYING | Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at <\/em><strong>Cine-File<\/strong><em> and <a title=\"Cine-File Chicago :: Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinefile.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">subscribe to their definitive \u201cCine-List\u201d weekly blast<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2\/24-3\/1\/20<\/strong><br \/>\n42nd Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3\/12-3\/15\/20<\/strong><br \/>\n30th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3\/24\/20<\/strong><br \/>\nSHERLOCK, JR. w\/live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott<br \/>\n@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4\/2-4\/9\/20<\/strong><br \/>\n22nd annual Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4\/15-4\/18\/20<\/strong><br \/>\n22nd annual Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<br \/>\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>COMMUNITY &amp; CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The News-Gazette<\/span> Film Series<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 &amp; 7 p.m. (holiday series are 7 p.m. only)<\/strong><br \/>\n12\/20-12\/21: IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE; 1\/11\/20: 12 ANGRY MEN (1957); 2\/2\/20: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER; 3\/21\/20: ON THE WATERFRONT; 4\/26\/20: COOL HAND LUKE; 5\/16\/20: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; 6\/20\/20: FANTASIA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Compiled by Jason Pankoke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cCalendar du C-U\u201d<br \/>\n\u00a9 2019 Jason Pankoke\/<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select movie listings for December 20-26, 2019 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-13105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar-du-c-u","tag-cinema-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13105","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=13105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}