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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 8\/1: Jed Brian (director, UNLISTED OWNER, Lawford County Productions, Sumner, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Right now, I feel like a rebel without a through line in the real world, so I\u2019ll just make it easy for myself on the Field<\/strong> front. Here are three discoveries from recent days of locally-relevant films I found online when not expecting it. To start, BAD CHARLESTON CHARLIE<\/strong> is available to watch<\/a><\/span> after all; Epix<\/strong> allows Ross Hagen<\/strong> and friends to run roughshod on the<\/span> KKK<\/strong><\/span><\/a> through their streaming catalog. And next, despite what we reported a few weeks ago<\/a><\/span>, Jiayan \u201cJenny\u201d Shi<\/strong>\u2019s FINDING YINGYING<\/strong> is not completely restricted to a pay service as we once believed; Pluto TV<\/strong> still features the acclaimed documentary<\/a><\/span>, which was just nominated for an Emmy<\/strong>. To close, there is<\/em> a kind of magic in locating familiar films while searching Tubi TV<\/strong> for something completely different; why, is that New Art Film Festival<\/strong> selection BEYOND THE BASEMENT DOOR<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, directed by Bloomington-Normal<\/strong> native Jason Huls<\/strong>, and GHOST GIRLS<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, directed in California<\/strong> by fellow B-N native Paul A. Brooks<\/strong> (BELOW DECKS<\/strong>, NAFF \u201917), materializing out of the blue?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\n8\/1: Cara Maurizi (actress, DEEP LEARNING, Consumer Grade Film Co., Chicago, IL)
\n8\/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer\/director, WITCH ON A WALKER, Sub-Basement Films, Champaign, IL)
\n8\/2: Satina Braswell (co-owner, Dark Moon Loot, Urbana, IL)
\n8\/3: Daniela LaFave (SEO specialist, National Instruments, Austin, TX)
\n8\/5: Steve Scott (design manager, Dungeons & Dragons, WotC\/Hasbro, Renton, WA)<\/p>\n
\nTHE GREEN KNIGHT, JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, BLACK WIDOW, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, F9: THE FAST SAGA, THE HITMAN\u2019S WIFE\u2019S BODYGUARD, OLD, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7\/30 on), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8\/5 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board Presents \u201cSummer Quad Film Series\u201d feat. GODZILLA VS. KONG (8\/5, 9 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nTHE GREEN KNIGHT, JUNGLE CRUISE, STILLWATER, BLACK WIDOW, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, F9: THE FAST SAGA, THE FOREVER PURGE, JOE BELL, OLD, ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN, SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (7\/30 on), Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: Sleeping Beauty<\/span> (8\/1, 3 p.m., recorded), MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (8\/1, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/4, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca<\/span> (8\/4, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), THE SUICIDE SQUAD (8\/5 on)<\/p>\n