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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 4\/9: Nick Alonzo (director\/writer, DA BIG ZIP, Cluck Films, Chicago, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s Sunday already, isn\u2019t it? Apologies. I almost wouldn\u2019t be fazed at this point to locate a heretofore hidden room in the house on the edge of an American small town and discover a video village with Mike Flanagan<\/strong> orchestrating every possible trick at Momkoke Manor<\/strong> to suck my will to be constructive and creative for a horror show that has yet to be announced in the trades. \u201cA new kind of reality haunting experience,\u201d he\u2019ll tell me, but I simply need to wake up every day and I know it to be true and a crime.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT? U.S. Blu-ray\/DVD\/iTunes release:<\/strong> Tuesday, 4\/19, nationwide via MVD Visual, Pottstown, PA\/What Were We Thinking Films, Hamden, CT<\/p>\n @ Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Exile on Main Street, Champaign, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\n4\/14: Jeff Machota (host, \u201cWednesday Morning Prayer Meeting\u201d show, WEFT-FM, Champaign, IL)
\n4\/16: Sarah Christensen (visual resources and outreach specialist, University Library, UIUC, Urbana, IL)
\n4\/16: Joe Taylor (producer\/fabricator, Studio Extra\u00f1o, Sturgeon Bay, WI)
\n4\/18: Mike Trippiedi (author, Once Upon an Ending<\/span>, Shut Up & Do It Productions, Champaign, IL)
\n4\/21: William Kephart (scene shop chief clerk, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL)
\n4\/21: Brian Paris (multimedia producer, City of Champaign administration department, Champaign, IL)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting, Room 223 (4\/18, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nPortal Entertainment Group, etc., presents WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD release party + concert feat. David Howie (4\/20, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nUIUC College of Media presents the 22nd Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival (4\/20-4\/23)<\/p>\n
\nRecord Store Day 2022 feat. WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?* DVD + 2 LP exclusive release (4\/23)<\/p>\n
\nEVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, AMBULANCE, THE BATMAN, K.G.F. CHAPTER 2 (in Kannada and Telugu), THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, UNCHARTED (4\/15 on), THE BAD GUYS, THE NORTHMAN, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4\/21 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSpring 2022 Weekend Films\u201d feat. A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (4\/15-4\/16, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nFANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, FATHER STU, K.G.F. CHAPTER 2 (in Kannada and Telugu), ALL THE OLD KNIVES, AMBULANCE, THE BATMAN, BEAST (in Tamil), EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (anim\u00e9), THE LOST CITY, MORBIUS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, UNCHARTED (4\/15 on), REAR WINDOW (4\/17, 3 & 7 p.m.; 4\/20, 7 p.m.), THE MULLIGAN (4\/18-4\/19, 7 p.m.), THE BAD GUYS, THE NORTHMAN, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (4\/21 on)<\/p>\n