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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 7\/1: Michael Juvinall (editor, Horror Patch<\/span> website, Channahon, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Directly following the thought patterns as expressed in last week\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, I feel like the act of compiling our Calendar<\/strong> is, sometimes, more about keeping myself honest on all the things in Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> and beyond than keeping you up to date on the same, dearest readers. If the sum result is that we record the local film culture for now and the future, any which way, then maybe it doesn\u2019t matter as long as it happens to the best of our abilities. Of course, C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> can always recap to point out what\u2019s positive and help improve our perspective on media matters, even if timeliness is a bit shite.<\/p>\n Unlike our previous topics, I\u2019ll have opportunities to revisit the following in the coming months if I can swing it. First, I wasn\u2019t able to kick out a post encouraging y\u2019all to contribute to the Indiegogo<\/strong> campaign for the found footage thriller<\/a><\/span> HUNTING FOR THE HAG<\/strong>, photographed last year by the team from Into the Night Motion Pictures<\/strong> of Normal<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, but we\u2019ll congratulate them on raising about $3,000 to help with their post-production needs. A month-long push ended this Friday, June 30<\/strong>, and we\u2019ll be hunting alongside director Paul A. Brooks<\/strong> and his merry hagglers if they need more assistance down the road.<\/p>\n Also, I couldn\u2019t get it together to promote the call for participants in \u201cCentral Illinois Film & TV Production Training<\/strong>,\u201d a new eight-week course beginning later in July<\/span><\/a> and co-sponsored by Shatterglass Studios<\/strong> of Champaign<\/a><\/span>, the Illinois Film and TV Workforce Development Program<\/strong> from the Illinois Film Office<\/strong>, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity<\/strong>, but a staff member at Shatterglass did confirm on Facebook<\/strong> they had more than enough applicants to draw from and ensure the program was a go. Their deadline to apply was also on June 30. We\u2019ll share how training is going when we hear more.<\/p>\n And then, I didn\u2019t jump at the chance to attend an early-access screening of April Wright<\/strong>\u2019s newest documentary on Americana<\/a><\/span>, BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN<\/strong>, featuring stories from the Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in<\/strong> of Hoopeston<\/strong> and a dozen other operational ozoners that are working hard to satisfy their customers and weather the uncertainties of their industry, although those who missed out will get a second chance in short order when the film is officially released in August. The local showing took place on Monday, June 6<\/strong>, deemed \u201cNational Drive-in Movie Day<\/strong>,\u201d<\/a><\/span> at the Harvest Moon. We\u2019ll shine our brights on it soon.<\/p>\n Nothing is really lost for these camps if we don\u2019t pull through with the journalistic goods in a way that will benefit them, for it\u2019s clear they all have the momentum and connections needed for their efforts to pay off. I\u2019ll enjoy watching it play out in each instance as we go. That it will take place almost exclusively from a distance is kind of a personal buzzkill, though. This is a hard truth to reconcile and an even harder one to act upon, given where I should probably<\/em> go from here. Until further notice, CUBlog<\/span><\/strong>, it persists.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\n7\/5: Paul Riismandel (cohost, Radio Survivor<\/span> podcast, San Francisco, CA)
\n7\/7: Keenan Dailey (CEO, Visage Entertainment, Champaign-Urbana, IL)<\/p>\n
\nMINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, MR. MALCOLM\u2019S LIST, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, LIGHTYEAR, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (7\/1 on), THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (7\/7 on)<\/p>\n
\nMINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, LIGHTYEAR, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (7\/1 on), UFC 276: Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier, more (mixed martial arts; 7\/2, 9 p.m., simulcast), MEN IN BLACK 25th anniversary (7\/3, 3 & 7 p.m.; 7\/4, 7 p.m.), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (7\/3, 12, 3, 7 & 10 p.m.; 7\/6, 3, 7 & 10 p.m.), THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, SHREK (7\/5-7\/7, 10 a.m., free), THE THING 40th anniversary (7\/6, 7 p.m.), THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (7\/7 on)<\/p>\n