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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 9\/16: Jay Rosenstein (producer, Jay Rosenstein Productions, Champaign-Urbana, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Perseverance is best, as this week\u2019s three things of contemplation will illustrate, if one wants to make a mark or carve out a career in media. Improbably serving as the \u201cseason opener\u201d event for the Virginia Theatre<\/strong>\u2019s 2022-23 calendar<\/a><\/span> in downtown Champaign<\/strong>, a revised edit of R.C. Raycraft<\/strong>\u2019s durable INCIDENT AT KICKAPOO CREEK<\/strong> premieres tomorrow, Saturday, September 17<\/strong>, at 7 p.m.<\/strong>, preceded at 5 p.m.<\/strong> outdoors on Park Avenue<\/strong> by food trucks, an archival exhibit, and a special music combo performing songs from the catalogs of artists who played the original, post-Woodstock<\/strong> \u201cIncident<\/strong>,\u201d a once-forgotten rock concert that attracted roughly 60,000 young people to a farm in downstate Heyworth, Illinois<\/strong>, in May 1970<\/a><\/span>. INCIDENT<\/strong> is a long-running side project for Raycraft, a video producer, author, and antiques collector who lives in Bloomington<\/strong>, and has been periodically updated as he comes across ephemera and stories that can enhance the documentary<\/a><\/span>; his first public showing of INCIDENT<\/strong> took place in 1995, and to date it has not been distributed on any platform. This event is co-sponsored by WKIO 107.9 FM<\/strong>, which sporadically airs all-day marathons of recordings by local musicians, and is an unexpected combination of cultural pomp and circumstance mixed with total rock \u2018n roll. Only thing they\u2019ve left out is the mudslide!<\/p>\n Also taking place on Saturday is the world premiere of CATALYST<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, showing in theater 10 of the Regal LA Live<\/strong> at 9:25 p.m.<\/strong> Eastern time as a selection of the 13th annual DTLA Film Festival<\/strong> in Los Angeles<\/strong>. It is the first feature film to be written and directed by Christopher Folkens<\/strong>, an Illinois<\/strong> native who attended the University of Illinois<\/strong> in the early 2000s to earn a degree at the School of Music<\/strong>, worked for a spell at Leo Burnett Worldwide<\/strong> in Chicago<\/strong>, and then moved to the West Coast. A solid track record of studio and independent commercial work, sometimes with A-list talent like Kerry Washington<\/strong> and Ellen Pompeo<\/strong>, has led a more experienced Folkens back to what seemed to pique his interest most other than music composition in his UIUC years, narrative film. CATALYST<\/strong> is a stylish and tense descent into a near-future \u201cwhat-if\u201d situation<\/a><\/span> that pits several individuals with dark marks on their respective pasts against one another; it stars Michael Roark, Noel Gugliemi, Patrick Kilpatrick, David Bianchi<\/strong>, and Melanie Liburd<\/strong>, and is a production of Mystic Films<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Nearly 20 years after he created epic short films out of nothing on the UI campus with TRIAD<\/strong> and TOXIN<\/strong>, Folkens is finally seeing his vision come alive in a big way. Congrats!<\/p>\n Finally, even though she lost out to ABBOTT ELEMENTARY<\/strong> costar Sheryl Lee Ralph<\/strong> in the comedy supporting actress category during Monday night\u2019s Emmy Awards<\/strong> telecast<\/a><\/span>, Janelle James<\/strong> has plenty to be thankful for. She recounted on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE<\/strong> a few months ago<\/a><\/span> about how she started out in stand-up comedy in Champaign-Urbana as an unmarried mother in her 30s and followed the lights to New York City<\/strong> and then Los Angeles<\/a><\/span> to become an in-demand writer, producer, and talent. That\u2019s a hell of a switch in one\u2019s station in life and a perfect lesson in how one can jump the tracks for the better path if one makes the effort. Good show on her part. Not so good show, however, is THE FINAL STRAW<\/strong>. Erg<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Materials Science and Engineering Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> \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> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong>
\n9\/19: Eric Pankoke (webmaster, C-U Blogfidential<\/span>, Champaign\/Mendota, IL)
\n9\/19: Paul A. Brooks (director, HUNTING FOR THE HAG, Into the Night Motion Pictures, Normal, IL)
\n9\/21: Lisa Cerezo (co-owner, ThirdSide, Champaign, IL\/Portland, OR)<\/p>\n
\n2022-2023 Performing Arts Season: Opening Night Event feat. INCIDENT AT KICKAPOO CREEK* \u201c50th anniversary release\u201d screening (9\/17, 5 p.m. outdoor concert, 7 p.m. film)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting, Room 119 (9\/19, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nPEARL, SEE HOW THEY RUN, THE WOMAN KING, BARBARIAN, BRAHM\u0100STRA \u2013 PART ONE: SHIVA (in Hindi), BULLET TRAIN, DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO (anim\u00e9), THE INVITATION, NOPE, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME* (re-release), TOP GUN: MAVERICK (9\/16 on), DON\u2019T WORRY DARLING, MOONAGE DAYDREAM (9\/22 on) *single shows daily<\/p>\n
\nPEARL, RUNNING THE BASES, SEE HOW THEY RUN, THE WOMAN KING, BARBARIAN, BEAST, BRAHM\u0100STRA \u2013 PART ONE: SHIVA (in Hindi, Tamil, or Telugu), BULLET TRAIN, CLERKS III, THE INVITATION, JAWS* (re-release, 3-D), LIFEMARK, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE*, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (9\/16 on), DAZN PPV presents Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin (boxing; 9\/17, 7 p.m., simulcast), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (9\/18, 3 & 7 p.m.; 9\/21, 7 p.m.), \u201cBROS\u201d presents FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (9\/19, 7 p.m.), TRAINWRECK (9\/20, 7 p.m.), and KNOCKED UP (9\/21, 7 p.m.), JEEPERS CREEPERS REBORN (9\/19-9\/21, 7 p.m.), REN\u00c9E FLEMING\u2019S CITIES THAT SING: PARIS (opera; 9\/21, 7:15 p.m., IMAX), DON\u2019T WORRY DARLING (9\/22 on) *single shows daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2022 Weekend Films\u201d feat. JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (9\/16-9\/17, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n