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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 10\/18: Mike Everleth (publisher, Underground Film Journal<\/span>, Los Angeles, CA) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed<\/strong><\/p>\n 10\/5: Lenny Lipton, 82 (author, The Cinema in Flux<\/span>, Springer Nature, Los Angeles, CA\/Heidelberg, Germany)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n This week, we\u2019ll be a little less short and sweet with the three eclectic things we have for you to check out. Let\u2019s start with an understatement: there is no<\/em> shortage of horror to watch on ad-supported platforms this Halloween<\/strong> season, and Tubi<\/strong> is loaded with contemporary genre flicks if you dare to dive past the established classics and vintage cheap thrills. (Your humble editor finds that browsing Tubi on his smart phone late at night is a little<\/em> addictive.) Not apparent on the surface is that Tubi also carries a fair number of documentaries, some having to do with the cinema, pop culture, fringe pursuits, and speculative history such as cryptozoology and the paranormal; the latter is where we find several guest appearances by a self-described expert on such matters, Troy Taylor<\/strong>, the veteran publisher at American Hauntings Ink<\/strong><\/span><\/a> who currently operates out of Jacksonville<\/strong> in west central Illinois<\/strong>. One of these is in TERROR IN THE SKIES<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, produced by Seth Breedlove<\/strong> for his indie label Small Town Monsters<\/strong>, which recounts the numerous sightings of \u201cthunderbirds\u201d and the \u201cMothman\u201d in various corners of our scary state over the years.<\/p>\n Also, with the recent passing of actress Louise Fletcher<\/strong> and last year\u2019s death of director Michael Laughlin<\/strong>, we\u2019d like to remind our dearest readers of their offbeat collaborations. STRANGE INVADERS<\/strong>, also presented on Tubi<\/a><\/span>, is a gauzy UFO tale starring Paul LeMat, Nancy Allen<\/strong>, and Fletcher about a small Illinois town that is literally not on the map and populated by bug-eyed aliens in disguise. Not on Tubi but available to view on this YouTube<\/strong> channel is its predecessor, STRANGE BEHAVIOR<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, in which Michael Murphy<\/strong>, Fletcher, and others play parents in the college town of Galesburg<\/strong> who realize their children are being preyed upon by a secretive science lab run by the wonderfully icy Fiona Lewis<\/strong>. Galesburg exists, of course, although the academia in this film is a fictionalized version of Knox College<\/strong>. Both enjoyable B-films are influenced by Laughlin\u2019s upbringing in the Bloomington-Normal<\/strong> area and \u2013 surprise! \u2013 the earlier work inspired a group of amateur filmmakers from Galesburg, led by Cyrus Khazai<\/strong>, to create a no-budget sequel in the mid-Nineties. DEAD KIDS 2<\/strong>, which takes its title from the overseas release of the original, can be found here<\/a><\/span> as well as on a recent Blu-ray release from Umbrella Entertainment<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To conclude, we presume the Shatterglass Films<\/strong>\/Line Film Company<\/strong> production REVEALER<\/strong>, filmed in Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> in 2020 and currently streaming only on Shudder<\/strong>, will be more widely available online after RLJE Films<\/strong> releases the DVD edition on Tuesday, November 15<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Until that point, one can get their REVEALER<\/strong> fix if one is into reading comics by picking up the Vault Comics<\/strong> tie-in book, Revealer<\/span> #1<\/strong>, written and illustrated by the movie\u2019s co-creators, Tim Seeley<\/strong> and Michael Moreci<\/strong>. Champaign\u2019s G-Mart Comics<\/strong> is offering the print version<\/a><\/span> and its variant covers, while the Amazon Kindle<\/strong> subsidiary comiXology<\/strong> is selling the electronic version<\/a><\/span>. Revealer<\/span> #1 was released on Wednesday, September 14<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, 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>
\n10\/20: Lana Wildman (staff, Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield, IL)<\/p>\n
\nAEMS presents \u201cAsiaLens Film Series\u201d feat. JIMMY IN SAIGON* w\/filmmaker Peter McDowell (10\/16, 1 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting, Room 119 (10\/17, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nHALLOWEEN ENDS, TERRIFIER 2, AMSTERDAM, BROS, DON\u2019T WORRY DARLING, GODFATHER (in Telugu), THE INVITATION, LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, PONNIYIN SELVAN: PART I (in Tamil), SMILE, THE WOMAN KING (10\/14 on), DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (10\/14, 1:45 p.m.), BLACK ADAM, TICKET TO PARADISE (10\/20 on)<\/p>\n
\nHALLOWEEN ENDS, AMSTERDAM, BARBARIAN, BROS, DON\u2019T WORRY DARLING, THE INHABITANT*, LIFEMARK*, LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, PEARL, SEE HOW THEY RUN, SMILE, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, THE WOMAN KING (10\/14 on), Turner Classic Movies presents IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT* 55th anniversary (10\/16, 4 & 7 p.m.; 10\/19, 7 p.m.), E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (10\/16, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10\/19, 7 p.m.), PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE: JOURNEY TO MOUNT SINAI (religious documentary; 10\/17-10\/18, 7 p.m.), BLACK ADAM (10\/20 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2022 Weekend Films\u201d feat. DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, Pine Lounge, 1st floor (10\/14-10\/15, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n