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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\/12: Ann Myrna (producer, DISREMEMBERED, Acrostar Productions, Chicago, IL)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n The Report<\/strong> is on hiatus until August or September. Thank you for your readership, CUvians and Agents!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Screens in the Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n This week, we have just cause to break out one more vintage Daily Illini<\/span><\/strong> theater advertisement in honor of the late actress and producer, Shelley Duvall<\/strong>, who passed on July 11<\/strong> at age 75<\/a><\/span> after a post-career life spent far, far away from the spotlight and excesses of Hollywood<\/strong> and on her own modest terms. One of your humble editor\u2019s all-time favorite experiences at Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> was a late-night screening of the hard-to-describe Robert Altman<\/strong> feature 3 WOMEN<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, which paired up Duvall with Sissy Spacek<\/strong> and Janice Rule<\/strong> to bizarre and mesmerizing effect. Despite Ye Ed<\/strong>\u2019s absence from \u201cEbertfest<\/strong>\u201d for the last decade due to personal and financial (and, now, long-distance) reasons, he feels it has been good choice-making and overall presentation at the annual event that has made it a Virginia Theatre<\/strong> staple. Nothing of its prominence but plenty of cinema in variety and breadth could be had in the C-U community and on the UIUC campus<\/a><\/span> on Friday, August 26, 1977<\/strong>, when 3 WOMEN<\/strong> began a first-run engagement at the massive Thunderbird Theatre<\/strong> across town in Urbana<\/strong>; the promotion for this and Gregory Peck<\/strong> in MACARTHUR<\/strong> at the Rialto Theatre<\/strong> took up two-fifths of an entire page in that day\u2019s DI<\/span>. You will hardly see dominating movie ads like this anymore except maybe in the weekend sections of big city print papers like the New York Times<\/span><\/strong>. By sheer coincidence, the boutique label Vinegar Syndrome<\/strong> launched pre-orders just before her death for a UHD issue of a previous Altman and Duvall collaboration, THIEVES LIKE US<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, a Southern tale of robbery and romance set during the Depression<\/strong> that also stars Keith Carradine, John Schuck<\/strong>, and Bert Remsen<\/strong>. One of the many enduring mysteries of film, of course, is in the myriad ways it preserves the expressive powers of storytelling talent, including that of the singular Duvall. Rest in peace, Olive Oyl.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 20 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 August 2004:<\/em> Corn crops of the American prairie become murder row in STALKED<\/strong>, a proof-of-concept short that is being filmed in the outskirts of tiny Homer, IL<\/strong>. Producers Nick Bird<\/strong> and Amy Heppe<\/strong> are helping to utilize the extensive farmlands around the childhood home of writer\/director Ryan E. Heppe<\/strong> to stage a scene wherein Eighties teenagers Glen (Brian M. Jones<\/strong>) and Lucy (Tatiana Javorsky<\/strong>) have a late-night tryst that is cut short by a living scarecrow (Lucas Heppe<\/strong>)<\/span><\/a>. Moonlighting technicians from WILL-TV<\/strong>, where Heppe worked briefly before moving to California<\/strong>, make up the crew along with craftspeople from the Chicago<\/strong> area. After a handful of festival appearances, STALKED<\/strong> vanished and a feature film version never materialized for Heppe\u2019s company Knighttime Pictures<\/strong>. Archive.org<\/span><\/a> [R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, 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> @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional \u201cNow Playing\u201d and \u201cComing Soon\u201d listings appear after the jump!<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL<\/strong> @ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL<\/strong> @ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong> @ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL<\/strong> @ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nChambana Film Festival* presents OUT THERE: A NATIONAL PARKS STORY (documentary) (8\/11, 4 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nBORDERLANDS, CUCKOO, IT ENDS WITH US, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (in Cantonese with English sub), DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, SUCCESSOR* (in Mandarin with English sub), INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS, TRAP, TWISTERS (8\/9 on), LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (8\/11, 1 & 7 p.m.; 8\/12, 7 p.m.), AMC \u201cScreen Unseen\u201d (mystery movie) (8\/12, 7 p.m.), STRANGE DARLING screening and livestream event (8\/14, 8 p.m.), ALIEN: ROMULUS, CORALINE (re-release), STREE 2 (in Hindi with English sub), VEDAA (in Hindi with English sub) (8\/15 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nBORDERLANDS, CUCKOO, IT ENDS WITH US, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), THE FABULOUS FOUR, HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, TRAP, TWISTERS (8\/9 on), THE IRON GIANT (animation) (8\/9, 3 p.m.; 8\/14, 7 p.m.), LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (8\/11, 1 & 7 p.m.; 8\/12, 7 p.m.), \u2018RiffTrax Live!\u2019 feat. POINT BREAK (1991) (8\/13, 7 p.m., simulcast), The Metropolitan Opera \u201csummer encore\u201d: Porgy and Bess<\/span> (8\/14, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), ALIEN: ROMULUS, CORALINE (re-release) (8\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Radio Group presents \u201cMix 94.5 Animation Vacation Film Series\u201d feat. CHICKEN RUN (8\/12, 1 & 6:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nTRAP, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, TWISTERS (8\/8-8\/11)<\/p>\n
\nBORDERLANDS, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, TRAP, TWISTERS (8\/9 on)<\/p>\n
\nDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, TWISTERS (8\/9 on), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 (animation) (8\/13, 8\/15, 1:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nNo movies this week!<\/p>\n
\nINSIDE OUT 2 (animation), DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Screen 1), TWISTERS (Screen 2) (8\/9-8\/10)<\/p>\n
\nBORDERLANDS, CUCKOO, IT ENDS WITH US, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS*, TRAP, TWISTERS (8\/9 on), Indian cinema: MINMINI* (8\/9, 8\/12-8\/14, in Tamil with English sub) and COMMITTE KURROLLU* (8\/10-8\/14, in Telugu with English sub), THE LEGO MOVIE 10th anniversary (8\/10-8\/15, 1 p.m.), POLTERGEIST (1982) (8\/11, 8\/13, 10 p.m.), Marcus \u201cMystery Movie\u201d (8\/12, 7 p.m.), STRANGE DARLING screening and livestream event (8\/14, 8 p.m.), ALIEN: ROMULUS, CORALINE (re-release), MY PENGUIN FRIEND, RYAN\u2019S WORLD THE MOVIE (live action\/animation), SKINCARE (8\/15 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nA VIEW TO A KILL (8\/9-8\/11), OCTOPUSSY (8\/10-8\/11), FROZEN II (animation) (8\/12, 8\/14), PULP FICTION (8\/15)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/p>\n
\nDESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) (8\/9-8\/11)<\/p>\n
\nDESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), TWISTERS (Screen 1), DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, LONGLEGS (Screen 2) (8\/9-8\/11)<\/p>\n
\nBORDERLANDS, IT ENDS WITH US, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, TRAP, TWISTERS (8\/9 on), CORALINE (re-release) (8\/15 on)<\/p>\n