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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 11\/10: Andrew Nygard (filmmaker, PIG OF JUSTICE AND THE UNBELIEVABLE ROBOTS, Pens to Lens 2024, Champaign-Urbana, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a folksy refrain that I\u2019ve heard direct from the source a good number of times now. \u201cJust another day,\u201d says the cashier to Ye Ed<\/strong> at one of the gas stations out by the highway. If ever there was a small-town-livin\u2019 mantra, that\u2019s it. No matter our station in life at the present \u2013 where we reside, what we do, who we love and commiserate with, how we feel, why we keep hanging on \u2013 we\u2019ll always have another day to look forward to. It can be a gift, even in the seemingly shittiest of times, based on what you, me, or we end up doing with it. Take care of yourselves and don\u2019t give up. Always easier said than done. Always.<\/p>\n To that<\/em> end \u2026 just another day, just another Report<\/strong> for you, dearest readers, revelers, and recoilers.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n Two of the local indie horror groups that we keep coming back to because they keep on screaming down the finish line fast with their respective projects are now campaigning for funds to help afford upcoming filmed frights. Acrostar Productions<\/strong> is deep in post on RETURN OF THE CORN ZOMBIES<\/strong>, putting the final touches on NIGHT OF THE DEAD SORORITY BABES<\/strong> for their distributor, BayView Entertainment<\/strong>, and in full swing on Indiegogo<\/strong> with 23 days left to raise preproduction seed money for PERFECT SOUL<\/strong><\/a><\/span>; the supernatural thriller about one woman\u2019s shaken faith, based on the book by Acro-head S. J. Hermann<\/strong>, is scheduled to be filmed in early 2025. Also howling for help are the creators of THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUR<\/strong>, a found-footage drama pitting a team of cryptid vloggers against a werewolf in the Connecticut<\/strong> woods, which has its own Indiegogo in effect for the next 22 days to raise starting funds<\/a><\/span>; set to be shot on location in April, FAIRFIELD<\/strong> will be directed by Joshua Brucker<\/strong> for his own labels, Gray Sky Pictures<\/strong> and Horror Dadz Productions<\/strong>, as well as Eye4Eye Productions<\/strong> of Georgia<\/strong>. His previous outings in the first-person vein are MOTHMAN, SPLIT SCREEN<\/strong>, and THE WOODMEN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n Two other locally-filmed indies are making their whereabouts known this month. A year after staging a red-carpet premiere for the comedy IRRESPONSIBULL<\/strong> at the Virginia Theatre<\/strong>, the folks at NorthEnd Empire LLC<\/strong> are back with another \u201chome talent\u201d romp in THE L.A.F. KIDS<\/strong>, which will world premiere in style at the Fischer Theatre<\/strong> in downtown Danville<\/strong> on Saturday, November 30, 6 p.m.<\/strong> There is a link for ticket sales and a trailer available at the NorthEnd Facebook<\/strong> account<\/a><\/span>; directed by IRRESPONSIBULL<\/strong>\u2019s Nate L. Morris<\/strong>, the self-described family film stars Brian Yarbrough, Chuck Gibson, Marissa Curry, Holden Hightower, Na\u2019Vaiya Lewis, Adila Taylor<\/strong>, and Naijier Morris<\/strong> in a tale involving nefarious-looking men in black and kidnapping \u2013 hence, the \u201clost and found kids\u201d of the title. Also, at long last, Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> will finally get a first look at the realist drama DEATH ON THE STREETS<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, filmed partly in the county and partly along the New Jersey<\/strong> coast a few years ago, when director Johan Carlsen<\/strong> and producer Micah Magee<\/strong> present it at 2 p.m.<\/strong> on this Sunday, November 10<\/strong>, at the Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX<\/strong> in Savoy<\/strong>. Described as \u201ca nature film from the agrarian democracy of America,\u201d the piece stars Zach Mulligan<\/strong> and Katie Folger<\/strong> and has been all but AWOL since its brief international festival play in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n In closing, we congratulate a long-time contributor to our film scene, Andrew Stengele<\/strong>, on accepting the reigns to Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong> from Thomas Nicol<\/strong>, becoming only the third person to run the social and networking group in its 16-year history starting with CMM founder Johnny Robinson<\/strong>. Their next meeting is on the calendar for Monday, November 18, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, at the Esquire Lounge<\/strong> in downtown Champaign, so be sure to cry a tear in your beer for ol\u2019 Mr. JaPan<\/strong> since he won\u2019t be there, remind DEATH ON THE STREETS<\/strong> background extra Michael Fuerst<\/strong> that he\u2019s sitting in my seat again, and ask bartender Shelley<\/strong> about WEREWOLF CEMETERY<\/strong>. Awoo!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 25 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Sunday, November 8, 1999:<\/em> PBS<\/strong> affiliates premiere the hour-long television special TRANSISTORIZED!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which dramatizes the creation of the solid-state electrical component that would replace the vacuum tube and make possible much of the consumer technology we use to this day. Archive materials, reenactments, and narration by host and cowriter Ira Flatow<\/strong> (NEWTON\u2019S APPLE<\/strong>) recall the many months of trial and error that physicists Walter Brattain, John Bardeen<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and William Shockley<\/strong> went through that led up to December 23, 1947<\/strong>, the day Brattain invented a \u201ctriangle\u201d of plastic, germanium, and gold foil based on Bardeen\u2019s ideas that successfully amplified currents. Shockley, a supervisor for the project at the Bell Telephone Laboratories<\/strong> in New Jersey<\/strong> who was not present during the discovery, improved on their design independently from the entire team in an effort to control how this potential breakthrough would be credited in the future. Bardeen left Bell Labs in 1951 thanks to Shockley\u2019s micromanagement streak and joined the faculty of the physics and electrical engineering departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong>, where he taught until 1975 and continued to research and publish until his death in 1991. Despite a falling out between the three primary researchers as coworkers, they celebrated together in 1956 as laureates after accepting the Nobel Prize<\/strong> for physics in Stockholm, Sweden<\/strong>, in honor of their achievements with superconductivity. Colleagues from Illinois who appear in interview segments include the physicists Frederick Seitz<\/strong> and Nick Holonyak, Jr.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, and historians Charles C. Stewart<\/strong> and Lillian Hoddeson<\/strong>. Richard O\u2019Rourke<\/strong> plays Bardeen in the flashback scenes of TRANSISTORIZED!<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which was directed by Gary Glassman<\/strong> for KTCA-TV<\/strong> and ScienCentral, Inc.<\/strong>, in association with Boston Science Communications<\/strong>. [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> @ Lincoln Hall, 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> @ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, 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> @ 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> @ VIP Lincoln Grand 6, Lincoln, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n @ College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL<\/strong> @ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema, Chicago, IL<\/strong> @ CineCity Studios, Chicago, IL<\/strong> @ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO<\/strong> UPDATE! <\/strong>For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at<\/em> Cine-File<\/strong> and subscribe to their definitive \u201cCine-List\u201d weekly blast<\/a><\/span>. And for northern Illinois industry news, be sure to read<\/em> Reel Chicago<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> and<\/em> Screen Magazine<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n 2\/15\/25<\/strong> 3\/27-3\/29\/25<\/strong> 4\/23\/-4\/25\/25<\/strong> 5\/29-6\/2\/25<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Chambana Film Festival* screening series<\/strong> Illini Radio Group presents \u201cRewind 92.5 Movie Series\u201d\/\u201cMix 94.5 Throwback Thursdays\u201d*<\/strong> Illini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2024 Weekend Films\u201d<\/strong> Illinois Public Media presents \u201cThe Arthouse Experience Film Series\u201d<\/strong> The News-Gazette<\/span> Film Series<\/strong> Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series<\/strong> ~~~~~<\/p>\n Compiled by Jason Pankoke.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cCalendar du C-U\u201d Select movie listings for November 8-14, 2024 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don\u2019t forget to peruse this week\u2019s Field Report! 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\n11\/10: Andrew Stengele (filmmaker, THE WRONG THAT MADE THINGS MORE RIGHT, Pens to Lens 2024, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
\n11\/14: Ross Snyder (co-owner, Saturn\u2019s Core Audio & Video, Bloomingdale, NJ)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\nMakrorama presents DEATH ON THE STREETS* local preview (11\/10, 2 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting (11\/11, 7 p.m., Room 1002)<\/p>\n
\nANORA, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (faith film), CESIUM FALLOUT (in Cantonese with English sub), ELEVATION, HERETIC, MEANWHILE ON EARTH, MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (animation), SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE*, BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3* (in Hindi with English sub), CONCLAVE, HERE, SINGHAM AGAIN (in Hindi with English sub), SMILE 2, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, WE LIVE IN TIME, THE WILD ROBOT (animation) (11\/8 on), RED ONE sneak preview (11\/10, 4 p.m.), AMC \u201cScreen Unseen\u201d (mystery movie) (11\/11, 7 p.m.), KANGUVA* (in Tamil with English sub) (11\/13 on), RED ONE (11\/14 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAndrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration\u201d (concert special), ANORA, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (faith film), ELEVATION, HERETIC, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, WEEKEND IN TAIPEI, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, CONCLAVE, HERE, HITPIG! (animation), SMILE 2, TERRIFIER 3, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, WE LIVE IN TIME, THE WILD ROBOT (animation) (11\/8 on), ABSOLUTION* (11\/8, 11\/11-11\/14), The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake<\/span> (11\/8, 5 p.m.; 11\/9, 2:30 p.m.; 11\/10, 1:30 & 7 p.m.; IMAX), THE SUBSTANCE (11\/9-11\/14), PULP FICTION (11\/10, 3 & 7 p.m.; 11\/13, 7 p.m.), RED ONE sneak preview (11\/10, 4 p.m.), DRAGON BALL DAIMA (anim\u00e9) (11\/10, 11\/12, 7 p.m., English dub; 11\/11, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English dub), RADIATING JOY: THE MICHELLE DUPPONG STORY (religious documentary) (11\/12, 4 & 7 p.m.), RED ONE (11\/14 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nRoger Ebert Center for Film Studies* presents ALIEN: ROMULUS (11\/14, 7 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents IT ENDS WITH US (11\/8-11\/9, 7 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nNo movies this week!<\/p>\n
\nGOODRICH, TITANIC (3-D), THE WILD ROBOT (11\/8-11\/10)<\/p>\n
\nTHE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (faith film), THE CARPENTER (faith film), HITPIG! (animation), SMILE 2, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE (11\/8 on)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/p>\n
\nTHE SANTA CLAUSE (11\/9, 2 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAndrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration\u201d* (concert special), ANORA, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (faith film), ELEVATION, HERETIC, OVERLORD: THE SACRED KINGDOM (anim\u00e9) (Japanese w\/Eng dub or Eng sub), SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE*, WEEKEND IN TAIPEI, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, CONCLAVE, HERE, SMILE 2, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, WE LIVE IN TIME, THE WILD ROBOT (animation) (11\/8 on), Indian cinema: DHOOM DHAAM* (11\/8-11\/10, 11\/12-11\/13, Telugu w\/Eng sub), APPUDO IPPUDO EPPUDO* (11\/8-11\/12, Telugu w\/Eng sub), KA* (11\/8-11\/9, 11\/11-11\/12, Telugu w\/Eng sub), and LUCKY BASKHAR* (11\/8-11\/10, 11\/12, Telugu w\/Eng sub), The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake<\/span> (11\/8, 5:30 p.m.; 11\/9, 2:30 p.m.; 11\/10, 1 & 7:30 p.m.; IMAX), RED ONE sneak preview (11\/10, 4 & 4:30 p.m.), DRAGON BALL DAIMA (anim\u00e9) (11\/10, 11\/11, 6:30 p.m., English dub), RADIATING JOY: THE MICHELLE DUPPONG STORY (religious documentary) (11\/12, 7 p.m.), A24 x IMAX present THE LIGHTHOUSE (11\/13, 7 p.m., IMAX), KANGUVA (Tamil or Telugu w\/Eng sub) (11\/13 on), GHOST CAT ANZU (anim\u00e9) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), RED ONE (11\/14 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nTHE FALLING STAR (11\/8-11\/10), INDIA 42: A PEACE CORPS STORY w\/panel discussion (documentary) (11\/11, 7 p.m., free), ALMOST FAMOUS (11\/12), MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (documentary) (11\/14)<\/p>\n
\nClosed until November.<\/p>\n
\nTHE WILD ROBOT (animation) (11\/8-11\/10)<\/p>\n
\nTHE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (faith film), HERETIC, HERE, SMILE 2, TERRIFIER 3, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, THE WILD ROBOT (animation) (11\/8 on)<\/p>\n
\n14th Lake County Film Festival (11\/8-11\/11) Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nProject Chicago presents the 21st Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival (11\/8-11\/9)<\/p>\n
\nMidwest Film Festival presents \u201cBest of the Midwest Awards 2024\u201d (11\/14, 6-11 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nCinema St. Louis presents the 33rd St. Louis International Film Festival (through 11\/17)<\/p>\n
\n3rd annual CU International Film Festival*
\n@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/p>\n
\n2025 Big Muddy Film Festival*
\n@ The Varsity Center, Carbondale, IL<\/p>\n
\n25th Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival*
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/p>\n
\nThe Chambana Film Festival
\n@ TBA, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/p>\n
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/17: THE PROBLEM OF THE HERO; 11\/24: THE HOBBY; 12\/29: documentary shorts incl. FACING THE FALLS<\/p>\n
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/20: THE BOY AND THE HERON (anim\u00e9); 12\/5: FRIDAY*<\/p>\n
\n@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w\/i-card<\/strong>
\n11\/15-11\/16: SCREAM (1996); 11\/22-11\/23: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE; 12\/6-12\/7: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/22: RUSHMORE; 12\/14: ROBOT DREAMS (animation)<\/p>\n
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/30: THE WIZARD OF OZ; 12\/7: IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE<\/p>\n
\n@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong>
\n12\/5: GREMLINS screening<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 2024 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential<\/span>
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