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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\/5: Anthony E. Cabral (first assistant director, ALBANY ROAD, Faith Filmworks, Los Angeles, CA)<\/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> @ 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 @ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, 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> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n @ College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL +<\/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>,<\/em> Screen Magazine<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, and the <\/em>Chicago Reader<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n 9\/17-9\/21<\/strong> 9\/19-9\/28<\/strong> UPDATE! 9\/21-9\/22<\/strong> 10\/15-10\/26<\/strong> 11\/6-11\/16<\/strong> 11\/7-11\/8<\/strong> 11\/8-11\/9<\/strong> 11\/21<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Illini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2025 Weekend Films\u201d<\/strong> NEW! 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 September 5-11, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Don\u2019t forget to peruse this week\u2019s Field Report! And, did you take a peek at the Images of the week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-16686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar-du-c-u","tag-cinema-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16738,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16686\/revisions\/16738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBAAGHI 4* (in Hindi with English sub), THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, HAMILTON (filmed stage presentation), LIGHT OF THE WORLD (faith animation), LURKER*, SPLITSVILLE, CAUGHT STEALING, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FREAKIER FRIDAY, JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release), LILO & STITCH*, THE ROSES, THE TOXIC AVENGER*, WEAPONS (9\/5 on), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE sneak preview (9\/10, 7 p.m.), DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (anim\u00e9) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, THE LONG WALK, SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES (9\/11 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nBAAGHI 4* (in Hindi with English sub), THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, GHAATI (in Telugu with English sub), HAMILTON (filmed stage presentation), SPLITSVILLE, THE BAD GUYS 2 (animation), CAUGHT STEALING, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FREAKIER FRIDAY, JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release), LILO & STITCH, THE NAKED GUN, NOBODY 2, THE ROSES, SUPERMAN, WEAPONS (9\/5 on), MADHARASI* (in Tamil with English sub) (9\/5-9\/6), GUNS & MOSES (9\/7-9\/11, 7 p.m.), THE BREAKFAST CLUB 40th anniversary (9\/7, 3 & 7 p.m.; 9\/10, 7 p.m.), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE sneak preview (9\/10, 7 p.m.), DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (anim\u00e9) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, THE LONG WALK, MIRAI (in Telugu with English sub) (9\/11 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents KARATE KID LEGENDS (9\/5-9\/6, 7 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nThe News-Gazette<\/span> Film Series presents THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) with Wurlitzer accompaniment by Dr. Steven Ball (9\/6, 1 & 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nTHE CONJURING: LAST RITES, LIGHT OF THE WORLD (faith animation), CAUGHT STEALING, JAWS 50th anniversary (re-release), WEAPONS (9\/5 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE CONJURING: LAST RITES, WEAPONS (Screen 1), HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER\u2019S STONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Screen 2) (9\/5-9\/6)<\/p>\n
\nTHE CONJURING: LAST RITES (9\/5-9\/7, 9\/11 on)<\/p>\n
\nIT\u2019S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (music documentary) (9\/5-9\/7), \u201cPsycho Ape!! Double Feature!!\u201d feat. PSYCHO APE!!, PSYCHO APE!! PART II: THE WRATH OF KONG feat. filmmaker Addison Binek (9\/6, 7 p.m.), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW shadow cast in-person auditions (9\/6-9\/7, 12-3 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/p>\n
\nTHE NAKED GUN (9\/5-9\/7)<\/p>\n
\nTHE CONJURING: LAST RITES, WEAPONS (Screen 1), GREASE, DIRTY DANCING (Screen 2) (9\/5-9\/6)<\/p>\n
\nGorton Center, Lake Forest, IL<\/strong>
\n15th Lake County Film Festival* (9\/4-9\/7, 9\/12-9\/15) Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n32nd Chicago Underground Film Festival
\n@ ACX Harper Theater \u2013 Hyde Park, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n43rd Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
\n@ Landmark\u2019s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\nChambana Film Society presents
\nthe first CineSonic Film Festival*
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/p>\n
\n61st Chicago International Film Festival
\n@ Music Box Theatre, etc., Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n34th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
\n@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n
\n24th Route 66 International Film Festival*
\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL<\/p>\n
\nDark History & Horror Con* 2025
\nfeat. Screaming Mad Film Festival
\n@ The Orpheum Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/p>\n
\nChambana Film Society presents
\nThe Found Footage Festival
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w\/i-card<\/strong>
\n9\/12-9\/13: JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH; 9\/19-9\/20: SUPERMAN; 9\/26-9\/27: 28 YEARS LATER; 10\/3-10\/4: F1 THE MOVIE; 10\/10-10\/11: THE NAKED GUN; 10\/17-10\/18: THE BAD GUYS 2; 10\/24-10\/25: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER; 10\/30-10\/31: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES; 11\/7-11\/8: FREAKIER FRIDAY; 11\/14-11\/15: DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE; 11\/21-11\/22: HIM; 12\/5-12\/6: CAUGHT STEALING<\/p>\n
\n@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong>
\n9\/18: Ebert Center welcome event and SINNERS screening; 10\/23: PICADILLY screening; 10\/24: Fall lecture by UC Santa Cruz professor Yiman Wang on the career of Anna May Wong; 11\/13: HEREDITARY screening<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 2025 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential<\/span>
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