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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\/12: Christopher Folkens (producer\/director, CATALYST, 4Digital Media, Gerrards Cross, UK) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ 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> @ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, 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 Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ The Lincoln Square Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, 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 @ AMC Newcity 14, Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center, etc., Chicago, 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 11\/6-11\/16<\/strong> 11\/7-11\/8<\/strong> 11\/8-11\/9<\/strong> 11\/8<\/strong> 11\/21<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Chambana Film Society presents \u201cThe Savoy Arthouse\u201d<\/strong> Illini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2025 Weekend Films\u201d<\/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 October 10-16, 2025 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!<\/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-16704","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\/16704","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=16704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16707,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704\/revisions\/16707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n10\/13: Alaric Rocha (producer, LOVE, BLOOD & AZTEC DEMONS, Leomark Studios, Los Angeles, CA)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video* meeting (10\/10, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)<\/p>\n
\nChambana Film Society* presents \u201cThe Savoy Arthouse\u201d feat. 25 CATS FROM QATAR (10\/12, 3 p.m., documentary) and MY OMAHA presented by the IRL Movie Club (10\/12, 5:30 p.m., documentary)<\/p>\n
\nKISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, ROOFMAN, SOUL ON FIRE (faith film), TRON: ARES, ANEMONE, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (anim\u00e9) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), GABBY\u2019S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, PERFECT BLUE* (anim\u00e9 re-release) (in Japanese with English sub), THE SMASHING MACHINE, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2* (10\/10 on), THE DARK CRYSTAL (8\/12, 4 & 7 p.m.; 8\/13, 7 p.m.), 100 METERS (anim\u00e9) (10\/12, 4 p.m., 10\/14, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 10\/13, 7 p.m., English dub), BATTLE ROYALE 25th anniversary (in Japanese with English sub) (10\/12-10\/15, 7:30 p.m.), AMC \u201cScreen Unseen\u201d (mystery movie) (10\/13, 7 p.m.), AFTER THE HUNT sneak preview (10\/15, 7 p.m.), WISDOM OF HAPPINESS sneak preview w\/Richard Gere livestream (14th Dalai Lama documentary) (10\/16, 6 p.m.), BLACK PHONE 2, GOOD FORTUNE (10\/16 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nKISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES, ANEMONE*, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (anim\u00e9) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE, ELEANOR THE GREAT, GABBY\u2019S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD BOY, HIM, KANTARA: A LEGEND \u2013 CHAPTER 1 (in Kannada or Telugu with English sub), THE LONG WALK, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE SMASHING MACHINE (10\/10 on), CORPSE BRIDE 20th anniversary (animation) (10\/11, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10\/12, 3, 5 & 7 p.m.; 10\/15, 7 p.m., \u201cWWE Crown Jewel \u2013 Perth\u201d (entertainment wrestling) (10\/11, 2 p.m., simulcast), THE DARK CRYSTAL (8\/12, 4 & 7 p.m.; 8\/13, 7 p.m.), TRICK \u2018R TREAT (10\/14, 10\/16, 7 & 9:15 p.m.), \u201c\u2018Critical Role\u2019 Live\u201d (role-playing game competition) (10\/15, 6 p.m., simulcast from New York, NY), THE FAMILY MCMULLEN (10\/15, 4 & 7 p.m.), BLACK PHONE 2 (10\/16 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents THE NAKED GUN (10\/10-10\/11, 7 p.m., free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nHOCUS POCUS (10\/13, 6 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nFRIGHT NIGHT (1985), THE LOST BOYS (Screen 1), PRACTICAL MAGIC, THE CRAFT (Screen 2) (10\/10-10\/11)<\/p>\n
\nTRICK AND TREATS* limited run (10\/11, 7 p.m.; 10\/12, 2 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nTRON: ARES (10\/10-10\/12, 10\/16 on)<\/p>\n
\nBEETLEJUICE, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) (10\/10), HOCUS POCUS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956), BLADE (10\/11), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, BRAM STOKER\u2019S DRACULA (10\/12), PAN\u2019S LABYRINTH (10\/13), BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (10\/14), \u201c\u2018Queer for Fear Live!\u2019 edutainment program\u2019 featuring author Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli and drag performer Peaches Christ (10\/15, 7 p.m., free), Severin Films and \u201cQueer for Fear Live!\u201d present ALL ABOUT EVIL screening feat. filmmaker Joshua Grannell and moderator Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli (10\/16, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nGABBY\u2019S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE (10\/10-10\/12)<\/p>\n
\nBEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (Screen 1), CASPER 20th anniversary, CORPSE BRIDE 20th anniversary (animation) (Screen 2) (10\/10-10\/11)<\/p>\n
\n61st Chicago International Film Festival (10\/15-10\/26)<\/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
\n4th Champaign Urbana International Film Festival*
\n@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/p>\n
\nChambana Film Society presents
\nThe Found Footage Festival Vol. 11
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 3 p.m. unless noted otherwise<\/strong>
\n10\/19: PERFECT DAYS; 10\/26: STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR<\/p>\n
\n@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w\/i-card<\/strong>
\n10\/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>
\n10\/23: PICCADILLY 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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