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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 CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 30 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Thursday, July 25, 1996:<\/em> James R. Velde<\/strong>, a former Hollywood<\/strong> executive, passes away at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital<\/strong> in Woodland Hills, CA<\/strong>, at age 82, according to an obituary<\/span><\/a> published by the Los Angeles Daily News<\/strong><\/span>. Velde spent his entire career in the motion picture industry apart from serving in the United States<\/strong> army during World War II<\/strong>, starting at a regional shipping office of Paramount Pictures<\/strong> in the mid-1930s and eventually retiring in 1977 as a senior vice president of United Artists<\/strong> after nearly 30 years with that studio. He is well regarded in the industry for his innovations in film distribution and marketing as well as philanthropy. A native of Bloomington, IL<\/strong>, Velde joined Paramount after graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University<\/strong>, per a 1976 Boxoffice<\/strong><\/span> magazine article<\/a><\/span>. [R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, 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> @ Main Quad, 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 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 COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n 8\/15<\/strong> 8\/22<\/strong> 9\/7-9\/17<\/strong> 9\/23-9\/27<\/strong> 10\/8-10\/18<\/strong> 10\/23<\/strong> 10\/27<\/strong> 11\/5-11\/15<\/strong> 11\/20-11\/22<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Chambana Film Society presents \u201c2026 CineSonic Music Film Festival\u201d<\/strong> Illini Union Board presents \u201cSummer Films on the Quad\u201d<\/strong> ~~~~~<\/p>\n Compiled by Jason Pankoke.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cCalendar du C-U\u201d Select movie listings for July 31-August 6, 2026 in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond! Also, have you memorized the Confidential Almanac for today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[869,1836],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-17104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar-du-c-u","category-confidential-almanac","tag-cinema-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17104","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=17104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17107,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17104\/revisions\/17107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cFrame Noise\u201d film music program hosted by Przemek (8\/5, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming<\/a> <\/span>| Archive<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nI WANT YOUR SEX, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, SRINIVSA MANGAPURAM (in Telugu with English sub), HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL (filmed stage musical), MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), MOANA, THE ODYSSEY, TOY STORY 5 (animation) (7\/31 on), Fan Faves: THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (animation) (8\/3, 8\/5, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.), AMC \u201cScream Unseen\u201d (mystery movie) (8\/3, 7 p.m.), ICE CREAM MAN, SUPER TROOPERS 3 (8\/6 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nI WANT YOUR SEX, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, EVIL DEAD BURN, HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL (filmed stage musical), THE INVITE*, MINIONS & MONSTERS (animation), MOANA, MOTOR CITY*, OBSESSION, THE ODYSSEY, TOY STORY 5 (animation), YOUNG WASHINGTON (faith film) (7\/31 on), WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 55th anniversary (8\/2, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/5, 7 p.m.), THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (8\/2, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/5, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera encore: Aida<\/span> (8\/5, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), \u201cDCI \u201926: Big, Loud & Live\u201d (Drum Corps International championships) (8\/6, 5:30 p.m., simulcast) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSummer Films on the Quad\u201d feat. PROJECT HAIL MARY (8\/6, 9 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEnd of Summer Movie Series\u201d feat. DIRTY DANCING (1987) (8\/1, 7 p.m.), BACK TO THE FUTURE (8\/7, 7 p.m.), and HOOK (8\/14, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nSPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (Screen 1 & 2) (7\/31-8\/1), SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (Screen 1), THE SANDLOT (Screen 2) (8\/2-8\/6)<\/p>\n
\nSPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (7\/31-8\/2, 8\/6 on)<\/p>\n
\nSTAND BY ME (7\/31, 8\/2, 7 p.m.; 8\/1, 3 p.m.), THE BIG CHILL (8\/1, 7 p.m.; 8\/2, 3 p.m.), DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation) (8\/3, 1 p.m.; 8\/5, 7 p.m.), THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (8\/4, 7 p.m.), ROSE OF NEVADA (8\/6-8\/7, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nSPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (7\/31-8\/2)<\/p>\n
\nSPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, YOUNG WASHINGTON (Screen 1), SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, MOANA (Screen 2) (7\/31-8\/1, 8\/5-8\/6)<\/p>\n
\nPens to Lens* gala 2026
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nHalloran Family Foundation presents
\nFischerFest* \u201cBig Stories, Short Films\u201d
\n@ Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 3-10 p.m., free<\/p>\n
\n44th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
\n@ Landmark\u2019s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival
\n@ ACX Harper Theater \u2013 Hyde Park, etc., Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n35th Heartland Film Festival
\n@ various venues, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBehind the \u2018Scream\u2019: A Live Conversation with David Arquette\u201d
\nfeat. 30th anniversary screening of SCREAM (1996)
\n@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nAn evening with \u2018Partially Devoured\u2019 author Daniel Kraus
\nfeat. screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nCinema St. Louis presents
\n35th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
\n@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n
\n25th anniversary Route 66 Film Festival*
\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL<\/p>\n
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\n8\/9: BROTHER VERSUS BROTHER; 8\/16: \u201cShorts: Music Documentary\u201d; 8\/23: WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON D.C.; 8\/30: RADIOHEART: THE DRIVE & TIMES OF DJ KEVIN COLE<\/p>\n
\n@ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 9 p.m. Thursdays, free<\/strong>
\n8\/13: STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 2026 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential<\/span>
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