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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 LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ 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> @ Courtyard Caf\u00e9, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies or organized by local groups 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 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> NOW PLAYING | Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n @ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at the Square, Indy Art Center, etc., Indianapolis, IN<\/strong> @ Firehouse Cinema, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMING SOON | Area-wide Events<\/strong><\/p>\n 10\/16-10\/17<\/strong> 10\/23<\/strong> 10\/27<\/strong> 10\/29<\/strong> 10\/24<\/strong> 10\/31<\/strong> 11\/5-11\/15<\/strong> 11\/8<\/strong> 11\/13<\/strong> 11\/20-11\/22<\/strong> NEW! 12\/7<\/strong> NEW! 3\/25, 2027<\/strong> 4\/8-4\/11, 2027<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area<\/strong><\/p>\n Chambana Film Society presents \u201c2026 Doctoberfest\u201d<\/strong> Film-Fanatic.Club, etc., present \u201cShocktober Horror Film Festival\u201d<\/strong> Illini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2026 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 9-15, 2026 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-17218","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\/17218","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=17218"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17222,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17218\/revisions\/17222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChambana Film Society presents \u201c2026 Doctoberfest\u201d feat. ALL SKATE (10\/9, 7 p.m.), COOKIE QUEENS (10\/10, 1:30 p.m.), JOYBUBBLES (10\/10, 3:30 p.m.), THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (10\/10, 6 p.m.), PINBALL: BEYOND THE BUMPERS (10\/10, 8 p.m.), SILVER SCREAMERS (10\/11, 12 p.m.), A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS (10\/11, 2 p.m.), \u201cCatVideoFest 2026\u201d (10\/11, 4 p.m.), THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE (10\/12, 7 p.m.) Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u201cFrame Noise\u201d film music program hosted by Przemek (10\/14, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming<\/a><\/span> | Archive<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nANGEL AND THE BADMAN, OTHER MOMMY, PAN\u2019S LABYRINTH 20th anniversary, THE SOCIAL RECKONING, V (in Cantonese with English and Chinese sub), DIGGER, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), HEART OF THE BEAST, INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED*, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY*, VERITY (10\/9 on), Fan Faves: 9 TO 5 (10\/9-10\/11, 2, 4:50 & 7:30 p.m.; 10\/12-10\/14, 1:15, 4 & 7:10 p.m.), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (10\/9, 10\/13, 8 p.m.), AMC \u201cScreen Unseen\u201d (mystery movie) (10\/12, 7 p.m.), AMC \u201cScream Unseen\u201d (bonus mystery movie) (10\/12, 9:30 p.m.), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY sneak preview (10\/14, 7 p.m.), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, WHALEFALL, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER (10\/15 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nANGEL AND THE BADMAN, THE BEAST, OTHER MOMMY, PAN\u2019S LABYRINTH 20th anniversary, THE SOCIAL RECKONING, APRIL X, AVENGERS: ENDGAME \u2013 ENCORE (re-release), COYOTE VS. ACME, DIGGER, FORGOTTEN ISLAND (animation), HEART OF THE BEAST, THE ODYSSEY (IMAX), PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, PRIMETIME, RESIDENT EVIL, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY*, VERITY (10\/9 on), GONE WITH THE WIND 85th anniversary (10\/10, 2 & 7 p.m.; 10\/11-10\/14, 7 p.m.), BEETLEJUICE (10\/11, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10\/14, 7 p.m.), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, STREET FIGHTER, WHALEFALL (10\/15 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cFall 2026 Weekend Films\u201d feat. MINIONS & MONSTERS (10\/10-10\/11, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nTHE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation), RESIDENT EVIL (Screen 1), CARRIE (1976), POLTERGEIST (1982) (Screen 2) (10\/9-10\/10), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation), RESIDENT EVIL (Screen 1) (10\/11), \u201cFall Break\u201d (10\/12-11\/12)<\/p>\n
\nVERITY (10\/9-10\/11, 10\/15 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE THING (1982) (10\/9, 7 p.m.), GHOST IN THE CELL (10\/9, 9:30 p.m., in Indonesian with English sub), ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (10\/10, 3:30 p.m.), CRIMSON PEAK (10\/10, 7 p.m.), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) (10\/10, 9:30 p.m.), WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (animation) (10\/11, 1 p.m.), DRACULA (1931) (10\/11, 4 p.m.), THE LOST BOYS (10\/11, 7 p.m.), FRESH MEAT horror anthology\/competition (10\/12, 7 p.m.), GET OUT (10\/13, 7 p.m.), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (10\/14, 7 p.m.), THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (10\/15, 6:30 p.m.), PERFECT BLUE (anim\u00e9) (10\/15, 9 p.m., in Japanese with English sub)<\/p>\n
\nPRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (10\/9-10\/11)<\/p>\n
\nVERITY, RESIDENT EVIL (Screen 1), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (animation), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (animation) (Screen 2) (10\/9-10\/10)<\/p>\n
\n35th Heartland Film Festival (through 10\/18) Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nRUSSELL BANKS: I WRITE IN ORDER TO BE A BETTER PERSON (documentary) screening w\/filmmakers Denis Mueller and Ilko Davidov (10\/10, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nShow and Tell presents
\n\u201cWe Interrupt This Program\u201d feat. Bob Odenkirk
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.<\/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
\nAn evening with Jane Jensen
\nfeat. screening of Troma\u2019s TROMEO & JULIET
\n@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL, 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Experience
\n@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, doors 7 p.m., event 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w\/shadow cast
\n@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, doors 7:30 p.m., event 8:30 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
\nFilm-Fanatic.Club* presents
\nSHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS moderated by Sam Veremchuk
\n@ Pizzeria Antica, Champaign, IL, time TBA<\/p>\n
\nInter-Pygmalion* presents
\nDavid Cross
\n@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n25th anniversary Route 66 Film Festival*
\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL<\/p>\n
\nAn evening with Peter Billingsly
\nfeat. screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY
\n@ Prairie Home Alliance Theater, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cJohn Cleese: Still Not Dead (Yet)\u201d
\nfeat. screening of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
\n@ Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n37th Onion City Experimental Film Festival
\n@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
\n@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\nTHE LORRAINE (10\/17, 2 p.m.), ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM (10\/17, 4 p.m.), NAZA (10\/18, 4 p.m.), TIME WARP (11\/1, 4 p.m.) | Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n@ various locations & times, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong>
\n10\/17: SANTA SANGRE @ Cloud Mountain Kombucha, U.; 10\/20: THE HUNGER @ Amy\u2019s Place, C.; 10\/24: THE FLY (1986) @ Analog Wine Library, U.; 10\/27: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) @ The Virginia Theatre, C.; 10\/31: THE WITCH @ The Literary, C. | Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n@ Courtyard Caf\u00e9, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Sat. & Sun., free w\/i-card<\/strong>
\n10\/17-10\/18: HOCUS POCUS; 10\/24-10\/25: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES; 10\/31-11\/1: COCO; 11\/7-11\/8: THE END OF OAK STREET; 11\/14-11\/15: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY; 11\/21-11\/22: TOY STORY 5; 12\/5-12\/6: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE<\/p>\n
\n@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free to the public (unless otherwise noted)<\/strong>
\n10\/22: 2026 Roger Ebert Lecture by Alison Nadia Field on \u201cearly Black affection on screen\u201d (4 p.m.); 10\/29: \u201cDCP inauguration\u201d screening feat. SUSPIRIA (1977)<\/p>\n
\n\u00a9 2026 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential<\/span>
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