{"id":216,"date":"2007-10-18T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:59:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:59:56","slug":"coming-soon-oct-2007-pt3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Oct 2007 pt.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following special events and meetings\u00a0are \u201ccoming soon\u201d to the area in October. Please support this diverse film programming by attending, spreading the word, and becoming active!<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re keeping it brief this week so that\u00a0you can read, heed, and be on your way towards examining the cinema ’round town!<\/p>\n

~~~~~<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.<\/strong>: Screening of\u00a0Oscar<\/strong>-nominated drama IN THE BEDROOM<\/strong> (2001), starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek<\/strong>, and Marisa Tomei<\/strong>. Sponsored by the Office of Women’s Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong>. @ Room 319, Gregory Hall, UIUC,\u00a0810 S. Wright St., Urbana<\/strong>.\u00a0Free.\u00a0Click for more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, October 18, 7\u00a0p.m.<\/strong>: Screening of Oscar-nominated\u00a0WWII drama DIVIDED WE FALL<\/strong>\u00a0(2000). Sponsored by the Departments of\u00a0Czech Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong>. @ Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana<\/strong>. Free.\u00a0Click for more<\/a> (NOTE: Watch the calendar at this link for a hefty slate of upcoming screenings featuring Czech, Polish, and Russian films<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.<\/strong>: Screening of the action-drama BROTHER 2<\/strong> (2000), which involves twin brothers, hockey, the Mafia, Moscow<\/strong>, and Chicago<\/strong> with no Oscar statuette in sight. Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UIUC<\/strong>. @ Room G17,<\/strong> Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana<\/strong>. Free.\u00a0Click for more<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.<\/strong>: The Springfield and Central Illinois Film Commission<\/strong> meets once a month to provide networking opportunities and highlight local achievements. @ Banquet Room, Kicks Family Entertainment Center, 2744 S. Sixth St., Springfield<\/strong>. Click for more<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, October 18<\/strong> through Sunday, October 21, 7 p.m.<\/strong> :\u00a0Quite appropot programming for a college town, the “Schoolhouse Film Festival”\u00a0gives props to positive cinematic instructors with BLACKBOARD JUNGLE<\/strong> (1955, 10\/18), STAND AND DELIVER<\/strong> (1988, 10\/19), CHALK<\/strong> (2007, 10\/20), GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS<\/strong> (1939, 10\/21), and a matinee of THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR<\/strong> (1961, 10\/20, 1 p.m.). Sponsored by Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University<\/strong>, and Heartland Community College<\/strong>. @ Normal Theater, 209 North St., Normal<\/strong>. Click for more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, October 19,\u00a09 a.m.\u00a0& Saturday, October 20, 9:30 a.m.<\/strong>:\u00a0A conference titled\u00a0“Global Gangsters: Crime and International Cinema<\/strong>” will feature seven speakers discussing genre films from Hong Kong, Japan, France,\u00a0Mexico, India<\/strong>, and the United States<\/strong>. Sponsored by the Unit for Cinema Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong>. @ Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana<\/strong>. Free. Click for more<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, October 19, 7 p.m.<\/strong> and Saturday, October 20, 1 & 7 p.m.<\/strong>: Vintage sci-fi from legendary producer George Pal<\/strong> invades\u00a0the area\u00a0on consecutive weekends; first up is the slightly younger classic, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS<\/strong> (1953). Sponsored by The News-Gazette<\/u><\/strong>. @ The Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park St., Champaign<\/strong>. $5. Click for more<\/a><\/p>\n

~~~~~<\/p>\n

Okay, we lied. We attempted to keep the actual entries<\/em> brief, but the total number<\/em> of entries kept increasing! Therefore, choose your pleasures wisely and then come back next week for an information reload as we reveal what’s “Coming Soon” to a theater near C-U!<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coming Soon: IN THE BEDROOM at 319 Gregory Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10\/18\/07), DIVIDED WE FALL at 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10\/18\/07), BROTHER 2 at G17 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10\/18\/07), Springfield and Central Illinois Film Commission meeting at Kick’s, Springfield, IL (10\/18\/07), Schoolhouse Film Festival at Normal Theater, Normal, IL (10\/18-21\/07), Gangster film conference at 1080 Foreign Language Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (10\/19-20\/07), and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) at Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL (10\/19-20\/07).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-local-meetings","category-public-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","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=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}