{"id":2214,"date":"2010-10-07T17:34:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T23:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:55:51","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-10-07-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 10.07.2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d appears every Thursday\/Friday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near <\/em>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<\/strong>. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!<\/em><\/p>\n

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

MFHQ & YOU:
\nWhat Comes Around, Sits Around \u2026 Until Further Notice<\/strong><\/p>\n

In last week\u2019s column, we mentioned your humble editor\u2019s good friend A.j. Michel<\/strong> and her \u2018zine Syndicate Product<\/strong><\/span>, to which he has contributed in the past. Having now received Michel\u2019s newest issue, a solo 24-hour edition about California subtitled \u201cGolden State<\/strong>,\u201d we\u2019re suddenly whisked back to an older issue, \u201cComing Clean<\/strong>,\u201d in which the clutter problem which plagues the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong> is addressed. Nostalgia did not sway us to dig out SyndProd<\/span> 15<\/a> from our hidden \u2018zine stash; we\u2019re just irked to see first-hand that history repeats itself as we acknowledge the current creep threatening to overtake MFHQ<\/strong>. Our peripheral vision can see unwrapped DVD copies of Universal<\/strong>\u2019s THE MUMMY<\/strong> and THE WOLF MAN<\/strong>, unread programs from the Indianapolis Famous Monsters<\/span><\/strong> convention, a once-read paperback of Ben Bova<\/strong>\u2019s corporate murder tale Cyberbooks<\/strong><\/span> which prophesized electronic readers back in 1989, a flipped-through News-Gazette<\/strong><\/span> Sunday edition with material we want to clip and save, a tossed-around pile of papers and junk mail that we want to tear up and not <\/em>save, envelopes, blank discs, plastic bags, a camera case, and the new issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine<\/strong><\/span> which subscriber Pappy JaPan<\/strong> will never get to read. That does not include what lies in wait on top of the filing cabinet, the recycle hamper, the computer desks, the spare office chairs, or even in the other rooms. How does the title \u201cMFHQ<\/strong> Material Archivist\u201d grab you? Hit us up to volunteer and we may <\/em>take you seriously\u2026<\/p>\n

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EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since we\u2019ve run short on time, we\u2019re saving our dialogue with local documentary filmmaker Jay Rosenstein<\/strong> about his brand-new project, THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong><\/a>, for the next CUBiz<\/strong>. You should still check out this hour-long examination of the issues which inspired the late Vashti McCollum<\/strong>, a Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> mother of three, to ask our court system to enforce the separation of church and state in the classroom \u2013 a ballsy stance for one to take in the Forties. The public debut of TRIAL <\/strong>will take place tonight, Thursday, October 7, 7 p.m.<\/strong>, at the Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign<\/strong><\/a>, to be followed by a discussion session with Rosenstein and Dan McCollum<\/strong>, a local historian, former Champaign mayor, and Vashti\u2019s son. Part of the ticket price will be donated to the C-U chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two days later, the Art will host an LGBT Film Festival<\/strong> on Saturday, October 9<\/strong>. The schedule will feature OUT IN THE SILENCE<\/strong> (12:40 p.m.<\/strong>), RIOT ACTS<\/strong> (2:15 p.m.<\/strong>), the previous long-form Rosenstein documentary THE AMASONG CHORUS: SINGING OUT<\/strong><\/a> (4 p.m.<\/strong>), a \u201ctalk-back\u201d with Amasong<\/a> <\/strong>founder Kristina Boerger<\/strong> (5 p.m.<\/strong>), and the well-known indies MILK <\/strong>(7:15 p.m.<\/strong>) and BOYS DON\u2019T CRY<\/strong> (10 p.m.<\/strong>). The itinerary kicks off at 12:30 p.m.<\/strong> with a welcome from members of primary sponsor, The UP Center of Champaign County<\/strong><\/a>, which arranged the festival to help mark National LGBT Month<\/strong> and National Coming Out Day<\/strong>, which is Monday, October 11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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MEDIA LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t seen much in the Webosphere relevant to our milieu lately except for this brief thumbs up<\/a> (without the thumbs, of course, because that would be copyright infringement) for THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> by Rob McColley<\/strong> of SmilePolitely.com<\/strong>. Chances are good that a more in-depth article will appear in The News-Gazette<\/span> about it this week, sure to be followed by hasty commentaries and\/or letters to the editor that miss the point to varying degrees, but your best bet for succinct written thoughts on the matter (at least until CUBlog <\/strong>gets its act together) might come from Dan McCollum\u2019s essay in the August 2007<\/strong> issue of the public I<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Finally, all the movie exhibition industry types who have access to the trade magazine Boxoffice<\/span><\/strong> can seek out the October issue\u2019s profile of Skip Huston<\/strong> and his beloved Avon Theater<\/strong> in Decatur<\/strong>, which is haunted as we all well know. \u201cWould you like some reaaaaal BOOh-tah<\/em> with that gourmet popcorn?\u201d<\/p>\n

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PLAYING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> (10\/7, 7 p.m., w\/filmmaker), THE EVIL DEAD<\/strong> (10\/7, 10 p.m.), WINTER\u2019S BONE<\/strong> (10\/8 on), THE DESCENT<\/strong> (10\/8, 10\/13, 10\/14, 10 p.m.), LGBT Film Festival<\/strong> incl. THE AMASONG CHORUS: SINGING OUT<\/strong> (10\/9, 12:30 p.m.\u201312 a.m.)<\/p>\n

@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL: RIOT ACTS<\/strong> (10\/10, 9 p.m., w\/filmmakers)<\/p>\n

@ Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: \u201cChinese Cinema from the Fifth Generation to the d-Generation\u201d lecture<\/strong> (10\/7, 3:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ WILL-TV 12, Urbana, IL: THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> broadcast<\/strong> (10\/12, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, THE TOWN<\/strong> (10\/8 on)<\/p>\n

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: HOWL <\/strong>(10\/7, 7 p.m.), LEADING LADIES<\/strong> (10\/8, 7 p.m., w\/filmmakers), PATRIK, AGE 1.5<\/strong> (10\/9, 7 p.m.), WERE THE WORLD MINE<\/strong> (10\/10, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL: EASY A, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS<\/strong> (10\/8 on)<\/p>\n

@ That\u2019s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: THE KARATE KID, THE SECRET OF KELLS, SPLICE, MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?<\/strong>, more! (10\/5 on)<\/p>\n

@ AMC River East 21, Chicago, IL: Chicago International Film Festival<\/strong> (10\/7-10\/21)<\/p>\n

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@ The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL: Pizza + Pitcher and Movie \u2013 returns 10\/17<\/em><\/p>\n

@ Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL \u2013 closed for season<\/em><\/p>\n

@ Route 66 Drive-In, Springfield, IL \u2013 closed for season<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/14-10\/23: Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n

10\/15: THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY local broadcast
\n@ WILL-TV 12, Urbana, IL, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/16: Home Movie Day 8
\n@ Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL, 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/16: LIVING DOWNSTREAM
\n@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/17: LIVING DOWNSTREAM
\n@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL, 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/17: LIVING DOWNSTREAM
\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/19: Champaign Movie Makers meeting
\n@ Class Act Interactive, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/22-10\/23: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
\n@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, Midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/23: REVOLTING
\n@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL, 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10\/29-10\/31: Freeky Creek Short Film Festival
\n@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/4-11\/13: Reeling 29: Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

11\/5-11\/7: Illinois International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

11\/11: LEADING LADIES
\n@ Landmark Century Center Cinema, Chicago, IL, 9:30 p.m. (@ Reeling 29)<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/11-11\/13: Embarras Valley Film Festival
\n@ EIU campus\/Will Rogers Theater\/Charleston Public Library, Charleston, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/11-11\/21: St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n

11\/19-11\/21: Dark Carnival Film Festival, Bloomington, IN<\/p>\n

11\/20: LEADING LADIES
\n@ TBA (@ St. Louis International Film Festival)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/18-2\/27, 2011: Big Muddy Film Festival
\n@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/22-3\/27, 2011: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n

3\/30-4\/1, 2011: Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI<\/p>\n

4\/27-5\/1, 2011: Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival
\n@ Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary\/Film Series
\n@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/2: UNMISTAKEN CHILD; 12\/7: BURMA VJ<\/p>\n

Global Lens 2010: International Films
\n@ Main Lounge, Allen Hall\/Unit One, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n10\/27: MASQUERADES, Algeria; 11\/3: MY TEHRAN FOR SALE, Iran; 11\/10: OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, India; 11\/17: ORDINARY PEOPLE, Serbia; 12\/1: THE SHAFT, China; 12\/8: SHIRLEY ADAMS, South Africa<\/p>\n

Global Lens 2010: International Films
\n@ Latzer Hall, University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n10\/7: BECLOUD, Mexico; 10\/14: GODS, Peru; 10\/21: LEO\u2019S ROOM, Uruguay; 10\/28: MASQUERADES, Algeria; 11\/4: MY TEHRAN FOR SALE, Iran; 11\/11: OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, India; 11\/18: ORDINARY PEOPLE, Serbia; 12\/2: THE SHAFT, China; 12\/9: SHIRLEY ADAMS, South Africa<\/p>\n

IPRH Film Series
\n@ Room 62, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n10\/7: FAST, CHEAP, AND OUT OF CONTROL; 10\/28: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968); 11\/11: THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING; More TBA<\/p>\n

Israeli Movie Club
\n@ The Cohen Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n10\/11: VOSSI & JAGGER; 10\/18: VITZHAK RABIN; 10\/25: LEMON TREE; 11\/1: THE SECRETS; 11\/8: HALFON HILL DOESN\u2019T ANSWER; 11\/29: OR (MY TREASURE)<\/p>\n

\n

OUTRO<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the late show presentation of local comedy REVOLTING <\/strong>at the Art Theater two weeks ago, your humble editor hung out with several principals involved with making the movie. One cast member divulged that a friend had promised to attend but bailed for unknown reasons, other than remarking that she could \u201csee it later on DVD.\u201d It\u2019s convenient and lazy thinking, more than likely based on the notion that a movie will provide exactly the same experience whether projected on a big screen or channeled through a small screen. Since the advent of the cinema, however, half the experience is characterized by the real live people sitting around the screen as well as the venue in which they are seated. Also, comedies simply work better when a mass of laughter accompanies the humor. Do friends of theater folks skip out on a run, promising to watch the token camcorder rehearsal tape later just because they have an \u201cin\u201d? Do fans of musicians become last-minute flakes, pledging in absentia<\/em> to listen to sound-board recordings or studio albums as a consolation even though stage performance is a completely different animal? In general, we don\u2019t think so on either count, so what makes the public showing of a movie \u2013 especially <\/em>a locally-made one that will not get that much public exposure until formally distributed, which may take one or more years to arrange \u2013 that expendable? (We still <\/em>haven\u2019t recovered from the lethargy greeting the New Art Film Festival<\/strong>, by the way; more on that topic soon.) If you claim to support the local arts, please don\u2019t forget to include the cinema. Your friendly neighborhood filmmakers are counting on you just like the painters, the actors, the sculptors, the storytellers, the singers, and everyone else who makes something creative from nothing for the community to enjoy.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for the Special Surly Edition of the \u201cbusiness of our scene\u201d this week!<\/p>\n

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

If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in <\/em>CUBiz<\/strong>, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to <\/em>cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compiled by Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

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

Prior \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a> | Next \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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