{"id":3141,"date":"2011-04-06T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:54:34","slug":"best-cublog-posts-ever-pt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3141","title":{"rendered":"Best. CUBlog. Posts. EVER. Pt.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

More links for your merriment! During the next four weeks, we will post weekly groupings of five key posts from the first five years of C-U Blogfidential<\/strong>\u2019s existence and tell you a little bit about why we chose the ones we did. The selections this outing also appear in the special C-U Confidential<\/strong> full-color insert, C-U Blogfidential Exceeds the Fifth!<\/strong>, which will debut as a stand-alone freebie at the Art Theater<\/strong> in downtown Champaign <\/strong>this Friday, April 8<\/strong>, during the New Art Film Festival<\/strong>! Feel free to click away and read what has gone before; leave Comments below about those stories or your own favorite CUBlog <\/strong>entries. Revel!<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Select C-U Blogfidential Stories, 2006-2011<\/strong>
\nPart 3 of 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBonuses scarce for ADM story<\/span>,\u201d 2\/13\/10<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 We analyze the tepid box office returns of THE INFORMANT!<\/strong>, partly because it was interesting to think through and partly because the average local movie never gets this far in distribution. We also shout out to Mark Whitacre<\/strong> for taking on The Man<\/strong>, however crackpot his methodology, and our man Tim Cain<\/strong> for weathering the Decatur<\/strong>-to-Hollywood<\/strong>-and-back express.<\/p>\n

\u201cNine little nuggets for 9\/9\/09<\/span>,\u201d 9\/9\/09<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Appearing between our final Coming Soon<\/strong> and the current C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne<\/strong> column, this post effectively describes a multi-faceted C-U film culture by highlighting more than just public screenings. We shout out to all the local theaters, organizations, societies, promoters, filmmakers, and crazy kids with dreams for perpetuating the film arts in the C-U!<\/p>\n

\u201cIs rapport not WANTED with C-U?<\/span>\u201d 7\/11\/08<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Constructive criticism is not out of the question on CUBlog<\/strong>. Here, we take the Illinois Film Office<\/strong> to task for promoting Chicago<\/strong>-centric gains but failing to engage central Illinois <\/strong>in dialogue about how \u201cthe Biz\u201d could benefit us more regularly. We shout out to all the nearby film folk who turned up seeking sustenance but only receiving a sugar rush.<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago Sun-Times quotes CUBlog<\/span>,\u201d 2\/24\/07<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Regarding Jay Rosenstein<\/strong>\u2019s documentary IN WHOSE HONOR?<\/strong>, our appearance in the pages of a major daily provided early validation that our work had merit outside Champaign, Urbana<\/strong>, and the cities beyond. We shout out to intelligent, steadfast citizens the world over for fighting the needed fight against abuses in authority and privilege.<\/p>\n

\u201cQ&A du C-U: Jason Butler<\/span>,\u201d 4\/22\/06<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Every long-form interview we\u2019ve published is our favorite for various reasons, but we\u2019ll always recall the first one featuring JB <\/strong>of WEREWOLF CEMETERY<\/strong> fame as a homespun gem. We shout \u201cCa-CAW!<\/em>\u201d to Pi Omega Omega<\/strong> for keeping the faith in our Brainsmart <\/strong>friend who could have given up on this unwieldy four-part lycanthropocalypse if he wanted to.<\/p>\n

Bonus: \u201cYes indeed, Serdar will kick ass!<\/span>\u201d 4\/6\/2009<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Sometimes we\u2019ll be as glib as we want to be, especially when irreverence inspires us such as with Dark Maze Studios<\/strong>\u2019 import, RAMPAGE<\/strong>. We shout out to Eric Sizemore<\/strong> for shouting, grunting, pontificating, commanding, and chewing on (imaginary?) scenery as multi-character voiceover artist.<\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

:: Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/span> | Part 4<\/span><\/a><\/span> ::<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For your re-reading pleasure, we present our third set of C-U Blogfidential posts representing a cross-section of the best we think we\u2019ve had to offer Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond in our first five years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,16],"tags":[662,199,277,66,166,134,64],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-u-blogfidential","category-jp-confidential","tag-chicago-sun-times","tag-illinois-film-office","tag-in-whose-honor","tag-jason-butler","tag-rampage","tag-the-informant","tag-werewolf-cemetery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","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=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}