{"id":3454,"date":"2011-05-27T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:54:15","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-05-27-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3454","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 05.27.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d appears every Thursday\/Friday on <\/em><strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong><em> to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near <\/em><strong>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<\/strong><em>. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MFHQ &amp; YOU:<br \/>\nA Totally Authorized Shout to Our Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We\u2019d like to thank the folks who felt it worthwhile to place their advertising messages in the latest issue of <strong>C-U Confidential<\/strong> digest, which you can snag for free at numerous locations in <strong>Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington<\/strong>, and <strong>Normal <\/strong>while supplies last! (Look for smallish stashes to drop in <strong>Decatur, Danville, Chicago<\/strong>, and select film festivals later this summer.) Because the <strong>Art Theater, Axis of Mischief, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bachelor Pad Magazine<\/span>, Champaign Movie Makers, Cinema Gallery, Freeky Creek Short Film Festival, Groundwork Global Media<\/strong>, the <strong>Holze <\/strong>family, <strong>Jason Lindsey Photography, Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions, Midwest Zine Fest, Premier Print Group, Psychic Joker Entertainment, R.A.Z. Films, Red Herring Coffee House, Railsplitter Media, Route 66 International Film Festival, Shatterglass Studios, Shut Up and Do It Productions, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stones in His Pockets<\/span><\/strong>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Syndicate Product<\/strong><\/span> did what they did, we can go light on the grimacing when we receive our print bill. Make sure to check out their respective goods and services on-line while setting aside some hard-earned pennies for <strong>CUZine<\/strong>\u2019s return in the fall! (Yes, next time is the <em>first <\/em>time your hard-won independent press for local independent cinema won\u2019t be made available <em>gratis<\/em>, dearest readers. We\u2019ll discuss eventually.) Until then and afterwards, we otherwise have no plans to charge you one red cent to read all the interrelated news fit to post, such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s a good thing <a title=\"Entry Page :: Route 66 International Film Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.route66filmfestival.net\/entry.html\" target=\"_blank\">we took a peek at the Web site of Route 66 FF<\/a>, as the next-to-last deadline for entry in their 10th annual showcase is (inexplicably) next <strong>Monday, May 30<\/strong>. Afterwards, hopefuls have until <strong>Wednesday, June 15<\/strong>, to submit exclusively through <strong>Withoutabox<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Horror, hooch, and skull heads provide common ground for two other <strong>Illinois <\/strong>fests with deadlines on the horizon! First is the geographically closer of the duo, <a title=\"Freeky Creek Short Film Festival @ Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Freeky-Creek-Short-Film-Festival\/151516178244324\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Joe Taylor<\/strong>\u2019s Freeky Creek Short FF<\/a>, which is accepting entries until <strong>Wednesday, August 31<\/strong>, for their second annual <strong>Halloween <\/strong>weekend event at <strong>Sleepy Creek Vineyards<\/strong> in <strong>Fairmount<\/strong>. <a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 11.04.2010 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2327\" target=\"_blank\">You can read our 2010 recap right here<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Setting their submission due date one day earlier on <strong>Tuesday, August 30<\/strong>, is the third <a title=\"Drunken Zombie Film Festival :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/drunkenzombiefilmfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Drunken Zombie Film Festival<\/strong><\/a>, all riled up to terrorize (if not simply gross out) <strong>Peoria Theater<\/strong> patrons one week later on <strong>November 4-5<\/strong>. We might be tempted to road trip for this one if everything aligns perfectly post-Freeky;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Last but not least on the film forwarding front, the <strong>University of Illinois<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Illini Film &amp; Video<\/strong> club is seeking to curate multiple compilations of shorts made by IFV members during the past decade for potential broadcast on local cable stations and\/or the student channel available exclusively in campus dormers. Write <strong>illinifilmandvideo [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> with your film\u2019s title, run time, synopsis, and main credits to have it considered; IFV will contact you to talk over delivery options;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">We switch from movie <em>viewing <\/em>to movie <em>making <\/em>options for our last bullets this week, describing two of <em>at least<\/em> four feature-length projects <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>believes will shoot in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond between now and the end of 2011! First up are <strong>Mike Boedicker<\/strong> and <strong>Roselawn Productions<\/strong>, whose previous romp <strong>REVOLTING <\/strong>we just found in the \u201cAmerican Independent\u201d section of <strong>That\u2019s Rentertainment<\/strong> last weekend. (<em>Hint:<\/em> Rent it!) Boedicker tells <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>that he is in the scripting phase of a new psychological drama heading for production this fall in Danville with returning <strong>REVOLTING <\/strong>actors <strong>Bill Kephart<\/strong> and <strong>Julia Megan Sullivan<\/strong>, although some roles need to be filled. Write <strong>mboedicker [at] hotmail [dot] com<\/strong> if interested in auditioning or offering other services to the show;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">And then, we remind you about the C-U-by-<strong>Indianapolis <\/strong>dramatic indie set to begin production locally in mid-June. Champaign native, <strong>IUPUI<\/strong> student, and fledgling producer <strong>Eric Isenhart<\/strong> informs <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>that the Mother\u2019s Day audition held at the <strong>Illini Union<\/strong> went well but he plans to stage further casting calls to fill out the cast. A follow-up in Indy is coming up shortly, so give <strong>filmfirmcasting [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> a shout and ask what opportunities remain on their show for cast and crew before they dig in their heels and call \u201caction!\u201d We\u2019ll drop a cliffhanger right here and highly suggest you read <strong>CUBiz <\/strong>next week to learn about <em>even more<\/em> opportunities right in our backyard!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.<\/em> to <strong>Jennie Garth<\/strong>, we didn\u2019t forget about you! <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>hopes you had fun visiting your native <strong>Champaign County<\/strong> yesterday and trusts you imparted empowering words during the <a title=\"2011 Go Red for Women Luncheon, Champaign, IL\" href=\"https:\/\/ahaspringfieldil.ejoinme.org\/MyEvents\/20102011ChampaignILGoRedLuncheon\/tabid\/250097\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2011 Go Red for Women Luncheon<\/strong> at the <strong>i-Hotel &amp; Conference Center<\/strong><\/a>, organized through the <a title=\"American Heart Association :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\/HEARTORG\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>American Heart Association<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Returning to exhibition for a moment, we\u2019ve added a bunch of Midwest festivals and media events below that all the perspiring filmmakers out there should <strong>Google <\/strong>research as self-marketing opportunities!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PLAYING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: <strong>I AM<\/strong> (5\/27 on), <strong>THE ROOM<\/strong> (5\/27-5\/29, 6\/2, 10 p.m.), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>As You Like It<\/strong><\/span> (5\/28-5\/29, 12 p.m., <strong>Shakespeare<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: <strong>THE HANGOVER PART II, KUNG FU PANDA 2, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES<\/strong> (5\/27 on), <strong>THE UNINVITED<\/strong> (5\/27, 10 p.m., free, w\/<strong>Troy Taylor<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: <strong>BIUTIFUL <\/strong>(5\/26-5\/29)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL:  <strong>KUNG FU PANDA 2, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES<\/strong> (5\/27 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Gemini Cinemas, Villa Grove, IL: <strong>KUNG FU PANDA 2, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES<\/strong> (5\/27 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: <strong>PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES<\/strong> (5\/27-5\/30)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: <strong>THOR <\/strong>(5\/27-5\/29)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: <strong>THE HANGOVER PART II, FAST FIVE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, THOR<\/strong> (5\/27-5\/29)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Route 66 Drive-In, Springfield, IL: <strong>KUNG FU PANDA 2, THOR, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, FAST FIVE<\/strong> (5\/27 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ That\u2019s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: <strong>A SMALL ACT, GNOMEO &amp; JULIET, I AM NUMBER FOUR, GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH, THE GREAT DICTATOR<\/strong> (Criterion), more! (5\/24 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: <strong>PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, THOR<\/strong> (5\/27-5\/29), <strong>I AM NUMBER FOUR<\/strong> (5\/28-5\/29)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL: <strong>Chicago Underground Film Festival<\/strong> (6\/2-6\/9)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Hi-Pointe Theatre, etc., St. Louis, MO: \u201c<strong>Vincentennial<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Vincent Price<\/strong> celebration, through 5\/28)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). <\/em><strong>Go see \u2018em!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UPDATE!<\/strong> 6\/18: <strong>PARANOIA* local movie premiere w\/filmmakers<br \/>\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL, 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">6\/23-6\/26: Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 7\/14-7\/24: Indianapolis International Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 7\/15-7\/17: G-Fest XVIII (Japanese pop culture), Rosemont, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">7\/19-7\/24: Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, Palatine, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW! <\/strong>8\/4-8\/7: Gen Con (Gaming), Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 8\/11-8\/14: Wizard World Chicago (Comics &amp; entertainment), Rosemont, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9\/16-9\/18: <strong>Route 66 International Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 9\/23-9\/25: B Movie Celebration, Franklin, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/6-10\/20: Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 10\/13-10\/22: Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/28-10\/30: <strong>Freeky Creek Short Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/3-11\/12: Reeling Lesbian &amp; Gay International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 11\/4-11\/5: <strong>Drunken Zombie Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Peoria Theater, Peoria, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/10-11\/12: <strong>Embarras Valley Film Festival<br \/>\n@ EIU campus\/Will Rogers Theater\/etc., Charleston, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 11\/11-11\/13: HorrorHound Weekend (Horror culture), Cincinnati, OH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/10-11\/20: St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>COMMUNITY FILM SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The New Classics: Great Books to Great Films from the Past 50 Years<br \/>\n@ Danville Public Library, Danville, IL, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/13: FIELD OF DREAMS; 7\/11: THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK; 8\/8: INTO THE WILD; 9\/12: TRUE GRIT (2010); 10\/10: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS; 11\/14: ORDINARY PEOPLE; 12\/12: FAIL SAFE 1964); 1\/9\/12: NEVER CRY WOLF; 2\/13\/12: AWAKENINGS; 3\/12\/12: ADAPTATION; 4\/9\/12: UP IN THE AIR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The News-Gazette Film Series 2011<br \/>\n@ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 1 &amp; 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/4: MOULIN ROUGE!; 7\/23: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY\u2019S; 8\/6: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE; 9\/10: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT; 10\/8: THE EXORCIST; 11\/5: THE GODFATHER; 12\/3: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WILL-TV\/Independent Lens \u201cCommunity Cinema\u201d series<br \/>\n@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL, Time TBA<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/11: TWO SPIRITS<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Global Lens 2011: International Films<br \/>\n@ Latzer Hall, University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/16: THE LIGHT THIEF, Kyrgyzstan; 7\/21: SOUL OF SAND, India; 8\/18: STREET DAYS, Georgia; 9\/15: THE TENANTS, Brazil; 10\/20: A USEFUL LIFE, Uruguay; 11\/17: WHITE MEADOWS, Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That\u2019s it for the \u201cbusiness of our scene\u201d this week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in <\/em><strong>CUBiz<\/strong><em>, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to <\/em><strong>cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Compiled by Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We welcome your virtual presence in the Confidential scheme!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">289 awesome (but way too few) peeps dig <a title=\"C-U Confidential @ Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cuconfidential\" target=\"_blank\">our <strong>Facebook <\/strong>page<\/a>, while 17 astounding (yet way <em>way <\/em>way too few) comrades keep a watchful eye on <a title=\"C-U Confidential Revue @ YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cuconfidential\" target=\"_blank\">our <strong>YouTube<\/strong> channel<\/a>, the <strong>C-U Confidential Revue<\/strong>! We\u2019d place our bets in a heartbeat that <em>many more<\/em> would enjoy our social\/video outreach if they knew about us! Have <em>you <\/em>joined us on-line? Will you be ambassadors for our indie film cause and send your recruits in our direction? The more attention we receive, the better we can serve the interests of local artists and the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 05.19.2011 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3423\" target=\"_self\">Prior \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a> | <a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 06.03.2011 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3477\" target=\"_self\">Next \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d no.44 \u00a9 2011 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of C-U Blogfidential\u2019s all-purpose column, \u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne,\u201d we thank our CUZine advertisers, thank goodness you have numerous film shoots and film fests to engage, and thank our lucky stars that new movies are now playing\/renting near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,406,28,217,200,11,10,13,18],"tags":[1702,481,713,420,84,714,97,95,255],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-c-u-biz-en-scene","category-c-u-confidential","category-column-du-c-u","category-deadline-du-c-u","category-job-opportunities","category-production-updates","category-public-events","category-student-film","tag-c-u-confidential","tag-drunken-zombie-film-festival","tag-eric-isenhart","tag-freeky-creek-short-film-festival","tag-illini-film-video","tag-jennie-garth","tag-mike-boedicker","tag-revolting","tag-route-66-international-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","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=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}