{"id":3641,"date":"2011-07-31T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:53:53","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-07-31-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3641","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 07.31.2011"},"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 \/>\nEven Ill-Funded Independent Film Writer\/Publisher\/Champion\/Gofer Types Need a Break Today, or, How \u2018Bout Us?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Egads<\/em>, this information took a long time to distill and compose for your wondering eyes! We hope you appreciate what probably marks the longest \u201cnew look\u201d <strong>CUBiz <\/strong>to date; believe it when we claim that not everything made it into this installment, although some tidbits will appear as color commentary in the \u201cshort form\u201d <strong>Biz <\/strong>columns that will follow during the next six weeks. (Right now, we\u2019d <em>love <\/em>to consider dragging out the downlow for a longer time, but activity will be \u2018sploding around the C-U come mid-September and we\u2019ll have no choice but to pipe up about it!) Also never underestimate the self-reflexive power of coincidental timing. Just before starting this exercise in lingual unsupervised recess, we had sent our trusty Webmaster <strong>Eric Pankoke<\/strong> links to a pair of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IndieWIRE<\/span> Spout<\/strong> articles discussing <a title=\"CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER review :: Spout @ IndieWIRE\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/spout\/archives\/captain_america_the_first_avenger_review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER<\/strong><\/a> and the oft-maligned <a title=\"CAPTAIN AMERICA (1990) review :: Spout @ IndieWIRE\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/spout\/archives\/originals_1990_captain_america\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CAPTAIN AMERICA<\/strong><\/a> from two decades ago. He remarked these reviews contained \u201ctoo much blabity blabity blah\u201d for his tastes and, frankly, we\u2019d agree that many writers regularly fall victim to the so-called \u201clength is no object\u201d freedom of these here Internets. So, we sheepishly submit the following to you:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong>Jim Conover<\/strong>, the <strong>Springfield<\/strong>-area novelist who wrote and directed <a title=\"Marshall Canfield kicks ass, too! :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=725\" target=\"_blank\">the low-budget Western <strong>THE SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/a>, has announced on <a title=\"Sand Prairie Productions LLC page @ Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sand-Prairie-Productions-LLC\/201006309918937\" target=\"_blank\">his <strong>Facebook <\/strong>Page<\/a> that progress is underway on a sequel called <strong>BLOOD BOUNTY<\/strong>. \u201cIt will be shot in <strong>Wyoming <\/strong>and <strong>Illinois<\/strong>,\u201d he wrote, \u201cIllinois this fall and winter and Wyoming in the spring. We are gathering a production crew and trying to put the financing in place at this time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Local <strong>CBS <\/strong>affiliate <strong>WCIA-TV Channel 3<\/strong> has announced a Casting Call to help them find a charismatic talent that would host a new afternoon program set to debut this fall. <a title=\"Casting call for afternoon host :: WCIA-TV\/IllinoisHomepage.net\" href=\"http:\/\/illinoishomepage.net\/castingcall\" target=\"_blank\">Visit this Web page for instructions on applying<\/a> as well as the 30-second pitch that WCIA has been airing in recent weeks. Our impression is their hire would anchor a magazine style local-interest program;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abigail Graham<\/strong> of <strong>Urbana <\/strong>let <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>know that she now has<a title=\"Graham City Productions page @ Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Graham-City-Productions\/257115890972304\" target=\"_blank\"> a Facebook page for her <strong>Graham City Productions<\/strong> group<\/a> to go along with <a title=\"Graham City Productions :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grahamcity.com\/grahamcity\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">its formal Web site<\/a>. She also invited everyone to \u201cLike\u201d the former and watch her new \u201ckracked up comedy\u201d videos on the latter;<\/li>\n<li>Once again, it has taken a mysterious flier posted in public to alert <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>about a happening that we think is relevant to our dearest readers! Current case in point is \u201c<strong>The Biz of Show Biz<\/strong>,\u201d a single evening seminar geared towards <strong>Hollywood <\/strong>talent hopefuls that is scheduled for <strong>Monday, August 15, 6<\/strong> to <strong>9 p.m.<\/strong>, at <strong>Faith United Methodist Church<\/strong> in <strong>Champaign<\/strong>. Hosting the session will be actresses <a title=\"Bridgett Newton@ IMDb.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0628468\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bridgett Newton<\/strong><\/a> (<strong>BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON<\/strong>) and <a title=\"Melanie Paxson @ Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melanie_Paxson\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mahomet <\/strong>native<\/a> <a title=\"Melanie Paxson @ IMDb.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0601609\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Melanie Paxson<\/strong><\/a> (<strong>HAPPY FAMILY, NOTES FROM THE UNDERBELLY<\/strong>). <a title=\"&quot;The Biz of Show Biz&quot; seminar :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bizofthebizla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">More information on the ladies and their event can be found here<\/a> or write <strong>info [at] www.bizofthebizla [dot] com<\/strong> with direct queries;<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s mere coincidence the last three plays we\u2019ve seen and thoroughly enjoyed at Urbana\u2019s <strong>Station Theater<\/strong> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Light in the Piazza<\/strong><\/span> directed by <strong>Michael John Foster<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hairspray<\/strong><\/span> directed by <strong>Dallas Street<\/strong>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The 39 Steps<\/strong><\/span> directed by <strong>Matthew Green<\/strong>, all productions of the <strong>Celebration Company<\/strong> \u2013 have been based on motion pictures or the movie versions of particular stories. Therefore we\u2019re amused and relieved the one recent stage production we missed the first time \u2018round that incorporates the act of filmmaking as subject matter will return for one performance only when the <strong>Brothers Nicol<\/strong> perform the \u201ctragicomedy\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Stones in His Pockets<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Marie Jones<\/strong> at the <a title=\"Heartland Gallery :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/heartland-gallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Heartland Gallery<\/strong> in downtown Urbana<\/a> on <strong>Saturday, August 13<\/strong>, starting at <strong>8 p.m.<\/strong> Heartland owner <strong>Jan Chandler<\/strong> writes in her e-newsletter that seating must be reserved due to limited space, so call <strong>(217) 337-4767<\/strong> during daytime business hours (except today, Sunday) as soon as possible should you wish to see siblings <strong>Thomas <\/strong>and <strong>Galen <\/strong>depict what happens when Hollywood descends upon a rural Irish town!<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"Independent Media Center :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucimc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Independent Media Center<\/strong><\/a> has finally announced a Call for Submissions for its third annual <strong>IMC Film Festival<\/strong>, which will take place <strong>September 15-17<\/strong> in downtown Urbana. <a title=\"IOW: \u201c1972\u201d zaps 2011 circuit :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3652\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chris Lukeman<\/strong> of <strong>Railsplitter Media<\/strong><\/a> accepted the role of Festival Director and will be assisted by IMC Development Advisor <strong>Austin McCann<\/strong>, returning co-organizer <strong>Brian Dolinar<\/strong>, and your very own humble editor. Final deadline to enter your work is <strong>Thursday, August 25, 5 p.m. CST<\/strong>; further details will hit <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>on Tuesday or write<strong> imcfilmfest [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> if you simply can\u2019t wait;<\/li>\n<li>Congratulatory e-mails shot \u2018round the virtual grapevine earlier this week when the area makers of the short film <strong>IN VINO VERITAS<\/strong> and features <strong>REVOLTING <\/strong>and <strong>AMBER ROSE<\/strong> learned their work had been accepted to play the 10th annual <strong><a title=\"Route 66 International Film Festival :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.route66filmfestival.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Route 66 International Film Festival<\/a> <\/strong>in Springfield this September! <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>will have more details about this for you on Thursday, while the curious can jump the gun and read through the entire Route 66 itinerary posted on <a title=\"Route 66 International Film Festival page @ Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Route-66-International-Film-Festival\/148722332597\" target=\"_blank\">the \u201cInfo\u201d tab at their Facebook page<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Finalist entries in the <strong>Land of Lincoln Credit Union<\/strong>\u2019s \u201c<a title=\"21 Film Project :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.21filmproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>21 Film Project<\/strong><\/a>\u201d will be shown at the <strong>Avon Theater<\/strong> in downtown <strong>Decatur <\/strong>on <strong>Friday, August 5<\/strong>, as part of the weekend-long <strong>Decatur Celebration<\/strong>. After a <strong>6:15 p.m.<\/strong> red carpet ceremony \u2013 <a title=\"501st Legion - Imperial Costuming Organization :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.501st.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">guarded closely by these scary fellows<\/a> that the kids will <em>love <\/em>\u2013 and brief performance by <a title=\"Tiffany :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanytunes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celebration headliner <\/a><strong><a title=\"Tiffany :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanytunes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiffany<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 yes, Eighties pop star <em>chanteuse <\/em>and <strong>Deborah Gibson<\/strong> B-movie sparring partner \u2013 the top 20 entries will be shown and the winners publicly announced;<\/li>\n<li>Concluding our film festival news run (at least until Monday, <em>hint<\/em>) is a late-inning reminder that the suburban <a title=\"Elgin Short Film Festival :: The Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin, IL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hemmens.org\/annualfilmfestival.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Elgin (IL) Short Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> will accept material running 20 minutes or less until <strong>Wednesday, August 17<\/strong>. At the event to be held <strong>Saturday, September 17<\/strong>, a new \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice\u201d award will be given out along with \u201ctop three\u201d trophies and cash awards up to $1,000;<\/li>\n<li>C-U natives who grew up as \u201ccompany members\u201d of <strong>Sine Fine Films<\/strong> (<em>n\u00e9e <\/em><strong>Eidolon Entertainment<\/strong>), the banner under which videographer <strong>Eleanore Stasheff<\/strong> has produced numerous low-budget fantasy\/medieval serials and shorts, are <a title=\"&quot;15th Anniversary - Memories&quot; video @ Sine Fine Films' YouTube channel\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AIqTGgWvr-s\" target=\"_blank\">featured prominently in short clip-fests and outtake reels<\/a> assembled recently by Stasheff to honor the group\u2019s 15th anniversary;<\/li>\n<li>In last Sunday\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>News-Gazette<\/strong><\/span>, arts writer <strong>Melissa Merli<\/strong> pointed out that <strong>Betsy Del Valley<\/strong> of Urbana contributed the video footage which closes the <a title=\"LIFE IN A DAY :: National Geographic Films\" href=\"http:\/\/movies.nationalgeographic.com\/movies\/life-in-a-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Geographic Films<\/strong> theatrical release <strong>LIFE IN A DAY<\/strong><\/a>, a <strong>YouTube<\/strong>-sourced compilation documentary overseen by <strong>Ridley Scott<\/strong> (<strong>AMERICAN GANGSTER<\/strong>) and <strong>Kevin Macdonald<\/strong> (<strong>TOUCHING THE VOID<\/strong>) which began limited engagements in seven cities on <strong>Friday, July 29<\/strong>, including <strong>Chicago <\/strong>at the <strong>Music Box Theater<\/strong>. The completed project premiered at the <strong>Sundance Film Festival<\/strong> in January after producers <a title=\"LIFE IN A DAY @ YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lifeinaday\" target=\"_blank\">culled material from some 80,000 videos shot worldwide on <strong>July 24, 2010<\/strong><\/a>, per Merli;<\/li>\n<li><strong>MICRO-FILM<\/strong> friend <strong>John Borowski<\/strong>, a Chicago independent filmmaker specializing in true-crime documentaries, is <a title=\"CARL PANZRAM @ IndieGoGo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/Carl-Panzram-The-Spirit-of-Hatred-and-Vengeance\" target=\"_blank\">utilizing <strong>IndieGoGo<\/strong> to raise funds to complete his newest work<\/a> about the serial killer <strong>Carl Panzram<\/strong>, completing a somewhat gruesome trilogy that includes his prior films <strong>H.H. HOLMES<\/strong> (reviewed in <strong>MF <\/strong>7) and <strong>ALBERT FISH<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>To end this marathon of Midwest movie madness mentions, we look no farther than your humble editor\u2019s alma mater, <strong>Illinois Wesleyan University<\/strong> in <strong>Bloomington<\/strong>, to provide inspiration and insight from working professionals in the (real) biz this fall during the college\u2019s Homecoming activities with the theme, \u201cLights, Camera, Action.\u201d <a title=\"Titan Pride alumni resource :: Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.titanpride.org\/s\/653\/start.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">At some point during the weekend of <strong>October 21-23<\/strong>, several IWU alums will speak<\/a> including: <strong>Bill Damaschke<\/strong>, chief creative officer of <strong>DreamWorks Animation<\/strong>; <strong>Eric Snowden<\/strong>, vice president of \u201cdirect-to-fan creative and technology\u201d at <strong>Atlantic Records<\/strong>; <strong>Marjorie Ocho Kouns<\/strong>, voiceover artist on commercials and television; and <strong>Patrick McGrath<\/strong>, an expert in anxiety disorders who appears on the <strong>Learning Channel<\/strong> series, <strong>HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE<\/strong>. Damaschke will reportedly preview an upcoming DreamWorks feature which we\u2019ll guess is the <strong>SHREK <\/strong>spin-off <strong>PUSS IN BOOTS<\/strong>, scheduled for a November nationwide release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During the last few weeks, we\u2019ve taken in an unusual amount of theatrical movies at <a title=\"The Art Theater :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecuart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">our lovely <strong>Art Theater<\/strong><\/a>, the lot of which we might have fallen over backwards to incorporate in our flagship mag <strong>MICRO-FILM<\/strong> were it active today. (We may finally be having \u201cthe talk\u201d with you about <em>ye olde<\/em> <strong>MF <\/strong>in the fall, by the way, so stay tuned.) It makes little sense to incorporate discussion of them on <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>considering our peculiar niche \u2013 especially to blabity blabity <em>blah <\/em>lengths \u2013 but maybe we could indulge briefly in the not-necessarily-local for old time\u2019s sake? The Art sacrificed multiple late-night slights to <strong>Magnolia Pictures\u2019 Magnet<\/strong> branded cult films such as <strong>HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN<\/strong>, which reveled in <strong>Rutger Hauer<\/strong> blowing the scumbags away but underwhelmed as anything more than a grindhouse throwback. Next, <strong>13 ASSASSINS<\/strong> demonstrated unusual discipline by prolific <em>auteur <\/em><strong>Takashi Miike<\/strong>, emulating both the slow build-up and brutal heroism of period Japanese samurai cinema. American West-set meta horror <strong>RUBBER <\/strong>rolled in afterwards, playing acerbically with art-film conventions but taking too laggard a route to reach its point. Yet, <strong>RUBBER <\/strong>displayed efficient mileage compared to <strong>Fox Searchlight<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>THE TREE OF LIFE<\/strong>, the divisive <strong>Terrence Malick<\/strong> drama starring <strong>Brad Pitt<\/strong> and <strong>Sean Penn<\/strong> which enjoyed a several-week Art run simultaneous with the scrappy Magnet series. Still worth a watch if one is in a soul-searching frame of mind, <strong>TREE <\/strong>seemed like a very compelling 100-minute meditation floating around the body of a meandering 2 \u00bd hour mantra. We received more satisfaction from the twisty \u201cvirtual reconstruction\u201d thriller <strong>SOURCE CODE<\/strong> with <strong>Jake Gyllenhaal<\/strong> and <strong>Michelle Monaghan<\/strong>, which played loose with the sci-fi details but held together due to character empathy and taut staging led by <strong>MOON <\/strong>director <strong>Duncan Jones<\/strong> on a mid-level <strong>Summit Entertainment<\/strong> budget. We did feel unceremoniously beaned by those final five minutes, displacing all remaining logic with saccharine as they did, when a marquee producing team would have held the studio suits at bay and pulled the plug right after the correct ending which <em>was <\/em>present and accounted for. <em>Ugh<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MEDIA LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anybody up for a free-for-all this outing before we pull back the reins for a little while? Why, glad we could oblige! We\u2019re happy to launch our link attack by noting the slick upgrades to the Web sites of both the <a title=\"The Normal Theater :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/normaltheater.com\/main\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Normal Theater<\/strong> in <\/a><strong><a title=\"The Normal Theater :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/normaltheater.com\/main\/\" target=\"_blank\">Normal<\/a> <\/strong>and the <a title=\"The Route 66 Twin Drive-in :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.route66-drivein.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Route 66 Twin Drive-in<\/strong> in Springfield<\/a>, which doubles as your cue to check out and support the non-multiplexes near you, movie-going <em>pardners<\/em>. <strong>Illinois State University<\/strong>\u2019s student newspaper, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Daily Vidette<\/strong><\/span>, filed <a title=\"Beyond Normal Films selects art films to play the Normal :: The Daily Vidette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.videtteonline.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=34788:beyond-normal-films-brings-unique-movies-to-the-masses&amp;catid=47:featuresreviews&amp;Itemid=54\" target=\"_blank\">one of their perennial reports last week on the movie lovers\u2019 society <strong>Beyond Normal Films<\/strong><\/a>, which has a hand-picked slate of art cinema headlining the Normal Theater throughout September and just before the group\u2019s 15th anniversary. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Daily Illini<\/strong><\/span> chimed in two days later with a brief rumination about <a title=\"Will Netflix price hikes chase away student dollars? :: The Daily Illini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyillini.com\/index.php\/article\/2011\/07\/theater_or_tv_students_weigh_movie_options\" target=\"_blank\">the effect <strong>Netflix<\/strong>\u2019s rate hikes will have on consumer decision-making<\/a>, particularly the student body; expected answers come from spokespeople at the <strong>Urbana Free Library<\/strong>, the <strong>Virginia Theater<\/strong>, and the <strong>University of Illinois Undergraduate Library<\/strong>. Speaking of movie availability, the <strong>Associated Press<\/strong> spread the news last week that <a title=\"Wal-Mart enters Web-streaming movie business :: The Herald &amp; Review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-review.com\/entertainment\/movies\/article_52eaf59e-b785-11e0-aaf5-001cc4c002e0.html\" target=\"_blank\">retail gargantuan <strong>Wal-Mart<\/strong> has begun offering video streaming<\/a> to compete with Netflix, <strong>Hulu, iTunes<\/strong>, and all the rest. (We\u2019ll bet that their catalog will be, um, <em>conservative <\/em>at best.) For Stan \u201cthe Man\u201d followers and collegiate sports fanatics, we present <a title=\"D-III quarterback blindsided by off-the-field attention :: The Pantagraph\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pantagraph.com\/blogs\/kindred\/article_46775c02-b7f4-11e0-b656-001cc4c03286.html\" target=\"_blank\">this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pantagraph<\/strong><\/span> column by <strong>Randy Kindred<\/strong><\/a> about <strong>Monmouth (IL) College<\/strong> star quarterback <strong>Alex Tanney<\/strong>, who will <a title=\"Televison crew visits with quarterback Alex Tanney on campus :: Monmouth College\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monmouthcollege.edu\/information\/newsEvents\/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fCampus+Wide&amp;WorkflowItemID=c2a515ad-6116-4bb5-9a0a-b0ad2d6049a1\" target=\"_blank\">have his passing accuracy put to the test on the <strong>History Channel<\/strong> series, <strong>STAN LEE\u2019S SUPERHUMANS<\/strong><\/a>. (A sign of the times, the show\u2019s producers discovered Tanney through <a title=\"&quot;Alex Tanney: Trick Shot Quarterback&quot; :: YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/SxDJb03a0yo\" target=\"_blank\">a much-viewed YouTube \u201ctrick shot\u201d video<\/a> that has earned the <strong>Division-III<\/strong> player much press; you can also <a title=\"Underclassmen win video marketing contest with animated film :: Monmouth College\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monmouthcollege.edu\/information\/newsEvents\/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fCampus+Wide&amp;WorkflowItemID=183a50a9-1279-48a4-b216-8f7b47516bfe\" target=\"_blank\">watch what his classmates came up with for this recent on-campus video contest<\/a> sponsored by Monmouth\u2019s marketing department.) To complete this collection of conversation-worthy copy, we can always trust industry-savvy IndieWIRE to glean passages of independent film wisdom from the heavy hitters in that world, such as these recent discussions quoting the venerable <a title=\"Christine Vachon interviewed at NewFest :: IndieWIRE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/article\/christine_vachon_at_newfest_there_is_no_excuse_not_to_make_your_own_movie_a\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Christine Vachon<\/strong><\/a> (<strong>POISON, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH<\/strong>) of <strong>Killer Films<\/strong> and <a title=\"James Schamus interviewed :: IndieWIRE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/article\/why_james_schamus_believes_theres_a_business_in_very_low-budget_features\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>James Schamus<\/strong><\/a> (<strong>SAFE, HAPPINESS, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN<\/strong>) of <strong>Focus Features<\/strong>. Read, <em>heed<\/em>, and be fruitful, our friends.<\/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>BEGINNERS <\/strong>(7\/29 on), <strong>ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA<\/strong> (7\/29, 10 p.m., <em>Bollywood<\/em>), <strong>TRAINSPOTTING <\/strong>(7\/30, 8\/4, 10 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: <strong>COWBOYS &amp; ALIENS, CRAZY STUPID LOVE, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, LARRY CROWNE<\/strong> (7\/29 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: <strong>THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD<\/strong> (7\/28-7\/31, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL:  <strong>COWBOYS &amp; ALIENS<\/strong> (7\/29 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Gemini Cinemas, Villa Grove, IL: <strong>THE SMURFS, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2<\/strong> (7\/29 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: <strong>ZOOKEEPER <\/strong>(7\/29-7\/31)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL: <strong>MR. POPPER\u2019S PENGUINS<\/strong> (7\/29-7\/31)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Harvest Moon Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: <strong>COWBOYS &amp; ALIENS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER<\/strong> (7\/29 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: <strong>CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, ZOOKEEPER, HORRIBLE BOSSES<\/strong> (7\/29 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ That\u2019s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: <strong>SOURCE CODE, TRUST, DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT, LIFE DURING WARTIME<\/strong> (Criterion), <strong>BURN NOTICE: THE FALL OF SAM AXE<\/strong>, more! (7\/26 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: <strong>COWBOYS &amp; ALIENS, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2<\/strong> (7\/22-7\/28)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN: <strong>Gen Con 2011<\/strong> (8\/4-8\/7)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Big Ten Network: <strong>A BRILLIANT IDEA: NICK HOLONYAK AND THE LED*<\/strong> (8\/2, 4 p.m. CST)<\/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>NEW! <\/strong>8\/5: <strong>21 Film Project Awards Show* feat. Tiffany<br \/>\n@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, 6:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 8\/9: <strong>YERT (YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL ROAD TRIP)<br \/>\n\u201cPre-Fest\u201d Show w\/filmmaker \u2013 Route 66 International Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Capital City Bar &amp; Grill, Springfield, IL, 7 p.m., free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">8\/9, 8\/11: <strong>X-MEN: FIRST CLASS<br \/>\n@ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">8\/11-8\/14: Wizard World Chicago (Comics &amp; entertainment), Rosemont, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 8\/13: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stones in His Pockets<\/span> by Marie Jones<br \/>\n@ Heartland Gallery, Urbana, IL, 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 8\/15: <strong>\u201cThe Biz of Show Biz\u201d talent seminar<br \/>\nHosted by Melanie Paxson and Bridgett Newton<br \/>\n@ Faith United Methodist Church, Champaign, IL, 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9\/9: <strong>COPS and THE KID w\/live accompaniment<br \/>\n@ Ellnora: the Guitar Festival, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9\/10: <strong>THE GREAT FLOOD w\/live accompaniment<br \/>\n@ Ellnora: the Guitar Festival, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9\/13: <strong>DVD release: LEADING LADIES*<br \/>\n+ Wolfe Video, New Almaden, CA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9\/15-9\/17: <strong>IMC Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL<\/strong><\/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: Chicago Horror Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">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;\">10\/13-10\/22: Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/21-10\/23: CHICAGO 8: Small Gauge Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/21-10\/23: Dark Carnival Film Festival, Bloomington, 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;\">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;\">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=\"text-align: left;\">4\/18-4\/22, 2012: Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">4\/25-4\/29, 2012: <strong>Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<br \/>\n@ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/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 \/>\n8\/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 \/>\n8\/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=\"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@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL<\/strong><br \/>\n8\/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;\">309 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 21 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: 07.23.2011 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3632\" target=\"_self\">Prior \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a> | <a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 08.05.2011 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3664\" 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.53 \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 simply have too much fruit to bear: calls for film festivals, calls for talent, a call for funding, a Hollywood actors&#8217; seminar, a sequel, a play, and the movies now playing\/renting near you! Oh, my!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,14,406,217,53,376,15,13,18,441],"tags":[412,425,768,772,149,771,770,769,773,255,767,729,185],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alums-done-good","category-area-festivals","category-c-u-biz-en-scene","category-column-du-c-u","category-educationclasses","category-gone-hollywood","category-media-coverage","category-public-events","category-student-film","category-c-u-confidential-youtube","tag-21-film-project","tag-elgin-short-film-festival","tag-graham-city-productions","tag-illinois-wesleyan-university","tag-imc-film-festival","tag-john-borowski","tag-life-in-a-day","tag-melanie-paxson","tag-monmouth-college","tag-route-66-international-film-festival","tag-sine-fine-films","tag-stones-in-his-pockets","tag-the-showdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","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=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}