{"id":4089,"date":"2011-11-01T21:15:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:53:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:53:12","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-11-1-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4089","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 11.01.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d <\/em>normally 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

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MFHQ & YOU:<\/strong>
\n Halloween \u201811: Season of the Glitch<\/strong><\/p>\n

We knew<\/em> it would happen at some point, when enough activity swirled around the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong> that we\u2019d fail to pull our weekly Biz<\/strong> column out of the proverbial hat. Why are we not<\/em> surprised this finally took place in the week leading up to Halloween<\/strong>? That said, we could have waited to reboot this Friday with a fresh lowdown on Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> movie culture, but we also realized a handful of key midweek events might be of interest \u2013 including Thursday\u2019s final Art Theater<\/strong><\/a> showing of TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL<\/strong> \u2013 thereby warranting the extra effort.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, we spent more total running time than usual watching movies publicly during October\u2019s end. That\u2019s good<\/em>, right? A trip over to Sleepy Creek Vineyards<\/strong><\/a> in Fairmount<\/strong> last Thursday, October 27<\/strong>, yielded bite-sized frights aplenty during the second annual Freeky Creek Short Film Festival<\/strong>, during which Bill Kephart<\/strong> pulled out his Peter Sellers<\/strong> multi-character playbook and skewed our expectations as the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and an extremely gruff circus clown who calls everyone \u201cBingo.\u201d Our friends at Psychic Joker Entertainment<\/strong><\/a> mixed movies with magic and other seasonal mayhem for 10 days straight at SoDo Theatre<\/strong><\/a> in downtown Champaign; they included the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD<\/strong> on Sunday, October 30<\/strong>, and the cheeky triad of THE LAST MAN ON EARTH<\/strong> with Vincent Price, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE<\/strong> directed by Ed Wood, Jr.<\/strong>, and VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET<\/strong> featuring Russian special-effects footage repurposed by Roger Corman<\/strong>, on Tuesday, October 25<\/strong>. Returning MICRO-FILM<\/strong> contributor Jeff McCoy<\/strong> joined us to take in the FRIGHT NIGHT<\/strong> remake at the Art on Wednesday, October 26<\/strong>; fleet-footed and relatively faithful to the 1985 original despite a clever switch in setting to Las Vegas<\/strong>, it nevertheless wallows in camp and iffy CGI animation sold somewhat by a straight-faced cast including Colin Farrell<\/strong> and Anton Yelchin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What filmic frights did you<\/em> encounter leading up to yesterday\u2019s All Hallow\u2019s Eve? Let us know by posting in the Comments field below and chatting up your humble editor on Thursday at the 10 p.m. TUCKER & DALE<\/strong> show or earlier at the 5:30 p.m. screening of THE COMMITMENTS<\/strong> at the Krannert Art Museum<\/strong>!<\/p>\n


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

ITEM OF THE WEEK, Round 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s November 1<\/strong>. That must mean festival passes for the 2012 Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> are on sale as of 10 a.m.<\/strong> today<\/a>. Step on it, folks!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


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

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

THE TRANSIENT*<\/strong>: Saturday, 11\/5, 5:46 p.m., Drunken Zombie Film Festival, Peoria, IL<\/p>\n

@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: THE WAY<\/strong> (10\/28 on), RA.ONE<\/strong> (10\/28, 9:30 p.m., Bollywood), FRANKENSTEIN<\/strong> (1931; 10\/29, 10\/30, 12 p.m. w\/CU Film Society discussion), TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL<\/strong> (10\/29, 10\/30, 11\/3, 10 p.m.),<\/p>\n

@ Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Champaign, IL: IPRH Film Series presents THE COMMITMENTS<\/strong> (11\/3, 5:30 p.m., free)<\/p>\n

@ Room 108, English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Illini Film & Video meeting<\/strong> (11\/2, 6:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ Room 108, English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Auditions for Illini Film & Video club film SNOWBOUND<\/strong> (11\/2, 7:30-10 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ Room 1040, NCSA, UIUC, Urbana, IL: Round table with RYAN animator Chris Landreth<\/strong> (10\/30, 2 p.m., free, open to public)<\/p>\n

@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL: THE GODFATHER<\/strong> (11\/5, 1 & 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n

@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: PUSS IN BOOTS, THE RUM DIARY, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3<\/strong> (10\/28 on), JEEPERS CREEPERS<\/strong> (10\/28, 10:30 p.m., free), TRICK \u2018R TREAT<\/strong> (10\/29, 10:30 p.m., free)<\/p>\n

@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: TALES OF TERROR<\/strong> (10\/27-10\/28), TRON<\/strong> (10\/29-10\/30)<\/p>\n

@ Route 66 Twin Drive-In, Springfield, IL: \u201cSpooky Nights\u201d movies: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, THE GHOST & MR. CHICKEN, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, ARMY OF DARKNESS<\/strong> (10\/28-10\/29)<\/p>\n

@ Landmark Cinemas, Peoria, IL: Drunken Zombie Film Festival*<\/strong> (11\/4-11\/5)<\/p>\n

@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL: Freeky Creek Short Film Festival*<\/strong> (10\/27-10\/29)<\/p>\n

@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL: PUSS IN BOOTS, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3<\/strong> (10\/28 on)<\/p>\n

@ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL: PUSS IN BOOTS<\/strong> (10\/28-10\/30, 11\/2)<\/p>\n

@ That\u2019s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: CAPTAIN AMERICA, WINNIE THE POOH, PEARL JAM TWENTY, SHAOLIN, THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGE LUCAS, RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE<\/strong>, more! (10\/25 on)<\/p>\n

@ Centerbrook Drive-In, Martinsville, IN: DON\u2019T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3<\/strong> (10\/28-10\/29)<\/p>\n

@ Landmark Century Centre Cinema, Chicago, IL: THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY presented by Midwest Independent Film Festival<\/strong> (11\/1, 6 p.m. w\/producers\u2019 panel)<\/p>\n

@ Landmark Century Centre Cinema, Chicago Filmmakers, etc., Chicago, IL: Reeling Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival<\/strong> (11\/2-11\/12)<\/p>\n

@ Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In, Gibson City, IL: Closed for the season!<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Locally produced movies and events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). <\/em>Go see \u2018em!<\/strong><\/p>\n


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

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

11\/10-11\/12: Embarras Valley Film Festival<\/strong>
\n @ EIU campus, Charleston, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/10-11\/20: St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n

11\/11-11\/13: HorrorHound Weekend (Horror culture), Cincinnati, OH<\/p>\n

NEW!<\/strong> 11\/12: CUFS \u201cIntro to DSLR Filmmaking\u201d workshop<\/strong>
\n @ M2, Champaign, IL, 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/12: \u201cJohn Waters: This Filthy World,\u201d Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n

NEW!<\/strong> 11\/16: Champaign Movie Makers meeting<\/strong>
\n @ SoDo Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/18-11\/20: Illinois International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

NEW!<\/strong> 11\/26: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 1 & 2<\/strong>
\n @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW!<\/strong> 11\/29, 12\/1: THE HELP<\/strong>
\n @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW!<\/strong> 12\/3: NATIONAL LAMPOON\u2019S CHRISTMAS VACATION<\/strong>
\n @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/20, 2012: Issue release: C-U Confidential \u201899<\/strong>
\n + Paper Opteryx, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

4\/15, 2012: Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival<\/strong>
\n @ 88 Broadway, Urbana, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n

4\/18-4\/22, 2012: Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI<\/p>\n

4\/25-4\/29, 2012: Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong>
\n @ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n


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

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

Horror Films<\/strong>
\n @ The \u201cHaunted\u201d Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, 10:30 p.m., free<\/strong>
\n10\/28: JEEPERS CREEPERS; 10\/29: TRICK \u2018R TREAT<\/p>\n

The New Classics: Great Books to Great Films from the Past 50 Years<\/strong>
\n @ Danville Public Library, Danville, IL, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/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

UPDATE! The News-Gazette Film Series 2011<\/strong>
\n @ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/5: THE GODFATHER; 12\/3: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION<\/p>\n


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

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

AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary\/Film Series<\/strong>
\n @ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n11\/8: WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA?; 12\/8: WINGS OF DEFEAT<\/p>\n

UPDATE! Global Lens 2011: International Films<\/strong>
\n @ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL<\/strong>
\n11\/8: WHITE MEADOWS, Iran<\/p>\n

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

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

If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in 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

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

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

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

\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d no.66 \u00a9 2011 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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