{"id":8511,"date":"2014-10-27T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2014-10-27T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T01:57:21","slug":"eek-no-rest-from-the-flickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8511","title":{"rendered":"Eek! No rest from the flickers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heck yes, we\u2019re enjoying this awesome autumn weather! You too? Great<\/em>. We now advise you to not<\/em> get comfortable out there. Just look at our exclusive Calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, people of cinema, it\u2019s loaded with plenty of ooky delights that will tempt you indoors between now and Halloween<\/strong> this Friday, October 31<\/strong>. (\u201cOooooh<\/em>,\u201d you squeal in mock fright.) We also remind you that chilling Champaign<\/strong>, unnerving Urbana<\/strong>, and the dreadful cities beyond offer unique viewing options at this time of year in addition to the horrific. (\u201cAaaaah<\/em>,\u201d you nod in pensive acknowledgment.) Oh, please<\/em>. See the recent drop in gas prices? We say it\u2019s a sign encouraging you to haunt venues not necessarily close to home. A slightly scary proposition, we know, but there is only one true way to vanquish those fears, dudes \u2026 simply try<\/em> \u2018em!<\/p>\n

Posting close to the bone, we won\u2019t claw through all the upcoming shows and mainly remind you \u201cThe Pack\u201d is descending upon our central Illinois<\/strong> moors once again, four niche film festivals taking place within a two-week span and 100-mile radius of the C-U<\/span><\/a>. As in 2013, the first up is Freeky Creek Short Film Festival<\/strong> at Sleepy Creek Vineyards<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in Oakwood<\/strong>, a \u201cdark and darkly funny\u201d entr\u00e9e served with a side of performance art lunacy, from Thursday, October 30<\/strong>, to Saturday, November 1<\/strong>; contact them immediately since seating is reserved and<\/em> limited. Then, we jump a weekend to when the remainder run simultaneously. (Don\u2019t ask. We still<\/em> don\u2019t get it.<\/span><\/a>) World cinema of all genres will play the Route 66 International Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the Capital City Bar & Grill<\/strong> in downtown Springfield<\/strong> on the evening of Friday, November 7<\/strong>, and all day Sunday, November 8<\/strong>. Those still hankering for indie horror can sup on the Drunken Zombie Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at Landmark Cinemas<\/strong> in Peoria<\/strong>, also November 7<\/strong> and 8<\/strong>. Entertainment legend Dick Van Dyke<\/strong> will be the common denominator in the screenings and panels comprising the Embarras Valley Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at Eastern Illinois University<\/strong> in Charleston<\/strong>, lasting from Thursday, November 6<\/strong>, to Sunday, November 9<\/strong>. Is your head now spinning like Linda Blair<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Don’t scroll that screen, however, for we haven\u2019t yet exorcised all your options! Bonuses lie in wait for folks who might wish to partake in behind-the-scenes film activities. One is the new \u201cFilmmaking 101\u201d conference<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the Heroic Age Art Center<\/strong> in Mt. Zion<\/strong>, near Decatur<\/strong>, on Saturday, November 1<\/strong>, organized by the Central Illinois Film Commission<\/strong> of Springfield. The other is the quarterly Champaign Screenwriters<\/strong> gathering at the Champaign Public Library<\/strong> on Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong>, sponsored by Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Both groups should hold their respective monthly meetings in mid-November as well, although we can\u2019t confirm topics as of this writing. To conclude our tour, we cast a medley spell ensuring you will enjoy whichever events you partake in! After all, you can sleep when you\u2019re dead (tired).<\/p>\n

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\u201cWait, wait<\/em>,\u201d you mutter in confusion. \u201cYou\u2019re still<\/em> talking to us?\u201d Indeed!<\/em> Our overview of Halloween-ish happenings du C-U is at an end but we have more to explore before heading back into the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong>, namely, our atypically shapely graphics! We should not have to tell you the opening Drunken Zombie art depicts a slightly rockabilly Sigourney Weaver<\/strong> as \u201cRipley\u201d from the seminal slam-bang sequel, ALIENS<\/strong>. What we will<\/em> spell out is that we fully endorse the artist behind this and last year\u2019s DZFF \u201cBride of Frankenstein,\u201d which appeared as an advertisement in C-U Confidential #7<\/strong>, the lovely Becca Whitaker<\/strong> of upstate DeKalb<\/strong>. You can \u201cvote Becca\u201d by checking out her gallery of pop culture-inspired work on Tumblr<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or following her various adventures via Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; purchases and commissions can be arranged through either account. Wish her a \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d while you\u2019re there!<\/p>\n

Given the omnipresence of full-figured female personae in her oeuvre<\/em> \u2013 hence, \u201cBecca\u2019s Bombshells<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 it should be to no one\u2019s surprise that she is also a staff cartoonist for our sister publication-in-spirit, Bachelor Pad Magazine<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, issued four times a year by Jason \u201cJava\u201d Croft<\/strong>. In fact, issue 29 has just shimmied into public view and will be available at Exile on Main Street<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in downtown Champaign for your peeking or purchasing pleasure! The patented BPM<\/span> mix of \u201catomic era\u201d culture past and present includes fiction, interviews, cartoons, scene reports, drink mixes, hosting etiquette, fashion advice, today\u2019s best retro pin-ups, and the fact-filled movie column by Seattle<\/strong>\u2019s Will \u201cthe Thrill\u201d Viharo<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a must-read if your tastes run on the vintage side. Happily, we can confirm the Thrill\u2019s latest finally<\/em> fills the Japanese science-fiction void in his illustrious BPM<\/span> run and, as seen in the candid below, your humble editor and inflatable compatriot G<\/strong> salute this development with good cheer.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n


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We’ve crammed so many film culture plugs in this post that it’s downright eerie! Beware that something Freeky, Drunken, Embarras, and International this way comes in the next week-plus, but don’t be shy in getting sexy with your cinema stuffs, either!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,395,68,19,12,274,13],"tags":[1366,190,1364,396,1363,481,89,420,1067,419,255,1365],"class_list":["post-8511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-central-ill-commission","category-champaign-movie-makers","category-images-du-cu","category-local-meetings","category-print-matter-du-c-u","category-public-events","tag-aliens","tag-bachelor-pad-magazine","tag-becca-whitaker","tag-central-illinois-film-commission","tag-champaign-screenwriters","tag-drunken-zombie-film-festival","tag-embarras-valley-film-festival","tag-freeky-creek-short-film-festival","tag-godzilla","tag-halloween","tag-route-66-international-film-festival","tag-will-viharo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511","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=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}