{"id":9632,"date":"2016-01-22T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=9632"},"modified":"2016-01-23T00:39:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T06:39:57","slug":"fow-fermented-flicks-are-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=9632","title":{"rendered":"FOW: “Fermented Flicks” are fine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A toast to Friday, dearest connoisseurs! We celebrate with our next \u201cFlickers of the Week<\/strong>\u201d consisting of three wine-centric dramedies making up \u201cFermented Flicks,\u201d the latest themed film series to play the Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign<\/strong>. On each of the consecutive nights, January 28-30<\/strong>, wine experts from nearby Farren\u2019s Pub & Eatery<\/strong> will offer a different choice bottle for sale (along with samples, we presume) to audience members, who can enjoy one of the following cinema vintages while in the house: BOTTLE SHOCK<\/strong> (2008), a retelling of the \u201cJudgment of Paris<\/strong>\u201d blind wine taste test in 1976 starring Bill Pullman, Chris Pine<\/strong>, and the late Alan Rickman<\/strong> (Thursday, January 28), BIG NIGHT<\/strong> (1996), the story of immigrant brothers played by Tony Shalhoub<\/strong> and Stanley Tucci<\/strong> who prepare a grand feast at their Italian restaurant in 1950s New Jersey<\/strong> (Friday, January 29), and SIDEWAYS<\/strong> (2004), the tale of two college buddies (Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church<\/strong>) who attempt to stave off middle-age doldrums with a road trip to California<\/strong> wine country (Saturday, January 30). Shows will begin at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong> and admission is $4<\/strong>. That said, we\u2019d like to salute the Champaign Park District<\/strong> staff member tasked with drumming up these groupings for his or her relatively creative efforts, in particular to differentiate them from the News-Gazette<\/strong><\/span>\u2019s once-a-month \u201cclassic Hollywood<\/strong>\u201d presentations. While both SIDEWAYS<\/strong> and BIG NIGHT<\/strong> rated as independent box-office hits and critical darlings when first released, BOTTLE SHOCK<\/strong> comes out of the blue, to us at the least; Google<\/strong> it for general impressions or, if you are of the MICRO-FILM<\/strong> mind, take a look at this Film Independent<\/strong><\/span> \u201ccase study\u201d<\/a><\/span> on how its filmmakers managed to finance, produce, and distribute the picture. We found it informative as should any of our friends involved with recent Sleepy Creek Vineyards<\/strong> video shenanigans.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/em> Splashing visions of vineyards and vino<\/em> on the Virginia\u2019s silver screen at this time might just be an act of programming providence. On the very same Friday, January 29<\/strong>, the UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong> in Urbana<\/strong> will host the ninth annual \u201cTastings<\/strong>\u201d gala, presented by Art Mart<\/strong> and organized by the Orpheum Children\u2019s Science Museum<\/strong> as a fundraiser for the latter. Proceeds from gala tickets<\/a><\/span>, auction bids, and (presumably) wine sales will go towards operating costs for the museum and upkeep for the 101-year-old<\/a> <\/span>Orpheum Theatre<\/strong> in downtown Champaign<\/strong> where its attractions are housed.<\/p>\n

p.s.2<\/em> Those readers who are enamored with this \u201cReel Deals<\/strong>\u201d set in particular should get a cultural kick out of the \u201chome version\u201d<\/a><\/span> launched by Turner Classic Movies<\/strong> back in October.<\/p>\n

p.s.3<\/em> Interested in picking and pontificating over the \u201cFlicker of the Week<\/strong>\u201d for the C-U community? Write us at cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

[Updated 1\/23\/16, 12:30 a.m. CST]<\/p>\n

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BOTTLE SHOCK<\/strong> artwork \u00a9 Freestyle Releasing<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the \u201cFlicker of the Week\u201d Dept.: Tempt your taste buds and expand your wine-on-film aptitude with this well-poured series playing the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL, on January 28-30, 2016!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,869,1618,13],"tags":[1625,1619,1624,1623,1621,1622,564,1620],"class_list":["post-9632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-calendar-du-c-u","category-flick-picks-du-c-u","category-public-events","tag-fermented-flicks-series","tag-reel-deals-series","tag-alan-rickman","tag-big-night","tag-bottle-shock","tag-sideways","tag-the-virginia-theater","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632","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=9632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}