Schedule:

April 17, 2024

6:30 p.m: Star 80
Roger Ebert

Special Guest(S)
Eric Roberts, Actor
Mariel Hemingway, Actor

Bob Fosse dresses all in black and makes films about the demonic under-currents in our lives. Look at his credits: "Cabaret," "Lenny," "All That Jazz" and now, "Star 80." Although his Broadway musicals have been upbeat entertainments, he seems to see the movie camera as a device for peering into our shames and secrets.

"Star 80" is his most despairing film. After the Nazi decadence of "Cabaret," after the drug abuse and self-destruction in "Lenny" and the death-obsessed hero of "All That Jazz," here is a movie that begins with violent death and burrows deeper. There were times when I could hardly keep my eyes on the screen, and a moment near the end when I seriouslyasked myself if I wanted to stay in the theater.

And yet I think this is an important movie. Devastating, violent, hopeless, and important, because it holds a mirror up to a part of the world we live in, and helps us see it more clearly. In particular, it examines the connection between fame and obscurity, between those who have a moment of praise and notoriety, and those who see themselves condemned to stand always at the edge of the spotlight.

April 18, 2024

9:30 a.m: Little Indian Girl Collective Panel

11:00 a.m: Conducting Life
Special Guest(S)
Diane Moore, Producer-Director
Roderick Cox, Conductor

11:00 a.m: The Light Of Truth: Richard Hunt's Monument To Ida B. Wells
Special Guest(S)
Rana Segal, Producer-Director

3:00 p.m: Stony Island
Special Guest(S)
Andrew Davis, Director
Richard Davis, Actor-Musician
Isaiah Robinson, Musician
Larry Gray, Musician
Steve Eisen, Musician
Tony Cazeau, Musician
Wayne Stewart, Musician

8:00 p.m: The Teachers' Lounge
Special Guest(S)
Michael Barker, Co-President and Co-Founder, Sony Pictures Classics

April 19, 2024

9:00 a.m: Cookie's Fortune
1:30 p.m: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

4:30 p.m: Little Richard: I Am Everything
Special Guest(S)
Lisa Cortes, Producer-Director

9:30 p.m: The Best Man
Special Guest(S)
Malcolm D. Lee, Writer-Director

April 20, 2024

9:30 a.m: Blackmail
Special Guest(S)
The Anvil Orchestra, Musicians

1:00 p.m: Omoiyari: A Song Film By Kishi Bashi

4:00 p.m: Albany Road
Special Guest(S)
Christine Swanson, Director
Michael Swanson, Producer
Lynn Whitfield, Actor
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Actor

9:00 p.m: Man On The Moon
Special Guest(S)
Larry Karaszewski, Writer
Scott Alexander, Writer

Date: April 17 - 20, 2024

Location:

Virginia Theatre
203 West Park Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820

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