Hi!
The Savoy Lumière had a fantastic weekend, and it looks like the rest of the week is going to be great at well (info below), but tonight's screenings sales are what the call in the industry "soft".
Mondays are traditionally horrible days at the movie theater, so last year I made the Monday movie $1, so we're going to repeat that this year.
YES, tonight's screening of Just One Man, about an Indianapolis man who has erased over $20 million in medical debt by riding his wheelchair across the state is now $1. Director Andie Redwine will also be there to talk about the film afterwards.
More info: https://2026lumiere.chambanafilmsociety.org/the-tenderness-tour/
Tickets: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLEXH26MXNKWM/checkout/WLU4XUTU6P4GAWWI4HTGOXEO?src=embed
It's a dollar, come on out and take a chance on something!
Also, if you didn't see our update on other social media late last week, we have added films on Wednesday & Thursday. Both of these films were released Nationally on April 10th, and had no intention of playing in the Champaign area, so I booked them both to fill out the week.
Wednesday: The Christophers (YouTube Trailer)
Tickets: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLEXH26MXNKWM/checkout/FNMSPCUWVADZW75LAXWA2OXM?src=embed
The Christophers is a recent black comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Magic Mike, and many more). The film stars legendary stage and screen actor Ian McKellen alongside Michaela Coel, best known for creating and starring in HBO’s I May Destroy You.
McKellen plays Julian Sklar, an aging painter whose family hires a new assistant to care for him. Unbeknownst to Julian, she is actually a skilled art restorer. Fearing that Julian will pass away without producing new work to sell, his family secretly tasks her with locating his unfinished paintings and completing them—effectively forging new pieces to secure their inheritance.
The Christophers premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and was released in April by Neon, but it never screened in Champaign County. The film currently holds a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3.5 average on Letterboxd.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see The Christophers on the big screen—and to support bringing more mid-budget, artist-driven films to the CU community.
Thursday: Exit 8 (YouTube Trailer)
Tickets: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLEXH26MXNKWM/checkout/MGMKPNL6DV47ZZJTVSSXC4RC?src=embed
In Japanese with English subtitles.
A quick glance at the history of films based on video games shows a pretty consistent pattern: most of them are… not great. But Exit 8 is anything but typical. In fact, it may be the strongest video game adaptation ever made—and it’s possibly the only one to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.
The original game is built on a deceptively simple idea: you walk through a subway corridor, carefully observing every detail. In the next corridor, something might be off—a flickering light, a shifted door, a poster whose eyes seem to follow you. If everything looks normal, you keep moving forward. If something feels wrong, you turn back… only to find yourself progressing anyway. Reach Corridor 8, and you escape. Miss something, and the loop continues.
The film expands this minimalist concept into something far more layered and cinematic. It stays true to the eerie, observational tension of the game while building out a richer narrative filled with psychological twists and mounting dread. The result is a gripping, PG-13 thriller that manages to feel both faithful and entirely fresh.
With a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Exit 8 proves that video game adaptations don’t have to be hollow spectacle—they can be thoughtful, unsettling, and genuinely compelling.
I hope to see you at the movies this week!
