In April each year, a film festival is held at the Virginia Theater in Champaign that is dedicated to lesser-known and under-appreciated films. Organized by the University of Illinois’ College of Media, the festival began in 1998 and was originally…

In the summer of 1923 the Twin-Cities were buzzing with movie fever, as the News-Gazette and the Virginia Theater were producing a film to showcase Champaign and Urbana. While the film was to be used as publicity and promotion, the News-Gazette…