Ebert Center for Film Studies Events, College of Media

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

    • 7:00 pm
    • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

    Ebert Center Screening: 'Pumping Iron' and the Aestheticization of Politics

    The 1977 classic documentary Pumping Iron catches a pre-fame Arnold Schwarzenegger and original Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno and many other colorful characters competing to be Mr. Universe 1975. Free popcorn! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Introduction by Casey Ryan Kelly, Professor of Rhetoric & Public Culture, University of Nebraska.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

    • 7:00 pm
    • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

    Ebert Center Screening: Alien: Romulus

    Join us for a free Ebert Center screening of the 2024 sci-fi horror film Alien: Romulus, the seventh in the popular Alien franchise. Directed by Fede Álvarez, the film features a cast of rising talent as they discover, once again, that in space no one can hear you scream. Free and open to the public.