Welcome to Movie Nights @ Analog Wine Library
Film Fanatic Movie Nights is a series of communal film experiences designed to stimulate the senses, feed the mind, and dazzle the eyes. Each film is presented by a film fanatic curator who introduces the film, sets the stage with background and insight, and leads an informal discussion afterward. Whether you come as a viewer, a movie buff, or a full-on fanatic — you're among friends here.
This screening is part of Champaign-Urbana's annual month-long celebration of horror films — one of cinema's most inventive, subversive, and enduring forms. This October, explore a carefully curated selection of the genre's greatest achievements on the big screen. Full festival schedule: shocktober-fright.com
The Fly
USA / Canada 1986 • 96 min (1.85:1) • Rated R
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
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Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 8:00pm
Venue: Analog Wine Library (129 N Race St, Urbana)
Advance tickets: $10 (available online until 5pm on October 7)
Regular admission: $12 (at the door)
Special offer: Join Film-Fanatic.Club today and get one FREE admission plus one drink ticket (more info)
Note: Upon purchase, your name will be added to our door list (no tickets will be issued). Simply check in at the door at least 10 minutes before the screening starts on the night of the event. Your email receipt is your proof of purchase.
The Scratching Post is an ADA accessible venue with designated spaces that can accommodate anyone, including guests who use wheelchairs. Please email ada@film-fanatic.club for more information.
About the film
A landmark of modern horror and one of the defining achievements of David Cronenberg's career, this astonishing fusion of science fiction, romance, and body horror turns a classic monster premise into something profoundly human. Cronenberg, one of cinema's great chroniclers of physical transformation and psychological obsession, uses grotesque imagery not simply to shock but to explore aging, illness, sexuality, mortality, and the terror of losing control of one's own body. At the center is a career-defining performance from Jeff Goldblum, who transforms from eccentric scientist to increasingly horrifying creature with extraordinary physical and emotional commitment. Geena Davis gives the film its emotional center, making the increasingly gruesome transformation genuinely heartbreaking. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the film remains a triumph of practical effects — and an experience that demands to be seen on the big screen. Visceral, tragic, strangely beautiful, and deeply disturbing, it is Cronenberg's science-fiction nightmare at its most powerful.
Content Warnings: Graphic body horror, gore, vomiting, bodily transformation, violence, sexual content, disturbing imagery, death, and psychological distress.
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Film-Fanatic.Club • Analog Wine Library • 129 N Race St, Urbana
