203 W Park Ave (Virginia Theater)

James R. Harney

C-U at the Movies is a bronze sculpture of the late Roger Ebert that can be found outside of the Virginia Theatre. It was made by James R. Harney in 2014 to acknowledge Ebert's contributions and lasting impression upon cinema fans everywhere. Ebert was a resident of the Champaign-Urbana community who attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to become one of the foremost film devotees and critics in the world.