The Aurora Film Society is moving to a new, larger screening location this month, according to a press release about the group.
Movies for the group will be screened monthly at The Venue, a live music and performance space at 21 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora, the release said.
The Aurora Film Society will kick off its 2025 season with a free screening on Wednesday, Jan. 15, that is open to the public. At the event, “The Crime Is Mine,” a 2023 French farce set in the 1930s, will be shown. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7 p.m., organizers said.
It is requested that those who want to attend the event reserve their seat by going to aurorafilmsociety.org, however reservations are not necessary, according to the release.
After the inaugural, celebratory event in January, the Aurora Film Society will screen films each month for members at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at The Venue.
Movies to be screened for members in 2025 include “The Long Good Friday,” “The Third Man,” “Paper Moon,” and others as voted on by last year’s members, according to the release.
Films for the group were previously screened in the second floor theater at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum in downtown Aurora.
Dan Jeremy Brooks, president of the Aurora Film Society, said that the move to The Venue is a sign of the nonprofit’s growth.
“It’s a bigger space, and it’s pretty well known,” he said in the release. “In many ways it’s more fittingly cinematic.”
The Venue also has a bar which will be open during screenings, the release said.
Started in 2018, the Aurora Film Society is subscriber-based, and annual memberships can be purchased for $60 on the group’s website. With an annual subscription, members will receive a pass to view all of the monthly films for the year, the release stated.
Patrons are invited to bring DVDs to the Aurora Film Society’s movie swap held at the monthly screenings. DVDs will be placed on a table for anyone to take, according to the release. At the end of April, remaining movies will be sent to the BEAR Project on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
For more information on the group, go to aurorafilmsociety.org.