The goal of the Roycroft Film Society is to provide high quality art and foreign films followed by insightful discussion on a monthly basis. The Society currently presents a film the second Sunday of every Month (unless otherwise stated).
The Roycroft Film Society
A Short History
In 1998, a group of local film enthusiasts formed an organization which they named The Aurora Art Films Society (AAF). It’s mission, to bring to East Aurora N.Y., quality foreign and independent arts films. Following screenings, a dinner and discussion at the Roycroft Inn allowed for members to interpret and analyze the films. In 2009, the AAF worked with the Aurora Historical Society on fundraising efforts to restore the original Margaret Evans Price murals that had been removed from the theatre in 1950. Once restored, the murals were returned to the theatre and are currently on display. In mid-2011, the AAF asked the Roycroft Campus Corp. about a possible collaboration between the two organizations. The new partnership renamed the group the Hubbard Film Society (HFS). After Elbert Hubbard and his son, Elbert II, who brought film to the area and helped in the construction of the Aurora Theater. In 2015 the name was changed to the Roycroft Film Society, to more clearly represent that we are, indeed, a division of the Roycroft Campus. In March of 2023, we celebrated our 25th anniversary of inception and passed our 200th film screening. This included films from 33 different countries. The Society looks to continue to expand in both the viewing and education of quality cinema.
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Past Film Screenings
No. and Date Screened
Title
Director
Year & Country Released
# 211 – September 2023
The Searchers
John Ford
1956 – US
# 210 – August 2023
A Room with a View
James Ivory
1985 – UK
# 209 – July 2023
The Biggest Little Farm
John Chester
2018 – US
# 208 – June 2023
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Celine Sciamma
2019 – France
# 207 – May 2023
Wadjda
Haifaa Al-Mansour
2012 – Saudi Arabia
# 206 – April 2023
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Dreyer
1928 – France
# 205 – March 2023
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Anthony Fabian
2022 – UK
# 204 – February 2023
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai
2000 – Hong Kong
# 203 – January 2023
Babette’s Feast
Gabriel Axel
1987 – Denmark
# 202 – November 2022
The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton
1955 – US
# 201 – October 2022
Nosferatu
F.W. Murnau
1922 – Germany
# 200 – September 2022
CODA
Sian Heder
2021 – US
# 199 – August 2022
The Duke
Roger Michell
2020 – UK
# 198 – July 2022
The Earrings of Madame de
Max Ophuls
1953 – France
# 197 – June 2022
After Life
Hirokazu Koreeda
1998 – Japan
# 196 – May 2022
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis
1985 – US
# 195 – May 2022
Playtime
Jacques Tati
1967 – France
# 194 – April 2022
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
2021 – UK
# 193 – March 2022
The Lady Eve
Preston Sturges
1941 – US
# 192 – November 2021
Song of the South
Harve Foster / Wilford Jackson
1946 – US
# 191 – October 2021
Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock
1946 – US
# 190 – September 2021
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mike Newell
2018 – UK
# 189 – August 2021
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
John Hughes
1986 – US
# 188 – March 2020
A Night at the Opera
Sam Wood
1935 – US
# 187 – February 2020
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders
1987 – Germany
# 186 – January 2020
Bread and Tulips
Silvio Soldini
2000 – Italy
# 185 – December 2019
As It Is In Heaven
Kay Pollak
2004 – Sweden
# 184 – November 2019
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Koreeda
2018 – Japan
# 183 – October 2019
Les Diaboliques
Henri Clouzot
1955 – France
# 182 – September 2019
Columbus
Kogonada
2017 – US
# 181 – August 2019
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz
1938 – US
# 180 – July 2019
The Rider
Chloe Zhao
2017 – US
# 179 – June 2019
Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Kieslowski
1994 – Poland
# 178 – May 2019
Caramel
Nadine Labaki
2007 – Lebanon
# 177 – April 2019
Of Gods and Men
Xavier Beauvois
2010 – France
# 176 – March 2019
Moliere
Laurent Tirard
2007 – France
# 175 – February 2019
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz
1942 – US
# 174 – January 2019
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville
2018 – US
# 173 – December 2018
Lost in Paris
Dominique Abel
2016 – France
# 172 – November 2018
Truman
Cesc Gay
2015 – Argentina
# 171 – October 2018
Faces Places
Agnes Varda
2017 – France
# 170 – September 2018
Howard’s End
James Ivory
1992 – UK
# 169 – August 2018
Singin in the Rain
Stanley Donen
1952 – US
# 168 – July 2018
Kolya
Jan Sverak
1996 – Czech
# 167 – June 2018
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Alex Gibney
2015 – US
# 166 – May 2018
Tampopo
Juzo Itami
1985 – Japan
# 165 – April 2018
Frantz
Francois Ozon
2016 – Germany
# 164 – March 2018
Denial
Mick Jackson
2016 – UK
# 163 – February 2018
Amelie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2001 – France
# 162 – January 2018
The Dressmaker
Jocelyn Moorhouse
2015 – Australia
# 161 – December 2017
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Taika Waititi
2016 – Australia
# 160 – November 2017
The Salesman
Asghar Farhadi
2016 – Iran
# 159 – October 2017
Autism in America
Zac Adams
2015 – US
# 158 – September 2017
45 Years
Andrew Haigh
2015 – UK
# 157 – August 2017
Sherlock Jr.
Buster Keaton
1924 – US
# 156 – July 2017
Things to Come
Mia Hansen-Love
2016 – France
# 155 – June 2017
Wild Tales
Damian Szifron
2014 – Argentina
# 154 – May 2017
Cache
Michael Haneke
2005 – France
# 153 – April 2017
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog
2010 – Canada
# 152 – March 2017
Mustang
Deniz Gamze Erguven
2015 – Turkey
# 151 – February 2017
Persuasion
Adrian Shergold
2007 – UK
# 150 – January 2017
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Matt Brown
2015 – UK
# 149 – December 2016
Russian Ark
Aleksandr Sokurov
2002 – Russia
# 148 – November 2016
Words and Pictures
Fred Schepisi
2013 – Australia
# 147 – October 2016
About Elly
Asghar Farhadi
2009 – Iran
# 146 – September 2016
Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders
2014 – France
# 145 – August 2016
Mel Brook’s Silent Movie
Mel Brooks
1976 – US
# 144 – July 2016
Phoenix
Christian Petzold
2014 – Germany
# 143 – June 2016
The Immigrant
James Gray
2013 – US
# 142 – May 2016
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window
Felix Herngren
2013 – Sweden
# 141 – April 2016
Mother
Bong Joon Ho
2009 – South Korea
# 140 – March 2016
Rebel with a Cause
Nancy Kelly
2013 – US
# 139 – February 2016
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch
2013 – Germany
# 138 – January 2016
Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako
2014 – Mauritania
# 137 – December 2015
My Old Lady
Israal Horovitz
2014 – UK
# 136 – November 2015
Force Majeure
Ruben Ostlund
2014 – Sweden
# 135 – October 2015
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof
2013 – UK
# 134 – September 2015
Calvary
John Michael McDonagh
2014 – Ireland
# 133 – August 2015
Safety Last
Fred C. Newmeyer
1923 – US
# 132 – July 2015
Ida
Pawel Pawlikowski
2013 – Poland
# 131 – June 2015
Still Mine
Michael McGowan
2012 – Canada
# 130 – May 2015
Sinking of the Lusitania
Christopher Spencer
2007 – US
# 129 – April 2015
The Rules of the Game
Jean Renoir
1939 – France
# 128 – March 2015
Renoir
Gilles Bourdos
2012 – France
# 127 – February 2015
The Lunchbox
Ritesh Batra
2013 – India
# 126 – January 2015
Bernie
Richard Linklater
2011 – US
# 125 – December 2014
The Great Beauty
Paolo Sorrentino
2013 – Italy
# 124 – November 2014
The Past
Asghar Farhadi
2013 – Iran
# 123 – October 2014
Elbert Hubbard: An American Original
Paul Lamont
2009 – US
# 122 – September 2014
Tell No One
Guillaume Canet
2006 – France
# 121 – August 2014
City Lights
Charlie Chaplin
1931 – US
# 120 – July 2014
Gloria
Sebastian Lelio
2013 – Chile
# 119 – June 2014
The Other Son
Lorraine Levy
2012 – France
# 118 – May 2014
Word Wars
Eric Chaikin
2004 – US
# 117 – April 2014
The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh
2012 – Israel
# 116 – March 2014
Bella
Alejandro Monteverde
2006 – Mexico
# 115 – February 2014
Monsieur Lazhar
Philippe Falardeau
2011 – French Canadian
# 114 – January 2014
The Rape of Europa
Richard Berge
2006 – US
# 113 – December 2013
Chicken with Plums
Vincent Paronnaud
2011 – France
# 112 – November 2013
Seraphine
Martin Provost
2008 – France
# 111 – October 2013
Fresh
Ana Sofia Joanes
2009 – US
# 110 – September 2013
The Kid with a Bike
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
2011 – Belgium
# 109 – August 2013
The Flat
Arnon Goldfinger
2011 – Israel
# 108 – July 2013
The Intouchables
Olivier Nakache
2011 – France
# 107 – June 2013
Raise the Red Lantern
Yimou Zhang
1991 – China
# 106 – May 2013
Where Do We Go Now?
Nadine Labaki
2011 – Lebanon
# 105 – April 2013
The Island President
Jon Shenk
2011 – US
# 104 – March 2013
The Skin I Live In
Pedro Almodovar
2011 – Spain
# 103 – February 2013
Departures
Yojiro Takita
2008 – Japan
# 102 – January 2013
Wordplay
Patrick Creadon
2006 – US
# 101 – December 2012
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
2011 – Iran
# 100 – November 2012
Certified Copy
Abbas Kiarostami
2010 – France/Italy
# 99 – October 2012
The Trip
Michael Winterbottom
2010 – UK
# 98 – September 2012
The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2006 – Germany
# 97 – August 2012
Romantics Anonymous
Jean-Pierre Ameris
2010 – France
# 96 – July 2012
Decalogue (Chap. 3 & 4)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
1989 – Poland
# 95 – June 2012
West Side Story
Robert Wise
1961 – US
# 94 – May 2012
Mozart’s Sister
Rene Feret
2010 – France
# 93 – April 2012
Anita
Marcos Carnevale
2009 – Argentina
# 92 – March 2012
Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Nick Morris
2011 – UK
# 91 – February 2012
Potiche
Francois Ozon
2010 – France
# 90 – January 2012
A Matter of Size
Sharon Maymon
2009 – Israel/Japan
# 89 – December 2011
The Nutcracker live performance
# 88 – November 2011
Something Ventured
Daniel Geller
2011 – US
# 87 – October 2011
The Tree
Julie Bertuccelli
2010 – Australia
# 86 – July 2011
The Illusionist
Sylvain Chomet
2010 – France
# 85 – June 2011
Queen to Play
Caroline Bottaro
2009 – France
# 84 – May 2011
Bill Cunningham New York
Richard Press
2010 – US
# 83 – April 2011
Mid-August Lunch
Gianni Di Gregorio
2008 – Italy
# 82 – March 2011
Last Train Home
Lixin Fan
2009 – China
# 81 – January 2011
Babies
Thomas Balmes
2010 – France
# 80 – December 2010
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder
1959 – US
# 79 – November 2010
Towards Zero
Pascal Thomas
2007 – France
# 78 – October 2010
Vision
Margarethe von Trotta
2009 – Germany
# 77 – April 2007
The History Boys
Nicholas Hytner
2006 – UK
# 76 – February 2007
The Queen
Stephen Frears
2006 – UK
# 75 – November 2006
Water
Deepa Mehta
2005 – Canada/India
# 74 – October 2006
Keeping Mum
Niall Johnson
2005 – UK
# 73 – September 2006
A Prairie Home Companion
Robert Altman
2006 – US
# 72 – May 2006
James’s Journey to Jerusalem
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
2003 – Israel
# 71 – April 2006
The World’s Fastest Indian
Roger Donaldson
2005 – US
# 70 – March 2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Stephen Frears
2005 – UK
# 69 – February 2006
Pride and Prejudice
Joe Wright
2005 – UK
# 68 – January 2006
Good Night and Good Luck
George Clooney
2005 – US
# 67 – November 2005
Oliver Twist
Roman Polanski
2005 – UK
# 66 – October 2005
Mad Hot Ballroom
Marilyn Agrelo
2005 – US
# 65 – September 2005
Ladies in Lavender
Charles Dance
2004 – UK
# 64 – May 2005
Off the Map
Campbell Scott
2003 – US
# 63 – April 2005
Les Choristes
Christopher Barratier
2004 – France
# 62 – March 2005
The Merchant of Venice
Michael Radford
2004 – US
# 61 – February 2005
Finding Neverland
Marc Forster
2004 – UK
# 60 – January 2005
The Motorcycle Diaries
Walter Salles
2004 – Brazil
# 59 – November 2004
Story of the Weeping Camel
Byambasuren Davaa
2003 – Mongolia
# 58 – October 2004
De-Lovely
Irwin Winkler
2004 – US
# 57 – September 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch
2003 – US
# 56 – May 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry
2004 – US
# 55 – April 2004
The Company
Robert Altman
2003 – US
# 54 – March 2004
In America
Jim Sheridan
2002 – US
# 53 – February 2004
The Girl with the Pearl Earring
Peter Webber
2003 – UK
# 52 – January 2004
The Station Agent
Tom McCarthy
2003 – US
# 51 – November 2003
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
2003 – US
# 50 – October 2003
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman
2003 – US
# 49 – September 2003
Whale Rider
Niki Caro
2002 – New Zealand
# 48 – May 2003
Assassination Tango
Robert Duvall
2002 – US
# 47 – April 2003
The Hours
Stephen Daldry
2002 – US
# 46 – March 2003
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Phillip Noyce
2002 – Australia
# 45 – February 2003
Manna From Heaven
Gabrielle Burton
2002 – US
# 44 – January 2003
Frida
Julie Taymor
2002 – US
# 43 – November 2002
Mostly Martha
Sandra Nettelbeck
2001 – Germany
# 42 – October 2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oliver Parker
2002 – UK
# 41 – September 2002
Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore
1988 – Italy
# 40 – May 2002
Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair
2001 – India
# 39 – April 2002
Italian for Beginners
Lone Scherfig
2000 – Denmark
# 38 – March 2002
The Shipping News
Lasse Hallstrom
2001 – US
# 37 – February 2002
Gosford Park
Robert Altman
2001 – US
# 36 – January 2002
Amelie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2001 – France
# 35 – November 2001
Greenfingers
Joel Hershman
2000 – UK
# 34 – October 2001
Songcatcher
Maggie Greenwald
2000 – US
# 33 – September 2001
The Closet
Francis Veber
2001 – France
# 32 – May 2001
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai
2000 – Hong Kong
# 31 – April 2001
House of Mirth
Terence Davies
2000 – US
# 30 – March 2001
Best in Show
Christopher Guest
2000 – US
# 29 – February 2001
State and Main
David Mamet
2000 – US
# 28 – January 2001
Billy Elliott
Stephen Daldry
2000 – UK
# 27 – November 2000
Butterfly
Jose Luis Cuerda
1999 – Spain
# 26 – October 2000
Croupier
Mike Hodges
1998 – UK
# 25 – September 2000
Bringing Up Baby
Howard Hawks
1938 – US
# 24 – May 2000
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
1954 – US
# 23 – April 2000
Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh
1999 – UK
# 22 – March 2000
Mansfield Park
Patricia Rozema
1999 – UK
# 21 – February 2000
The Straight Story
David Lynch
1999 – US
# 20 – January 2000
Being John Malkovich
Spike Jonze
1999 – US
# 19 – November 1999
The Dinner Game
Francis Veber
1998 – France
# 18 – October 1999
Run, Lola, Run
Tom Tykwer
1998 – Germany
# 17 – September 1999
The Red Violin
Francois Girard
1998 – Canada
# 16 – May 1999
Waking Ned Devine
Kirk Jones
1998 – Ireland
# 15 – April 1999
Central Station
Walter Salles
1998 – Brazil
# 14 – March 1999
Déjà Vu
Henry Jaglom
1997 – UK
# 13 – February 1999
Elizabeth
Shekhar Kapur
1998 – UK
# 12 – January 1999
Celebrity
Woody Allen
1998 – US
# 11 – November 1998
Marius et Jeannette
Robert Guediguian
1997 – France
# 10 – October 1998
Next Stop Wonderland
Brad Anderson
1998 – US
# 9 – September 1998
The Land Girls
David Leland
1998 – UK
# 8 – June 1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Gillian Armstrong
1997 – Australia
# 7 – June 1998
Character
Mike van Diem
1997 – Netherlands
# 5 – May 1998
Mrs. Dalloway
Marleen Gorris
1997 – UK
# 6 – May 1998
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
John Madden
1997 – UK
# 4 – April 1998
Wings of the Dove
Iain Softley
1997 – UK
# 3 – April 1998
Shall We Dance?
Masayuki Suo
1996 – Japan
# 2 – March 1998
Ulee’s Gold
Victor Nunez
1997 – US
# 1 – March 1998
Kolya
Jan Sverak
1996 – Czech