Aurora University to Host Film Screening, Discussion Jan. 16

AURORA, Ill.-- Aurora University will host a screening and discussion of “The Royal Tenenbaums,” a film about a dysfunctional family, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16.

The film and following discussion are free to the public in Perry Theatre at the Aurora Foundation Center for Community Enrichment, 1305 Kenilworth Place in Aurora.

The sponsor is AU’s General Education department. Mark Walter, assistant professor of philosophy, will lead the discussion.

Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, and Ben Stiller star in the 2001 release. Rated R, the 110-minute film focuses on three grown prodigies and their mother who are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.

Call (630) 844-4239 for more information.

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