Coming up on Monday, October 13 will be the next screening of a classic film by the Harbor Country Film Group at the New Buffalo Township Library.

The group was founded by Eve Moran, who has led multiple film clubs in Chicago. She tells us the library approached her about doing so locally about four years ago, and now film buffs gather there once a month to view the selections and discuss. Moran says she tries to find hidden gems — the kinds of films Roger Ebert would have appreciated.

“I studied film with Roger Ebert for, I don’t know, 20 some years, and Roger often focused on the films of one director, but other times he did these mixed genre of film semesters,” Moran said.

Moran says the whole club is a tribute to Ebert.

So, are there a lot of film enthusiasts around New Buffalo?

“Absolutely. Well, they come from all over. I mean, we have attendees that come in from St. Joe, from Michigan City, and everywhere in between.”

The next screening, on Monday, will be the 1949 film, The Third Man. It takes the viewer to post-war Vienna, where an American writer investigates the mysterious death of his friend. Moran says she picked it after taking a course on film at Oxford over the summer and finding a new appreciation for British productions.

Everyone’s invited to the Monday screening starting at 6 p.m. at the library. From there, an attendee can sign up for emails to become a part of the Harbor Country Film Group moving forward.