Visitors walk past the Isis Movie Theatre in downtown Aspen on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
The future of Aspen’s only movie theater is playing out behind the scenes as Aspen Film has taken on a new role of finding a tenant who is able to successfully operate even though unprecedented challenges in the film industry continue to force many small and mid-sized theaters into bankruptcy.
When Los-Angeles Metropolitan Theatres — the longtime tenant of the Isis Theater and to Aspen Film, which is the subleasee to the city-owned building — ends its run here in August there is no operator lined up to show movies in the four-screen cinema.