Film Discussion Group – In Person

Each month we get together to discuss a film that leads to conversations on how to live a more meaningful life.  Everyone watches the movies on their own time, and then we meet in person to discuss the movies.  Please RSVP if you plan on coming.  If you have any questions, please contact Chris at austinfamily.chris@protonmail.com


Date
: Sunday, April 28 Time:   11:00am to 12:30pm

Location: The Meaningful Life Center – 116 Carr St. Knoxville TN 37919

Workshop Leader: Chris Austin
Chris is a happily-married husband, passionate father of three children, friend to many, and a budding writer and workshop leader. He is an electrical engineer who uses his education to help industrial plants in East Tennessee optimize their facilities for both safety and efficiency. He considers himself to be a spiritual refugee and a searcher for truth and how to live in harmony with it.

 

Upcoming Film for 2024

April 28th: Solaris (1972 version) by Andrei Tarkovsky 1972

May 26th: Defending Your Life by Albert Brooks 1991

June 23rd: Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen 1989

July 28th: Arrival by Denis Villeneuve 2016

August 25th: Man on the Moon by Milos Freeman 1999

September 22nd: Burn After Reading by The Coen Brothers 2008

October 27th: Dead Again by Kenneth Branagh 1991

November 24th: Astroid City by Wes Anderson 2023

December 22nd: It’s A Wonderful Life by Frank Capra 1946

 

Previous Films
2020
The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
Solaris by Andrie Tarkovsky
A Man Escaped by Robert Bresson
It’s a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra

2021
The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
Contact by Robert Zemeckis
Fearless by Peter Weir
Crash by Paul Haggis
Her by Spike Jonze
Into the Wild by Sean Penn
Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson
Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
The Addiction by Abel Ferrara
Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim Version) by Brian Desmond Hurst

2022
Tangerines by Zaza Urushadze
The Matrix by The Wachowski Sisters
A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
Mr. Holland’s Opus by Stephen Herek

Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky
A Serious Man by Joel and Ethan Coen
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing by Jill Sprecher
The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
Signs by M. Night Shyamalan
Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa
The Family Man by Brett Ratner

 

2023
2001: A Space Odyssey
Up In The Air
Waking Life
Dead Poets Society
Les Misreables
Flashdance
You Can Count On Me
The Horse Whisperer
Amadeus
The Exorcist
The Family Stone

2024
Winter Light by Ingmar Bergman 1963
The Great Debaters – by Denzel Washington 2007
Wild by Jean-Marc Vallee 2014

 

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For "Show Me the Way" please choose online or in person and in the comment/question area indicate which biography you are interested in discussing. A list of each month's selection is on the programs description page.