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 online to discuss the movies.
The discussions can be lively as the group dives into a new film each month. Join us for our next film.
Please RSVP whether you plan on joining online or in-person.
If you have any questions and to get the Zoom link, please contact Chris at austinfamily.chris@protonmail.com
2025's Upcoming Films:
NEXT
MEETING:
March 23
January 26:
Through a Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman - 1961
February 23:
Sullivan's Travels by Preston Sturges - 1941
March 23:
Interstellar by Christopher Nolan - 2014
April 27:
City Slickers by Rob Underwood - 1991
May 25:
The Mission by Roland Joffe - 1986
June 22:
Cool Hand Luke by Stuart Rosenberg - 1967
July 27:
Perfect Days by Wim Wenders - 2023
August24:
Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson - 1999
September 28:
Pig by Michael Sarnoski - 2021
October 26:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 Version) - 1931
November 23:
You Can't Take It With You by Frank Capra - 1938
December 28:
Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev - 2014
Film Discussion Group: Online
9:30 am to 11:00am
To join our spirited discussion online, please use our registration form and choose Film Discussion Group: Online. You'll receive a link to join the meeting from our workshop leader, Chris Austin before the next scheduled meeting.
Film Discussion Group: In-person
11:00 am to 12:30pm
To join our energetic discussion in-person, please use our registration form and choose Film Discussion Group: In-Person.
Then meet us at 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.
Past Films
2024
January: Winter Light by Ingmar Bergman 1963
February: The Great Debaters – by Denzel Washington 2007
March: Wild by Jean-Marc Vallee 2014
April: Solaris (1972 version) by Andrei Tarkovsky 1972
May: Defending Your Life by Albert Brooks 1991
June: Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen 1989
July: Arrival by Denis Villeneuve 2016
August: Jim and Andy The Great Beyond 2017
September:The Lion King by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 1994
October: Joker by Todd Phillips
November:
December: It’s a Wonderful Life
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
2022
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