JAVAFLIX Fairmount is a movie discussion group that meets on the third Saturday of the month at the Berean Institute on 19th and Girard.Together we watch a movie and then talk about it.Movies chosen are based on members votesJoin us Saturday August 20th as we watch and discuss:OF GODS AND MEN (2010) PG - 13Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay. They have reason to believe they…See More

Stoning of Soraya M. Discussion Guide  Opening Question: What emotions did you feel as the closing credits rolled?  The long, shockingly barbaric stoning sequence near the film’s climax is indeed grueling, and film’s depiction of the events leading…

THE STONING OF SORAYA M.Set in 1986 Iran at the start of Khomeini's reign, director Cyrus Nowrasteh's drama tells the true story of Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), whose husband plots to have her falsely accused of adultery so he can divorce her and marry a young girl. French journalist Freidoune (Jim Caviezel) is pulled into Soraya's tragic story when he meets a desperate woman named Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo).***PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS FILM CONTAINS A SCENE OF GRAPHIC & DISTURBING VIOLENCE.***See More

A SERIOUS MANLarry Gopnik has hit a rough patch: people are dropping dead all around him, his wife wants a divorce and his whining kids only add to the heavy load. Imaginatively exploring questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior, dental phenomena, academia, mortality, and Judaism – and intersections thereof – A Serious Man is the latest film from writer/directors Joel & Ethan Coen.Movies chosen are based on members votesSee More