Since 1990 Dr. Francis Lu and Brother David Steindl-Rast have led annual 5- or 7-day film seminars at the Esalen Institute. Films on a particular spiritual theme (such as Healing Through Gratefulness) are shown and discussed, focusing on the participants’ personal experiences. This set of Criterion edition DVDs includes four of Brother David and Francis’  favorites.

The Rules of the Game (1939, Jean Renoir)

Beauty and the Beast (1946, Jean Cocteau)

Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)

My Life as a Dog (1985, Lasse Hallstrom)

Courtesy of Dr. Francis Lu