Film & Philosophy: Kafka's "The Trial" (A Matinee)
Sun, Mar 22
|Reeder's Alley
Please join us for a matinee viewing of The Trial — a 1962 film based on Franz Kafka’s posthumously published novel of the same name
Time & Location
Mar 22, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Reeder's Alley, 101 Reeders Alley, Helena, MT 59601, USA
About the event
Please join us for a matinee viewing of The Trial — a 1962 film based on Franz Kafka’s posthumously published novel of the same name.
Described in Orson Welles’ opening narrative as a film with “the logic of a dream…of a nightmare,” The Trial explores the nature of justice (both its beauty and its arbitrariness), law, authority, alienation, bureaucracy, oppression, and (more generally) questions about freedom, choice, meaning, and human condition.
After the film, we’ll have a community conversation led by Student Scholar Fellow Gavin Payne based on questions inspired by the film.
FREE. Suggested donation of $5 at the door. BYOB & snacks. In the Reeder's Alley Stonehouse Grotto.
Film Run Time: 1 Hr. 47 Minutes. Short break & community conversation to follow.