May 23, 2022
WONDER WOMAN (2017) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Alum Patty Jenkins (Class of 2000), WONDER WOMAN (2017) was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, 'WONDER WOMAN smashes the stratosphere of status quo by giving the world what...
May 22, 2022
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest American films of all time, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) features a performance from James Dean – named by AFI as one of cinema’s greatest screen legends, starring here in what is arguably his most essential and iconic role. Learn more about REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE...
May 21, 2022
SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) – AFI Movie Club
The haunting, harrowing story of SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) was brought to the screen by two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams – and was shot by AFI Alum Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987). AFI Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Kennedy served as an executive producer on the film. An important record...
May 20, 2022
CARMEN JONES (1954) – AFI Movie Club
A riveting rendition of “Carmen” with an all-Black cast, CARMEN JONES (1954) stars Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge – who earned an Academy Award® nomination for her performance as the title character, making her the first person of color to be nominated for a leading role. The film also marked the first movie title sequence...
May 19, 2022
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) – AFI Movie Club
Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) is easily one of the most beloved movies in the history of the art form, dancing its way across AFI’s lists of the greatest American films, including appearances on both lists of the greatest films of all time – the original and 10th anniversary edition...
May 18, 2022
AFI Young Women in Film Participants Premiere Films at Showcase
Congratulations to this year’s AFI Young Women in Film participants who premiered their films at a showcase on the AFI Campus today. The red carpet event was hosted by AFI, and filmmakers and their families, along with AFI Fellows and Faculty who mentored the filmmakers during the nine-week workshop, screened the short films in the...
May 18, 2022
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from author Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) follows World War I veteran Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins as he navigates 1940s Los Angeles – taking work as it comes to him, even when he finds him in over his head after investigating the disappearance of missing woman. The...
May 17, 2022
AFI Alumni Projects at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival is right around the corner. Taking place from June 8-19, the 21st edition of the acclaimed festival – which will have both in-person and online screenings this year– will feature a diverse mix of narrative, documentary and animated films. Congratulations to all of the AFI Alumni with projects showcased at...
May 17, 2022
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) – AFI Movie Club
Hardened after the events of THE TERMINATOR (1984) and by the burden of raising the future leader of mankind’s resistance against the machines, Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor returned to forge her own fate in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) – the groundbreaking sequel from director and co-writer James Cameron, which was included on the American...
May 16, 2022
SHANE (1953) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by the American Film Institute among the top ten Westerns in the history of the art form, SHANE (1953) also appeared on both AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all time – the original and 10th anniversary edition – as well as among the cinema’s most inspirational stories. Alan Ladd’s iconic turn...
May 15, 2022
SUNSET BLVD. (1950) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder and starring William Holden – named by AFI among the greatest screen legends – and Gloria Swanson, SUNSET BLVD. (1950) is the quintessential LA film noir enshrined not only as a definitively dark encapsulation of the City of Angels, but also across the American Film Institute’s...
May 14, 2022
YENTL (1983) – AFI Movie Club
YENTL (1983), the musical drama of a brave young woman who poses as a boy to pursue her passion for studying Jewish Talmudic Law, features the talents of AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Barbra Streisand – who wrote, directed, produced and starred in the film. Learn more about YENTL in the AFI Catalog. HOW TO...
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