July 13, 2022
AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women Announces 2022 Participants
AFI is thrilled to announce the participants for the 2022 Cinematography Intensive for Women (CIW) presented by Panavision. The four-day intensive, spearheaded by AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill, ASC, will begin Friday, July 15 on the AFI Campus in Los Angeles and continue through Monday, July 18. This year’s talented CIW participants come...
July 13, 2022
EVE’S BAYOU (1997) – AFI Movie Club
Inspired to write EVE’S BAYOU (1997) by memories of her own childhood trips to Louisiana, director Kasi Lemmons made her feature directorial debut with the film – working again with cinematographer and AFI Alum Amy Vincent (AFI Class of 1991), with whom she’d collaborated previously on the 1996 short film DR. HUGO. Learn more about...
July 12, 2022
BOOKSMART (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Olivia Wilde and produced by AFI Alum Jillian Longnecker (AFI Class of 2002), BOOKSMART (2019) is a teen comedy about two high school overachievers who break from the mold on one last, fateful night before graduation. Learn more about BOOKSMART in the AFI Catalog. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream BOOKSMART BOOKSMART - Reelgood...
July 11, 2022
SUSPICION (1941) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Alfred Hitchcock, SUSPICION (1941) features an iconic performance from Cary Grant – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time. Learn more about SUSPICION in the AFI Catalog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5VdGCQFOM%20 HOW TO WATCH Where to stream SUSPICION SUSPICION - Reelgood GET THE LATEST...
July 10, 2022
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) – AFI Movie Club
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) appears on both of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all time – the original list as well as the 10th anniversary edition. It ranks #10 among the most heart-pounding screen adventures – and Indiana Jones himself was named by AFI as the second greatest screen hero...
July 9, 2022
WITHIN OUR GATES (1920) – AFI Movie Club
Born in 1884, Oscar Micheaux was the son of former enslaved people, and one of 11 siblings who attended segregated schools in Illinois. He began his career by writing novels about homesteading as a Black man. His first feature, THE HOMESTEADER (1919), is now believed lost but his film WITHIN OUR GATES (1920), released the following year, is considered to be the oldest...
July 7, 2022
SNOWPIERCER (2013) – AFI Movie Club
Set on a train trapped in perpetual motion to keep the remaining vestiges of humanity alive after global warming reduces the planet to an uninhabitable icy wasteland, director Bong Joon-ho’s SNOWPIERCER (2013) features an international all-star cast that includes Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Ko Asung and AFI Trustee Octavia Spencer. HOW...
July 6, 2022
THE THIN MAN (1934) – AFI Movie Club
The first in an iconic series of comedic capers featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy’s inimitable Nick and Nora Charles respectively, THE THIN MAN (1934) was included by the American Film Institute among the greatest American film comedies of all time. Learn more about THE THIN MAN in the AFI Catalog. HOW TO WATCH Where...
July 5, 2022
THE PHOTOGRAPH (2020) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield in a rich romantic drama that spans generations, director Stella Meghie’s THE PHOTOGRAPH (2020) was edited by AFI Alum Shannon Baker Davis (AFI Class of 2003). HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE PHOTOGRAPH THE PHOTOGRAPH - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE CLUB AFI Movie Club is...
July 4, 2022
JAWS (1975) – AFI Movie Club
Ominous and iconic, JAWS (1975) was brought to life by two AFI Life Achievement honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. The film appears across the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest works of American cinema – earning recognition on both the original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest movies of...
July 2, 2022
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s novel, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) stars Gene Wilder – who participated in the AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Mel Brooks and whose work is featured across several of AFI’s lists. Learn more about WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY in the AFI Catalog. HOW TO WATCH Where to...
July 1, 2022
AFI Alumni Projects at the 2022 American Black Film Festival
The 26th annual edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) took place in Miami Beach from June 15-19, followed by online screenings and events from June 20-30. On the final day of programming, ABFF announced their award winners, including ANOTHER COUNTRY – which associate producer and AFI Alum Christal Henry (AFI Class of 2005)...
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