August 5, 2022
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986) – AFI Movie Club
A boundary-breaking love story starring Marlee Matlin in a feature debut performance that earned her an Academy Award® for Best Actress, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986) was directed by AFI DWW Alum and Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient Randa Haines (Class of 1975), and edited AFI DWW Alum Lisa Fruchtman (Class of 1980)....
August 4, 2022
AFI Ranked #1 Film School
This week, we are thrilled to celebrate that The Hollywood Reporter has once again named the AFI Conservatory the #1 film school in America, highlighting the success of AFI’s Alumni along with the school’s commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse filmmaking community. Speaking about the intense hands-on collaboration that makes the AFI film...
August 3, 2022
New Videos Added To AFI’s Osborne Collection
This month, AFI has added new videos to its Osborne Collection for all movie lovers to watch, including Robert Osborne's famous film introductions for THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) and A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961) to THE LEARNING TREE (1969) and VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) and many more. The collection, which is a celebration of the...
August 2, 2022
AFI Alumni at the 2022 Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival unveiled its lineup for the 79th edition which will take place August 31-September 10, 2022. Acclaimed filmmaker and AFI Alum Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969), whose career includes THE CARD COUNTER, FIRST REFORMED, RAGING BULL and TAXI DRIVER, is also set to be fêted with the Golden Lion for Lifetime...
August 1, 2022
Alice Guy Blaché – AFI Catalog Spotlight
This month, AFI celebrates the world’s first female director, Alice Guy Blaché, who made more than 700 films in a career that spanned from 1896 to 1920. Starting out as Alice Guy in her homeland France as a secretary for motion-picture camera manufacturer Léon Gaumont, she was one of the few in attendance at Lumiere’s...
August 1, 2022
AFI Spotlight on Emmy®-Nominated Producer Diane Becker
This month, AFI spoke with Diane Becker (AFI Class of 2006) who has made a name for herself as a creative and versatile producer in the documentary space. Her credits include SERGIO – shortlisted for the Oscar®, the docuseries FIVE CAME BACK, THE FINAL YEAR, SID & JUDY, WHIRLYBIRD and TINA – for which she...
July 30, 2022
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) – AFI Movie Club
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) 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 #5 among the most heart-pounding screen thrills and both Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins’ Dr. Hannibal Lecter were counted among...
July 27, 2022
HOLIDAY (1938) – AFI Movie Club
With HOLIDAY (1938), legendary director George Cukor reunited costars Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn – who’d starred previously together in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) and BRINGING UP BABY (1938), and would co-star subsequently in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) – for a story of an idealistic dreamer engaged to a wealthy socialite. Both Hepburn and Grant were...
July 24, 2022
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019) – AFI Movie Club
HE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019) is about the city’s rapid gentrification and a man trying to reclaim a family home. Director/writer Joe Talbot and lead actor Jimmie Fails spoke to Fellows at a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar at the AFI Conservatory. Fails was also an Indie Contenders panelist at AFI FEST 2019....
July 23, 2022
GHOST (1990) – AFI Movie Club
The story of a romance undeterred by death itself, GHOST (1990) appeared on the American Film Institute’s list of the art form’s greatest love stories – with its iconic use of the Righteous Brothers’ classic “Unchained Melody” also ranking among the greatest movie songs of all time. Learn more about GHOST in the AFI Catalog....
July 21, 2022
LIFE OF PI (2012) – AFI Movie Club
LIFE OF PI (2012) 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, “LIFE OF PI is an immersion into the world of imagination – one so powerful, so deeply transformational, that it stands...
July 15, 2022
Emmy Contenders 2022: AFI Alumni Nominations
Congratulations to all of our remarkable AFI Conservatory Alumni who have been nominated for Emmys® this year by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this year. Final-Round voting begins on August 12 and ends on August 22. Visit Reelgood to check out where to view their work, and stay tuned for the Emmy Award®...
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