March 5, 2023
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2020) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from playwright August Wilson’s celebrated play, director George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM features an iconic cast that includes Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo – and was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the...
March 1, 2023
AFI Alumni Projects at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival
The 2023 South by Southwest Festival, which is set to take place in-person March 10-19, 2023, released the lineup for its 30th edition which includes headliners, feature and short film competitions, TV premieres, narrative and documentary spotlights and more. Congratulations to the following AFI Alumni whose latest work has been selected to debut at this...
March 1, 2023
AFI Alum Mindy Johnson Restores Legacy of Early Animator Bessie Mae Kelley
Bessie Mae Kelley's vaudeville circular promotional photograph. Courtesy of Manitou Productions. While the work of early male animators, including Max and Dave Fleischer (BETTY BOOP) and Walter Lantz (WOODY WOODPECKER), has been historically well-documented, the essential contributions of early women animators have often been overlooked, minimized or erased over the years. In honor of Women’s...
March 1, 2023
Where to Watch AFI Alumni Projects in Contention at the 95th Academy Awards®
Projects in contention for the 95th Academy Awards® will be voted on from March 2-7, before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveal the official winners on March 12, 2023. We are thrilled to recognize the AFI Alumni projects in contention at the Oscars® this year and celebrate their incredible work which has...
March 1, 2023
Spotlight on EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE filmmakers Zoe Mao and Aashish D’Mello
Assistant Editors Zoe Mao and Aashish D’Mello (both AFI Class of 2017) landed their dream jobs working on EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, the sleeper hit that has gone on to garner 11 Academy Award® nominations and gross over $100 million worldwide. The much-celebrated film has been hailed as a major technical achievement in editing...
March 1, 2023
ADAM’S RIB (1949) – AFI Movie Club
Ranking on the American Film Institute’s list of the funniest films of all time, director George Cukor’s ADAM’S RIB (1949) marked the sixth of nine collaborations between co-stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy – both of whom were counted by AFI among the greatest screen legends in American cinema history. Visit the AFI Catalog to...
February 28, 2023
Women’s History Month Movie Guide
Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month by shining a light on iconic women characters! This month, AFI is highlighting a select list of films featuring extraordinary and groundbreaking fictional and nonfictional women from movies that have been named to our AFI lists, honored with AFI AWARDS, programmed at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural...
February 27, 2023
ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “ZERO DARK THIRTY is a fierce meditation on modern warfare – a film that keeps audiences...
February 25, 2023
GRUMPY OLD MEN (1993) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Alum Donald Petrie (AFI Class of 1981) and starring Walter Matthau and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Jack Lemmon, GRUMPY OLD MEN (1993) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – a moment marked not only as a milestone reteaming the original odd couple, but also for putting Wabasha, Minnesota, on the movie...
February 23, 2023
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Shaka King from the heartbreaking true story, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) was recognized with a 2020 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH raises a fist for change. Capturing the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s that...
February 22, 2023
SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring Mae West and Cary Grant – both named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time – SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933) was also included among AFI’s accounting the art form’s greatest comedies, and West’s iconic line – “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” – appears...
February 14, 2023
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute among the greatest love stories of all time, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947) features Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison as the titular pair, whose strange and special bond forms in the shadowed and atmospheric confines of an isolated and fog-shrouded cottage by the sea. Visit the AFI Catalog...
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