February 27, 2024
AFI Alumni Debut New Work at 2024 SXSW Film Festival
This March, the 31st edition of the annual SXSW Film and Television Festival kicks off, taking place from March 8-16, 2024, in Austin, TX. The highly anticipated event, which showcases both emerging and established voices onscreen, will also provide a launch pad for new projects created by graduates of the AFI Conservatory. Join us in...
February 26, 2024
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) – AFI Movie Club
With cinematography by AFI Alum Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987) and a story co-developed by Jeff Nathanson (AFI Class of 1987), INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) boasts contributions by no fewer than four AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – director Steven Spielberg, producer George Lucas, star Harrison Ford and...
February 23, 2024
AFI Alumni Winners and Nominees for 2024 Hollywood Guild Awards
With the 96th Academy Awards® right around the corner, there is no better time to take a look at the projects that the major Hollywood Guilds have recognized with their nominations for the year’s best achievements in film and television. These nominations are often prognosticators of the Oscars® race. Congratulations to the remarkable graduates of the AFI Conservatory who were honored by their peers...
February 13, 2024
CITY LIGHTS (1931) – AFI Movie Club
A tender-hearted tale that is also arguably the quintessential cinematic story featuring Charlie Chaplin’s beloved “Tramp,” CITY LIGHTS (1931) ranked #1 on the American Film Institute’s 10 Top 10 list of the art form’s greatest romantic comedies and has appeared six times on AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – including the 10th anniversary edition of the greatest...
February 11, 2024
ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (1983) – AFI Movie Club
A story of high school football glory featuring a cast of up-and-comers including Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson and Chris Penn, ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (1983) was released a few short months after Cruise’s inarguable star-making turn in RISKY BUSINESS (1983) – an immediately iconic cultural milestone produced by AFI Alum Jon Avnet (AFI Class of...
February 8, 2024
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by the American Film Institute among the top ten science fiction films of all time, the chilling INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) also appeared on AFI’s list of cinema’s greatest thrills. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every...
February 7, 2024
THE GOONIES (1985) – AFI Movie Club
With THE GOONIES (1985), director Richard Donner tapped into a universal childhood desire to matter, to belong, to make a difference…and to follow a map to lost pirate treasure. From an original story by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Steven Spielberg – who also executive produced and presented the movie – THE GOONIES was executive...
February 3, 2024
GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) – AFI Movie Club
Wait a second – didn’t we just do this movie yesterday? Why yes, we did – but yesterday, today and tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow all blend together in a hilarious time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania – especially around Groundhog Day! A hilariously inventive approach to self-improvement directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray,...
February 2, 2024
GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) – AFI Movie Club
A hilariously inventive approach to self-improvement directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray, GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the art form’s greatest comedies of all time, as well as on AFI’s list of cinema’s greatest fantasies. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about GROUNDHOG DAY. Have Get...
February 1, 2024
AFI Spotlight on THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY’s Vanara Taing (AFI Class of 2012)
Ahead of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards which highlights the best in independent cinema, we spoke to AFI Conservatory Alum Vanara Taing (AFI Class of 2012) whose new docudrama THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY is nominated for the distinguished John Cassavetes Award. Starring Academy Award® nominee Lily Gladstone, the film centers on an Indigenous woman named...
February 1, 2024
BIRTHRIGHT (1924) – AFI Catalog Spotlight
In celebration of Black History Month, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on pioneer African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and his 10th directorial effort, BIRTHRIGHT (1924), which was released 100 years ago last month and was remade by Micheaux in 1938 as a talkie. While the 1924 film is believed to be lost, the surviving...
February 1, 2024
What to Watch: February 2024 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory film school. Ranked the #1 film school in the nation, the AFI Conservatory has over 50 years of history training filmmakers who have gone on to create award-winning and critically acclaimed films and television shows....
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