February 1, 2024
AFI Conservatory Alum Ed Zwick Set to Publish New Memoir and Launch Book Tour
Mark your calendars! This month, readers will be treated to the upcoming memoir “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood,” written by Academy® and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker and AFI Conservatory Alum Ed Zwick (AFI Class of 1975). This new imprint will be published on February 13, 2024, offering an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse...
January 29, 2024
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Alum John McTiernan (AFI Class of 1975), THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) features a starring performance by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery as a Russian submarine commander hoping to defect, as well as a supporting role from AFI Honorary Degree recipient James Earl Jones. Visit the AFI Catalog to...
January 28, 2024
LA BAMBA (1984) – AFI Movie Club
Charting the unprecedented rise of Chicano rock star Ritchie Valens in the 1950s, LA BAMBA (1987) was written and directed by Luis Valdez and marked a breakthrough performance for star Lou Diamond Phillips. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about LA BAMBA. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every day. SIGN UP...
January 27, 2024
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) – AFI Movie Club
AFI Life Achievement Award recipient William Wyler helmed THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) – deemed not only one of the greatest American films by AFI but also one of the art form’s most inspiring stories. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Have Get The Picture delivered...
January 24, 2024
JOJO RABBIT (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by and starring Taika Waititi, JOJO RABBIT (2019) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2019 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “JOJO RABBIT pulls itself out of a hat – a cinematic magic trick of miraculous tonal mayhem. Taika...
January 23, 2024
AFI Conservatory Alumni Honored with 2024 Oscar® Nominations
Congratulations to the AFI Conservatory Alumni and their projects nominated for an Oscar®! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations on January 23 in a live event hosted by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air on ABC on...
January 22, 2024
AFI Announces Participants for Prestigious AFI DWW+ Program and Names Hanelle M. Culpepper Guest Artistic Director
Photo: Top Row (L-R): Julia Bales, Jahmil Eady, MG Evangelista, Marissa High; Bottom Row (L-R): Jasmine J. Johnson, Natasha Mynhier, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Ezra Rose Today, AFI announced the participants selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2025. AFI DWW+ is a year-long directing program that supports women and traditionally underrepresented narrative filmmakers through the...
January 20, 2024
THE JERK (1979) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute among the funniest movies ever made, THE JERK (1979) marked the feature film breakout for AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Steve Martin – already a comedy superstar, but whose performance as naïf Navin Johnson made him a somebody with the kind of “spontaneous publicity” that one achieves from getting...
January 18, 2024
AFI Alumni Projects Win at the Emmys
A big round of applause is in order! On January 15, 2024, the Emmy Awards ceremony honored the best from the past year's primetime television programming. Join us in celebrating all the incredible AFI Conservatory film school Alums whose projects were nominated and won at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards! To learn more AFI's film...
January 17, 2024
AFI FEST Announces Dates for 2024 Film Festival
Let's get ready to FEST! AFI announced today that the 38th edition of the Institute’s annual festival will take place October 23–27 exclusively in person at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood. The five-day festival will once again include a curated selection of Red Carpet Premiere screenings, Special Screenings, World Cinema,...
January 15, 2024
SELMA (2014) – AFI Movie Club
An imperative work of both history and cinema directed by AFI Trustee Ava DuVernay, SELMA (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2014 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “SELMA dreams of a day when America lives by the rule...
January 14, 2024
PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Marking the feature film debut for director Tim Burton, PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985) was presented at AFI FEST 2023 to an enthusiastic live audience by Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig, who cited the film as one of her inspirations and noted that “It’s so funny, special and inventive that it makes you believe in comedy...
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