August 17, 2025
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) – AFI Movie Club
A landmark of the science-fiction genre and a towering artistic achievement that traces humanity’s evolution from its humblest beginnings to its transcendence of corporeal form, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) earned acknowledgement across six of the American Film Institute’s lists recognizing the art form’s most essential works. Named by AFI as the #1 science fiction film...
August 16, 2025
RETURN TO OZ (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Returning to the original source material that inspired THE WIZARD OF OZ, co-writer and director Walter Murch reimagined L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world as a place filled with new friends and uncanny dangers in RETURN TO OZ (1985). A legendary editor and pioneering sound designer who made his feature directorial debut with this film, Murch...
August 15, 2025
RAISING ARIZONA (1987) – AFI Movie Club
The second feature from the Coen brothers – directed by Joel, produced by Ethan and co-written by both – RAISING ARIZONA (1987) stars Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter as would-be parents in a western fable named by the American Film Institute among the greatest comedies of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more...
August 14, 2025
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert – both of whom were enshrined among AFI’s greatest screen legends – IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) is an iconic screwball comedy that’s appeared on no fewer than five of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all...
August 9, 2025
THE LADY VANISHES (1938) – AFI Movie Club
A mystery thriller from “Master of Suspense” – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – Alfred Hitchcock that features many of the playful hallmarks that make even his thriller so endearing and enduring, THE LADY VANISHES (1938) follows the improbable disappearance of young woman’s elderly train companion – and unravels clue by clue into so...
August 8, 2025
Viola Davis and Walter Murch Receive Honorary Degrees at AFI Conservatory Commencement
Today, the American Film Institute conferred Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon trailblazing actress and producer Viola Davis and legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch during the AFI Conservatory's Class of 2025 commencement ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in...
August 7, 2025
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Howard Hawks from a script adapted from the novel of the same name by Anita Loos, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) features an iconic onscreen pairing of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe – the latter named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time, and whose iconic and influential...
August 6, 2025
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) – AFI Movie Club
Perhaps the best loved family film ever made and counted by AFI as the art form’s greatest work of fantasy, THE WIZARD OF OZ stars Judy Garland – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen stars of all time – and features the #1 movie song in more than a century of...
August 5, 2025
BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Produced by and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Warren Beatty, BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) appears across a number of AFI’s lists – including both its original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films of all time, as well as cinema’s greatest love stories, thrills, greatest villains and greatest movie quotes. It also...
August 4, 2025
AFTER HOURS (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Griffin Dunne as a hapless man facing the most harrowing night of his life, AFTER HOURS (1985) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese and features editing by the director’s most frequent collaborator, AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about AFTER HOURS. Where to stream AFTER...
August 3, 2025
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) – AFI Movie Club
Written by William Goldman and directed by Alan J. Pakula, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) features the iconic pairing of Robert Redford and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Dustin Hoffman – whose portrayal of journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, respectively, earned a place among AFI’s ranking of cinema’s greatest heroes of all time. The...
August 1, 2025
THE GOLD RUSH (1925) – AFI Catalog Spotlight
This month, the AFI Catalog celebrates the 100 year anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece THE GOLD RUSH, which was released nationally on August 16, 1925 after a world premiere in Los Angeles in late June. The film – strikingly Chaplin’s most ambitious picture to date[i]– was a box-office sensation that continues to resonate today as...
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