June 5, 2025
THE BIRDS (1963) – AFI Movie Club
An avian horror story named by the American Film Institute among the most heart-pounding thrillers of all time, THE BIRDS (1963) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Alfred Hitchcock and features production design by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Robert Boyle. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE BIRDS. Where to stream THE BIRDS...
June 4, 2025
THE ROCK (1996) – AFI Movie Club
Pairing Nicolas Cage and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery as an unlikely heroic duo, director Michael Bay’s THE ROCK (1996) ignites the screen with an action spectacle set against the beautiful backdrop of the San Francisco Bay and its most infamous prison. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE ROCK. Where...
June 3, 2025
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978) – AFI Movie Club
Co-written, co-directed and produced by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Warren Beatty, HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978) was adapted from the 1941 film, HERE COMES MR. JORDAN. Initially, Beatty approached Peter Bogdanovich, Mike Nichols and Arthur Penn to direct before deciding to helm the picture himself with co-director Buck Henry – marking the feature film directing...
June 1, 2025
AFI Conservatory Alumni Projects at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled its official program lineup for its 24th edition which will run June 4-15, 2025. We’re proud to shine a spotlight on the following AFI Conservatory Alumni who will be showcasing new projects at the festival this year in categories ranging from Spotlight Narrative to the U.S. Narrative and Shorts...
June 1, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (1993) – AFI Movie Club
Among the first major motion pictures to address the AIDS crisis, PHILADELPHIA (1993) is a work of power and empathy that appears across three of the American Film Institute’s lists – ranking among cinema’s most inspiring films, its greatest heroes and its most iconic songs. Directed by AFI DOCS Guggenheim Symposium honoree Jonathan Demme, the...
June 1, 2025
Spotlight on SINNERS Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw
With the highly anticipated release of SINNERS this month, acclaimed cinematographer and AFI Alum Autumn Durald Arkapaw (AFI Class of 2009), ASC, took us behind the scenes of her new project with director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan. Known for her luminous visuals and signature use of anamorphic lenses, Autumn has built a...
June 1, 2025
What to Watch: June 2025
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory film school. DEPT. Q –Scott Frank (AFI Class of 1984), Co-Creator Where to watch: streaming now on Netflix DUSTER –LaToya Morgan (AFI Class of 2005), Co-Creator/Writer/Executive Producer Where to watch: streaming now on Max KARATE...
May 31, 2025
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) – AFI Movie Club
A sweeping epic chronicling Russian life from Imperialism through the October Revolution, civil war and Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree David Lean and was included among the American Film Institute’s accounting of the greatest movies of all time, as well as among cinema’s greatest romances....
May 30, 2025
VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Written, directed and produced by the late, great Blake Edwards, VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) features an iconic performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Julie Andrews – one which earned the film a spot on the American Film Institute’s ranking of the art form’s greatest comedies. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about VICTOR/VICTORIA. Where to...
May 29, 2025
FULL METAL JACKET (1987) – AFI Movie Club
With an all-star ensemble directed by the great Stanley Kubrick from boot camp to deployment, FULL METAL JACKET (1987) earned a place among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the art form’s greatest thrills. Initially hired as a technical advisor, former drill sergeant R. Lee Ermey was videotaped interviewing a group of British Territorial Army paratroopers who...
May 28, 2025
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by the American Film Institute at #4 among cinema’s greatest love stories of all time, ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) features the iconic and incomparable romantic pairing of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck – both named by AFI among the art form’s greatest screen legends. In addition, Peck served as AFI’s founding chair in 1967 and...
May 26, 2025
THE HURT LOCKER (2009) – AFI Movie Club
A taut thriller starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as bomb squad soldiers stationed in Iraq, THE HURT LOCKER (2009) was directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow – who also earned the distinction as the first woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also honored with an...
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