December 19, 2025
20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957) – AFI Movie Club
An early feature from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Ray Harryhausen, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957) is a science-fiction signpost in the career of the legendary animator and special effects innovator – featuring his handiwork on the menacing ymir and the creature’s spaceship, as well as an elephant in a climactic battle. Harryhausen himself appears...
December 17, 2025
GUYS AND DOLLS (1955) – AFI Movie Club
Bringing together Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra as charming criminal gamblers in a candy-colored musical written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz – adapted from the Broadway hit – GUYS AND DOLLS (1955) was named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest musicals, with Brando’s “Luck Be a Lady”...
December 16, 2025
BULL DURHAM (1988) – AFI Movie Club
Promoted as “the greatest show on dirt” and marking the directorial debut of Ron Shelton, BULL DURHAM (1988) was recognized by the American Film Institute not only among the art form’s great comedies and as the fifth greatest among the top ten sports movies of all time – but is also marked by the sizzling...
December 15, 2025
ALL THAT JAZZ (1979) – AFI Movie Club
Helmed by legendary choreographer, actor, dancer and stage director Bob Fosse, the semi-autobiographical ALL THAT JAZZ (1979) was named by the American Film Institute as one of the art form’s great filmed musicals. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about ALL THAT JAZZ. Where to stream ALL THAT JAZZ ALL THAT JAZZ - Reelgood
December 14, 2025
THE FABELMANS (2022) – AFI Movie Club
Co-written and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Steven Spielberg based on his own childhood, THE FABELMANS (2022) also features the work of another honoree – composer and frequent collaborator John Williams – as well as two alums of the AFI Conservatory, cinematographer Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987) and co-editor Sarah Broshar (AFI...
December 12, 2025
SPEED (1994) – AFI Movie Club
The feature directorial debut of cinematographer Jan de Bont that catapulted co-stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock inarguably into the public consciousness, SPEED (1994) was named by the American Film Institute among the most heart-pounding thrill-rides in the history of the art form. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SPEED. Where to stream...
December 11, 2025
CONTACT (1997) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting Carl Sagan’s novel for the screen with all the scope and majesty of cinema as an art form, Robert Zemeckis’ CONTACT (1997) poses timeless questions about the tensions and connections between science and religion – brought into sharp relief by the discovery of evidence confirming the existence of extraterrestrial life. With an all-star cast...
December 11, 2025
AFI Alumni Projects Featured at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
AFI Conservatory Alumni are once again in the spotlight, with their remarkable projects featured at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, running January 22–February 1, 2026, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s slate of features, episodics, and short films highlights the extraordinary creativity and artistry that define the AFI Alumni community and...
December 10, 2025
STAGECOACH (1939) – AFI Movie Club
Included on the American Film Institute’s original list of the greatest films of all time, STAGECOACH (1939) was also ranked among AFI’s accounting the art form’s great westerns. Star John Wayne was named by AFI as one of cinema’s greatest screen legends, and director John Ford was the recipient of the inaugural AFI Life Achievement...
December 9, 2025
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) – AFI Movie Club
Based on the 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese – who also makes an uncredited cameo in the film as a wedding photographer. The film also features editing by the director’s most frequent collaborator, editor – and AFI Honorary...
December 8, 2025
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) – AFI Movie Club
With THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940), legendary director George Cukor reunited costars Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn – who’d starred previously together in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935), BRINGING UP BABY (1938) and HOLIDAY (1938) – for a hilariously tangled socialite love story, with Hepburn forced to choose between Grant, James Stewart and her new fiancé played by...
December 7, 2025
TITANIC (1997) – AFI Movie Club
TITANIC (1997) was named by AFI as one of the greatest American films and greatest American epics – as well as one of the most enduring love stories and heart-pounding cinematic thrills. “My Heart Will Go On” is ranked at #14 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs list, and Jack’s triumphant declaration – “I’m the King...
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