March 29, 2025
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (2006) – AFI Movie Club
Marshalling an all-star cast led by Matt Damon, AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Robert De Niro stepped behind the camera to produce and direct THE GOOD SHEPHERD (2006) – photographed by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979) and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola, who served among the founding Trustees of AFI in...
March 27, 2025
PATTON (1970) – AFI Movie Club
Starring George C. Scott in a career-defining performance as the title role, PATTON (1970) first appeared on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest American films in 1998 – with Scott’s portrayal of General George Patton earning a place on AFI’s list of cinema’s great screen heroes. The film was directed by the great...
March 24, 2025
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute as one of cinema’s greatest screen heroes, James Bond proved once again that “nobody does it better” in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) – the 10th theatrical outing of the deadly and debonair secret agent, and the third with Roger Moore wielding the license to kill as 007....
March 22, 2025
THE HEIRESS (1949) – AFI Movie Club
A romantic drama featuring the luminous and legendary Olivia de Havilland transforming into the unlikely role of a woman both plain and shy, THE HEIRESS (1949) is directed and produced by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree William Wyler. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE HEIRESS. Have Get The Picture delivered to your...
March 21, 2025
THE LADY EVE (1941) – AFI Movie Club
A classic Preston Sturges screwball comedy, THE LADY EVE (1941) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda as a con woman and a hapless heir to a brewery fortune (respectively), who fall in love while on an ocean liner. The film is ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest romances and comedies of all...
March 20, 2025
AVATAR (2009) – AFI Movie Club
An immersive interplanetary trip to the intoxicating alien world of Pandora, director James Cameron’s AVATAR (2009) was a cultural phenomenon brought to the screen by armies of innovative artists – among whom were two graduates of the AFI Conservatory, supervising art director Todd Cherniawsky (AFI Class of 1993) and visual effects producer Maricel Pargulayan (AFI...
March 19, 2025
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting Homer’s epic, Joel and Ethan Coel brought “The Odyssey” to 1930s Mississippi in O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000) – featuring an all-star cast of players that includes John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco, John Goodman, Holly Hunter and, as the film’s “man of constant sorrow” and front man for the...
March 18, 2025
MAMMA MIA! (2008) – AFI Movie Club
A joyous jukebox musical exploding with exuberance and color, MAMMA MIA! (2008) features the multi-hyphenate talents of AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep, as well as the stunning cinematography of AFI Alum Haris Zambarloukos (AFI Class of 1994). Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about MAMMA MIA! Have Get The Picture delivered to...
March 15, 2025
RAIN MAN (1988) – AFI Movie Club
Pairing Tom Cruise and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Dustin Hoffman for an unforgettable road trip, Barry Levinson’s RAIN MAN (1988) earned a place on the American Film Institute’s list of the most triumphantly inspiring films of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about RAIN MAN. Have Get The Picture delivered to...
March 14, 2025
BASIC INSTINCT (1992) – AFI Movie Club
An erotic thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven, BASIC INSTICT (1992) featured the iconic pairing of Sharon Stone and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Michael Douglas – and included an ice pick among the sordid details of its murder plot. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about BASIC INSTINCT. Have Get The Picture delivered to...
March 13, 2025
THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) – AFI Movie Club
Based on a bestseller by Tom Wolfe about real-life test pilots and astronauts, THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) was named by the American Film Institute among the most inspiring films of all time – and was shot by AFI Alum Caleb Deschanel (AFI Class of 1969), recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal for embodying...
March 12, 2025
AIRPLANE! (1980) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, AIRPLANE! (1980) is surely one of the art form’s most groundbreaking, gut-busting comedies, landing it on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest comedies of all time – with the hilariously iconic exchange between Robert Hays’ Striker and Leslie Nielsen’s Dr. Rumack also appearing on AFI’s...
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