January 19, 2026
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Director Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to his Academy Award®-winning MOONLIGHT, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018) is a moving adaptation of author James Baldwin’s 1974 novel – and a masterpiece unto itself, recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the...
January 17, 2026
WIDOWS (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring an all-star cast on a mission fueled by righteous rage led by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Viola Davis, Liam Neeson Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and Elizabeth Debicki, director Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS is based on a British series of the same name and adapted for the big screen by McQueen and author Gillian Flynn –...
January 16, 2026
SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) – AFI Movie Club
A magnificently ambitious and ebullient realization of comic book style, aesthetic and dynamics on the big screen, director Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) leavened its colorful action with the human concerns of its central characters – deepening the dysfunction between Tobey Maguire’s hapless, luckless Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson. The film was...
January 15, 2026
M*A*S*H (1970) – AFI Movie Club
From director Robert Altman and an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall, M*A*S*H (1970) was ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest American films of all time and the greatest filmed comedies of all time – with its iconic theme song also named by...
January 14, 2026
LOVE AND BASKETBALL (2000) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps and AFI Honorary Degree recipient Alfre Woodard, LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000) marked the feature directorial debut of another recipient of the American Film Institute’s degree: Gina Prince-Bythewood. The Sundance Institute helped get the film off the ground by inviting her to participate in its Directors Lab; after a staged reading...
January 13, 2026
AFI Announces DWW+ Class of 2027 and Names Lily Mariye as Guest Artistic Director for New Cohort
Today, AFI announced the filmmakers selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2027. Founded in 1974 as the Directing Workshop for Women, AFI DWW+ is a tuition-free year-long directing program, open to all applicants, that supports emerging narrative filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. Eligible...
January 13, 2026
THE NATURAL (1984) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring stunning, Rockwellian cinematography by AFI Alum Caleb Deschanel (AFI Class of 1969), THE NATURAL (1984) follows the life and career of fictional ballplayer Roy Hobbs – an embodiment of quintessential American heroism and exceptionalism, brought to life by the great Robert Redford. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE NATURAL. Where to...
January 12, 2026
LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “LOST IN TRANSLATION is only the second feature film by Sofia...
January 11, 2026
CAROL (2015) – AFI Movie Club
With a script adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel by screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, director Todd Haynes’ lush and luminous CAROL (2015) was brought to the screen with the assistance of editor – and AFI Alum – Affonso Gonçalves (AFI Class of 1993). The film was honored in 2015 with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of...
January 10, 2026
THE LOST WEEKEND (1945) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Ray Milland as an alcoholic author whose vice ruins his weekend plans and nearly destroys his relationships and his life, THE LOST WEEKEND (1945) was co-written and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE LOST WEEKEND. Where to stream THE LOST WEEKEND THE...
January 9, 2026
2025 AFI AWARDS Honors the Year’s Best Motion Pictures and Television Programs
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the 2025 AFI AWARDS honorees at an exclusive invitation-only luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Celebrating film and television arts’ collaborative nature, AFI AWARDS is the only national program that honors creative teams as a whole, recognizing those in front of and behind...
January 9, 2026
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939) – AFI Movie Club
A classic western bursting at the seams with the conventions that make the genre great, DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939) features the iconic and enduring pairing of Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart – both named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time, and the latter a recipient of the AFI...
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