April 26, 2026
LITTLE WOMEN (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN (2019) was recognized with a 2019 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “LITTLE WOMEN infuses a literary classic with new life – adapting Louisa May Alcott’s immortal words into a tale for our times. Greta Gerwig’s...
April 25, 2026
MINARI (2020) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and featuring production design by AFI Alum Yong Ok Lee (Class of 2013), MINARI (2020) 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, “MINARI blossoms with hope in the...
April 24, 2026
SHAFT (1972) – AFI Movie Club
“Who’s the cat who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about?” Director Gordon Parks’ iconic SHAFT (1971) tells the story of the eponymous private dick – a suave, two-fisted Black hero hired to search Manhattan for the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem kingpin. Based on the novel by journalist and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman, SHAFT...
April 23, 2026
MARRIAGE STORY (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Noah Baumbach and featuring heartbreaking performances from both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver – whose struggling single father ends up feeling as invisible as his costume when he’s forgotten on Halloween – MARRIAGE STORY (2019) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2019, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in...
April 22, 2026
THE DEER HUNTER (1978) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring shattering performances from two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep – director Michael Cimino’s THE DEER HUNTER (1978) charts an epic, tragic path from a steelworker community in western Pennsylvania to Vietnam – earning recognition from the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all...
April 21, 2026
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) – AFI Movie Club
Appearing on three of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating milestones in the art form – including the original list of the greatest movies of all time, as well as cinema’s greatest thrills and cheers – CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) was brought to Earth by two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees, director...
April 20, 2026
PAST LIVES (2023) – AFI Movie Club
A stunning work of tender melancholy from director Celine Song, PAST LIVES (2023) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2023, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, ”PAST LIVES celebrates cosmic connections – both found and lost. Bruising and...
April 20, 2026
How to Break Into Production Design at AFI
Production design is one of the most powerful yet often overlooked elements of filmmaking. Every set, color palette, texture and visual detail you see on screen is carefully crafted to support the story. At its core, production design is about visual storytelling, communication and world-building. At the AFI Conservatory film school, production designers are trained to shape the look and feel...
April 19, 2026
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) – AFI Movie Club
From director John Sturges, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) gathered a murderer’s row of talent for its heroic ensemble – including Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson and James Coburn – brought together to protect a small town from a marauding band of outlaws led by Eli Wallach. A rousing adventure and an exciting...
April 18, 2026
TRADING PLACES (1983) – AFI Movie Club
A hilarious rags-to-riches comedy directed by John Landis and featuring an all-star cast that includes Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche and Denholm Elliott – as well as an iconic early performance from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Jamie Lee Curtis – TRADING PLACES (1983) also marked the second feature in the meteoric rise of the...
April 17, 2026
VERTIGO (1958) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by AFI as the greatest mystery film in the American canon, VERTIGO (1958) features the talents of two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – producer/director Alfred Hitchcock and star James Stewart. In addition to ranking among the greatest American films of all time – on both the American Film Institute’s original list...
April 16, 2026
SUNSET BLVD. (1950) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Billy Wilder, SUNSET BLVD. (1950) is the quintessential LA film noir –enshrined not only as a definitively dark encapsulation of the City of Angels, but also across the American Film Institute’s lists of the art form’s finest. It appeared on both lists of the greatest American films of...
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