June 15, 2022
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) – AFI Movie Club
Watch the encore presentation of THE 48TH AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO JULIE ANDREWS on Friday, July 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TCM. Starring the incomparable Julie Andrews is one of her most iconic roles – and, indeed, one of the most iconic roles across the art form itself! – THE SOUND...
June 14, 2022
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...
June 13, 2022
COOL HAND LUKE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” Starring screen legend Paul Newman in one of his most iconic roles, COOL HAND LUKE (1967) appears across several of the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time, including cinema’s most inspiring entries into the canon. Defiant in the face of authority of...
June 12, 2022
AFI Announces 2022 Recipient of the Screen Australia-AAA-Onbass Fellowship
Congratulations to Julia Corcoran, the 2022 recipient of the Screen Australia-AAA-Onbass Fellowship, a full tuition scholarship to the AFI Conservatory. Julia is an emerging film and television producer from Sydney, Australia, and will enter the Master of Fine Arts producing program at AFI in the fall as part of the Class of 2024. The Screen...
June 12, 2022
Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center Dedication Ceremony Brings Out AFI Community
Above: Deniese Davis, Unjoo Moon & Marshall Herskovitz, Lawrence Herbert, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale, Alessandro Uzielli, AFI Conservatory Dean & AFI EVP Susan Ruskin. On June 11, the AFI community celebrated the newly built AFI Conservatory Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center (LHAC), a dedicated space on the AFI Campus for Alumni to gather for...
June 12, 2022
DICK TRACY (1990) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from the iconic comic strip by Chester Gould, DICK TRACY (1990) brought the four-panel crimefighter to the big screen in a candy-colored confection that stands as one of the genre’s great achievements in art direction – and for which the film earned an Academy Award®, along with statues for Best Makeup and Best Original...
June 11, 2022
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) – AFI Movie Club
A landmark of the science-fiction genre and a towering artistic achievement that traces humanity’s evolution from its humblest beginnings to its transcendence of corporeal form, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) earned acknowledgement across six of the American Film Institute’s lists recognizing the art form’s most essential works. Named by AFI as the #1 science-fiction film and...
June 10, 2022
FRIDA (2002) – AFI Movie Club
FRIDA (2002) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2002, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “FRIDA is a movie about art that is a work of art in itself. The film’s unique visual language takes us into...
June 9, 2022
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sidney Poitier and appearing on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest movies of all time, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) is counted as one the art form’s most inspiring narratives, with Poitier’s Virgil Tibbs included among AFI’s greatest screen heroes, one whose defiant declaration –...
June 8, 2022
THE GODFATHER (1972) – AFI Movie Club
Secure in the pantheon of the greatest American films of all time, THE GODFATHER (1972) earned its place across five of the American Film Institute’s lists – first appearing at #3 on the original list of cinema’s greatest screen stories and moving into the #2 slot for the 10th anniversary edition. The iconic family saga...
June 7, 2022
KING KONG (1933) – AFI Movie Club
The Eighth Wonder of the World and a groundbreaking work with impact that still reverberates across the art form today, KING KONG (1933) has an appropriately massive footprint across the American Film Institute’s lists of cinema milestones. First appearing on AFI’s original list of the greatest films of all time – and then again on...
June 6, 2022
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...
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