September 15, 2024
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Julie Andrews in one of her most iconic roles – and, indeed, one of the most iconic roles across the art form itself! – THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) earned its place across six of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating film’s finest – first appearing on the original...
September 14, 2024
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Quentin Tarantino and photographed by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979), ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2019, naming it among the most outstanding achievements of the year. According to the official rationale, “ONCE...
September 13, 2024
COOL HAND LUKE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
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 any kind, Newman’s Luke Jackson ranked among the...
September 12, 2024
World Premiere of Clint Eastwood’s New Film JUROR #2 to Close AFI FEST Presented by Canva
BUY PASSES AFI announced today that the World Premiere of Clint Eastwood’s JUROR #2 will close this year's AFI FEST on October 27 at the TCL Chinese Theatre! The Warner Bros. Pictures film stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch, Cedric Yarbrough, Leslie Bibb, Kiefer Sutherland, Amy Aquino, Francesca...
September 12, 2024
TICK, TICK…BOOM! (2021) – AFI Movie Club
The feature directorial debut of muti-hyphenate generational talent Lin-Manuel Miranda, TICK, TICK… BOOM! (2021) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2021, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “TICK, TICK… BOOM! earns its exclamation point – an explosive testament to...
September 11, 2024
THE GRADUATE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman – both recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film – THE GRADUATE (1967) earned recognition across several of AFI’s Top 100 lists. Among its well-deserved accolades, it appeared on both lists of the greatest American films of all time...
September 10, 2024
NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by Dan Gilroy (with editing by his brother, John Gilroy) and featuring lurid cinematography from AFI Alum Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977), NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) 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...
September 9, 2024
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) – AFI Movie Club
Brought to life by an all-star cast that includes Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains and the inarguable Errol Flynn as perhaps the definitive screen incarnation of the iconic hero, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) has been celebrated across the American Film Institute’s lists – included among cinema’s greatest film scores, greatest thrills...
September 8, 2024
JFK (1991) – AFI Movie Club
A historical epic directed by Oliver Stone under the guise of a taut political thriller, JFK (1991) features in its expansive ensemble a performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Jack Lemmon, as well as a score from fellow honoree John Williams and cinematography by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979). Visit the...
September 7, 2024
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by John Sturges from a story by Howard Breslin that originally appeared in The American Magazine, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) features Spencer Tracy as a laconic, one-armed stranger who comes to the isolated town of Black Rock seeking the father of a Japanese man with whom he’d served in combat – but...
September 6, 2024
THE PRODUCERS (1967) – AFI Movie Club
After a career that already included such comedy classics as YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS, THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN and GET SMART, AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Mel Brooks made his feature directorial debut in 1967 with THE PRODUCERS – which was subsequently named by the American Film Institute among the greatest filmed comedies of...
September 5, 2024
World Premiere of WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL to Debut at AFI FEST presented by Canva
BUY PASSES Join us at AFI FEST presented by Canva for the World Premiere of WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL! Aardman's four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham return with a brand new epic adventure, WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL. In this next installment, Gromit’s concern that Wallace...
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