May 28, 2025
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) – AFI Movie Club
Ranked by the American Film Institute at #4 among cinema’s greatest love stories of all time, ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) features the iconic and incomparable romantic pairing of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck – both named by AFI among the art form’s greatest screen legends. In addition, Peck served as AFI’s founding chair in 1967 and...
May 26, 2025
THE HURT LOCKER (2009) – AFI Movie Club
A taut thriller starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as bomb squad soldiers stationed in Iraq, THE HURT LOCKER (2009) was directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow – who also earned the distinction as the first woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also honored with an...
May 25, 2025
RUMBLE FISH (1983) – AFI Movie Club
Filmed back-to-back with THE OUSTIDERS – another adaptation of an S.E. Hinton novel – RUMBLE FISH (1983) stars Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke as two brothers with radically different dreams and aspirations. Shot in black and white and heavily influenced by German Expressionism and French New Wave, the film was co-written, directed and executive produced...
May 24, 2025
THE NAMESAKE (2007) – AFI Movie Club
THE NAMESAKE (2007), which follows a young Indian American (Kal Penn) caught between his family roots in Calcutta and life in America, is directed by the acclaimed Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair and shot by AFI Conservatory alum – and Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient – Frederick Elmes (AFI Class of 1972). Visit the...
May 22, 2025
OUT OF AFRICA (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Marking the iconic pairing of Robert Redford and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep, director Sydney Pollack’s OUT OF AFRICA (1985) is a sweeping romance set against the backdrop of 1913 British East Africa – and was named by the American Film Institute among cinema’s great love stories, with the unforgettable score by John...
May 20, 2025
AFI Conservatory Presents Exclusive Three-day Seminar Series Exploring Storytelling and AI
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that it is presenting "Framing the Future," an exclusive three-day seminar series from May 19–21, 2025, that will explore storytelling and AI. The series is designed for AFI Conservatory Fellows, Faculty, and Staff, and will take place on the AFI Campus. "Framing the Future" will feature visionary leaders...
May 16, 2025
AFI Announces an Impressive Line-Up of Industry Leaders as Mentors for Their Annual Writers’ Room Ready Program
Program Pairs Rising Screenwriters with Top Television Creatives Lucia Aniello, Regina Corrado, Paul W. Downs, Coco Francini, Liz Hannah, Jen Statsky and Matthew Weiner The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the mentors for the 2025 Writers’ Room Ready program, which recognizes outstanding original television pilot scripts written by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. This year's...
May 15, 2025
INHERIT THE WIND (1960) – AFI Movie Club
A brilliant and riveting courtroom drama that fictionalizes America’s infamous “Scopes Monkey Trial” to shine a stark light on ideological frictions in American discourse and culture, director Stanley Kramer’s INHERIT THE WIND (1960) features an iconic starring performance from the legendary Spencer Tracy – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends...
May 13, 2025
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) – AFI Movie Club
A colorful and atmospheric entry into his iconic cycle of films adapting the work of Edgar Allan Poe, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) was shot in lush and vivid hues appropriate to its title by Nicolas Roeg, and was written, directed and produced by the legendary Roger Corman – whose contributions to the...
May 11, 2025
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) – AFI Movie Club
Written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks – who serves as Artistic Director for the AFI Conservatory – TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) explores among things the complicated relationship between a mother and daughter across the years, brought to life with humor and humanity by Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. The acclaimed film features a...
May 10, 2025
THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962) – AFI Movie Club
No, today’s image isn’t out of focus, a curatorial mistake by the Get the Picture staff or a bug in the game itself; it’s from Arthur Penn’s THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962), which tells the remarkable true story of Helen Keller – born deaf and blind, but through her extraordinary tenacity and that of her teacher,...
May 9, 2025
QUEEN & SLIM (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith and written by Lena Waithe from a story by Waithe and James Frey, QUEEN & SLIM (2019) is a consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence – one which also marked the feature debut from director Melina Matsoukas, a...
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