August 19, 2026
MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring an iconic performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Nicole Kidman, director Baz Luhrmann’s MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “MOULIN ROUGE! is a kaleidoscope of melodrama, soap opera and...
August 18, 2026
AFI FEST Presented by Canva 2026 Festival Passes Now On Sale
BUY PASSES AFI FEST presented by Canva, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of the best in global cinema, announced that passes for the festival are on sale beginning today. The 40th edition of the film festival will take place October 21-25, 2026 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatres in the heart of Hollywood. The...
August 18, 2026
CHINATOWN (1975) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a script and production design by AFI Honorary Degree recipients Robert Towne and Richard Sylbert, respectively, as well as performances from two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – Jack Nicholson and John Huston – CHINATOWN (1974) appears across a number of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating the best of the art form. The...
August 17, 2026
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Gene Kelly – who was also named by AFI as one of cinema’s greatest screen legends – AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) appears across four of the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest American films of all time, including among the greatest love stories and musicals. Kelly’s bilingual...
August 16, 2026
DEATH PROOF (2007) – AFI Movie Club
Originally released theatrically as a “grindhouse” double-feature paired with Robert Rodriguez’s PLANET TERROR and additionally adorned with appropriately gritty fake trailers from directors Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright, Quentin Tarantino’s DEATH PROOF (2007) plays a loving valentine to the pared-down slasher films that served, in part, as the director’s own film education growing...
August 15, 2026
LES MISÉRABLES (2012) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting the musical phenomenon for the scope and scale of theatrical cinema, director Tom Hooper’s LES MISÉRABLES (2012) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “LES MISÉRABLES dreams a...
August 14, 2026
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute as one of cinema’s greatest screen heroes, James Bond was back in action in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) – the (double-O) seventh theatrical outing of the world’s most famous secret agent and Sean Connery’s return to the role with a license to kill after George Lazenby’s brief tenure as...
August 13, 2026
INSIDE OUT (2015) – AFI Movie Club
Enlisting the help of psychologists and other experts to serve consultants throughout the making of the film in order to ensure the scientifically accuracy of Riley’s mental functions, director Pete Docter’s INSIDE OUT (2015) was honored with and AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the...
August 12, 2026
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (1956) – AFI Movie Club
The sole feature credit from producer Michael Todd, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (1956) earned the theatre impresario an Academy Award for Best Picture – with the film also taking home Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Score. A lavish spectacle adapted from the classic novel by...
August 11, 2026
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) – AFI Movie Club
Two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees were part of the creative team that brought the continuing story of Wyatt Earp to the screen in MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) – including both director John Ford and star Henry Fonda. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about MY DARLING CLEMENTINE. Where to stream MY DARLING CLEMENTINE MY DARLING...
August 10, 2026
CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Based on the book by Kevin Kwan and featuring an iconic performance from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Michelle Yeoh, CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018) is an opulent delight from director Jon M. Chu – exploring the friction an Asian American woman faces when she travels to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family in Singapore. AFI Directing Workshop...
August 9, 2026
HOOK (1991) – AFI Movie Club
Ambitious and magical on a scale worthy of the source material that served as its inspiration, HOOK (1991) features the artistic contributions of three AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Steven Spielberg, composer John Williams and, as the villainous pirate from whom the film derives its title, Dustin Hoffman. Produced by AFI Board of...
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