October 1, 2024
What to Watch: October 2024 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory film school. THE 4:30 MOVIE –Yaron Levy (AFI Class of 2000), Cinematographer Where to watch: premiering on Electronic Sell-Through starting on October 1, which will be followed by a 4K, Blu-ray, and VOD release on...
September 26, 2024
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Josef Von Sternberg and starring Anna May Wong, Clive Brook and the luminous Marlene Dietrich – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time – SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1932) charts a fraught journey by train during the Chinese Civil War. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SHANGHAI...
September 25, 2024
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) – AFI Movie Club
A chilling modern masterpiece from the Coen brothers, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) was honored in the year of its release 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 rationale, “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN breathes new...
September 20, 2024
HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016) – AFI Movie Club
Updating the quintessential American genre for the modern era, director Taylor Sheridan’s HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016) 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 rationale, “HELL OR HIGH WATER holds up the classic American western...
September 19, 2024
Hugh Grant’s HERETIC, Angelina Jolie’s MARIA and More Added to AFI FEST 2024 Lineup
BUY PASSES AFI is thrilled to share that HERETIC and MARIA will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI FEST presented by Canva! The HERETIC Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the MARIA Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres...
September 19, 2024
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) – AFI Movie Club
A cautionary tale about man’s inhumanity and hubris – as relevant today as when it was released nearly three-quarters of a century ago – THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) earned recognition on three of the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time, including among cinema’s greatest cheers and thrills,...
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 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 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...
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