April 24, 2024
SERPICO (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Sidney Lumet based on the true story of a New York cop who stood up to corruption, SERPICO (1973) features an iconic and Academy Award®-nominated performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Al Pacino, and was edited by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Dede Allen. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SERPICO....
April 23, 2024
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999) – AFI Movie Club
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola was honored at AFI FEST 2020 for a powerful and poignant body of work that began with THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), starring Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, and Kathleen Turner. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. Have Get The Picture delivered to your...
April 18, 2024
Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon Among Presenters at AFI’s Tribute to Nicole Kidman
Today, AFI announced that Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon will be among the presenters at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute in honor of Nicole Kidman, with Streep – recipient of the 32nd AFI Life Achievement Award – presenting the highest award for a career in film to Kidman. “Nicole...
April 17, 2024
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1981) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from the 1969 post-modern novel by English author John Fowles, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1981) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep – and earned the beloved icon an Academy Award® nomination for her dual portrait of the titular character in a period drama and the actress playing her in a filmed adaptation...
April 15, 2024
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Pairing Richard Gere and Debra Winger in a romantic drama from director Taylor Hackford, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982) was lifted up to three of the American Film Institute’s iconic lists celebrating excellence in the art form – including among the greatest love stories and the most inspiring, as well as the most memorable...
April 14, 2024
ARGO (2012) – AFI Movie Club
Starring and directed by Ben Affleck and produced by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Clooney, ARGO (2012) was honored in the year of its release with a 2012 AFI AWARD, recognizing it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “ARGO cracks the code between fiction and truth –...
April 13, 2024
THE GUNFIGHTER (1950) – AFI Movie Club
The story of an aging gunman once reputed to be the fastest draw in the Southwest, THE GUNFIGHTER (1950) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Gregory Peck as the titular “Jimmie Ringo” – now a man just trying to avoid confrontation and death. In addition to being named one of the greatest legends of the...
April 11, 2024
AFI DWW+ 2024 Showcase Launches Next Generation of Directors and Celebrates Program’s 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee
On April 10, AFI celebrated the AFI DWW+ Class of 2024 directors – Vanessa Beletic, Chloë de Carvalho, Desdemona Chiang, Naomi Iwamoto, Huriyyah Muhammad, Joanne Mony Park, Kerry O’Neill and Roxy Toporowych – to a sold-out house at its annual AFI DWW+ showcase at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Los Angeles. Launched in...
April 11, 2024
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute as one of the most enduring screen legends of cinema’s past, the incomparable Audrey Hepburn was arguably at her most iconic in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) – a film that AFI ranked among the art form’s great love stories and also recognized for having one of cinema’s great songs,...
April 10, 2024
The American Film Institute Announces AFI AWARDS 2024 Date
Today, the American Film Institute announced that the AFI AWARDS 2024 honorees-only event will take place on Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Celebrating the collaborative nature of film and television, AFI AWARDS is the only national program that honors creative teams as a whole, recognizing those...
April 9, 2024
MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) – AFI Movie Club
A psychological drama starring one film icon as another – the great Faye Dunaway as the great Joan Crawford – MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) painted a cinematic portrait of emotional abuse, earning its subject a place among the American Film Institute’s greatest film villains of all time – with one line, in particular, also entering the...
April 8, 2024
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006) follows an eccentric family who take an epic cross-country road trip in support of their daughter’s beauty pageant dreams. Starring Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell and Paul Dano, the film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2006 and, according to...
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