September 18, 2023
World Premiere of MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY to Screen at AFI FEST
BUY AFI FEST FILM FESTIVAL PASSES We're thrilled to announce that the World Premiere of MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY has been selected as the Centerpiece Screening for AFI FEST 2023. The Amazon Studios and Bekele Films documentary, which is a tender, intimate portrait of the writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head and media mogul,...
September 8, 2023
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s novel, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) stars the legendary and beloved Gene Wilder – who participated in the AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Mel Brooks and whose work is featured across several of AFI’s lists celebrating excellence in American cinema. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about...
September 7, 2023
Bradley Cooper’s MAESTRO to Close AFI FEST 2023
BUY AFI FEST FILM FESTIVAL PASSES Today, AFI announced that Bradley Cooper’s MAESTRO will close AFI FEST 2023. MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, MAESTRO at its core is an...
September 6, 2023
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (1966) – AFI Movie Club
Appearing on the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films and cinema’s greatest love stories, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF? (1966) features the talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – legendary star Elizabeth Taylor and director Mike Nichols making his feature film debut – as well as AFI Honorary Degree recipients Haskell...
September 5, 2023
World Premiere of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND to Open AFI FEST 2023
BUY AFI FEST FILM FESTIVAL PASSES We're excited to announce that the World Premiere of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, written and directed by AFI Conservatory Alum Sam Esmail (AFI Class of 2004), will open the 37th edition of AFI FEST. Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, the highly anticipated...
September 3, 2023
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Appearing on the American Film Institute’s anniversary list of the greatest American films of all time, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) was also recognized in the year of its release with a 2001 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official...
September 1, 2023
What to Watch: September 2023 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory. About AFI: Ranked the #1 film school in the nation, the AFI Conservatory has over 50 years of history training filmmakers who have gone on to create award-winning and critically acclaimed films and television shows....
August 31, 2023
Inspiring and Beloved Teachers in Film Guide
It’s September and the school year is in full swing! Join us in celebrating a selection of inspiring educators, coaches and mentors featured in films from AFI’s Top 100 lists, AFI AWARDS or AFI Movie Club. AKEELAH AND THE BEE – Dr. Joshua Larabee AKEELAH AND THE BEE (2006) co-stars Laurence Fishburne as prickly English...
August 31, 2023
AFI Spotlight on BLUE BEETLE Screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Ushering in a new age of DC superheroes, BLUE BEETLE, arrived in theaters August 18, having miraculously survived the film industry shutdown during COVID, two studio sales and now two strikes. Featuring DC's first-ever live-action Latino superhero, the film was adapted from the original comics by AFI Alum Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (AFI Class of 2013) and...
August 31, 2023
THE BIG CHILL’s 40th Anniversary – AFI Catalog Spotlight
This September, in the remaining summer heat, the AFI Catalog cools down by spotlighting THE BIG CHILL, which was released 40 years ago this month. Included on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 SONGS list for its use of The Temptations’ version of “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” THE BIG CHILL achieved vast success at the box office...
August 30, 2023
CANDYMAN (1992) – AFI Movie Club
A psychological slasher film that explores terrifying outcomes of America’s systemic racism that will leave you questioning the bad taste in your mouth and forever fearing honeybees, CANDYMAN (1992) was produced by AFI Alum Steve Golin (Class of 1981) – who was also the recipient of AFI’s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, which recognizes the...
August 26, 2023
CAT PEOPLE (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Natassja Kinski and Malcom McDowell in a psychosexual tale of intimacy and horror, CAT PEOPLE (1982) is a lush re-imagining of director Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 classic brought to the screen by AFI Alum – and Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient – Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). Schrader was also a recipient of...
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