July 1, 2023
What to Watch: July 2023 | AFI Alumni Projects
Wondering what to watch this July? We've got a list of projects by AFI Conservatory Alumni for you to check out! 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...
July 1, 2023
BOOKSMART (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Olivia Wilde and produced by AFI Alum Jillian Longnecker (AFI Class of 2002), BOOKSMART (2019) is a teen comedy about two high school overachievers who break from the mold on one last, fateful night before graduation. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about BOOKSMART. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox...
June 30, 2023
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES – AFI Catalog Spotlight
In honor of Disability Pride Month, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), the first film in which a person with a visible physical disability, World War II veteran Harold Russell, was honored with an unprecedented two Academy Awards® for the same role, Best Supporting Actor and an...
June 30, 2023
Fourth of July Movie Guide: American Landscapes Onscreen
To mark the Fourth of July holiday, AFI is celebrating the urban and rural iconography representing the vast diversity of landscapes across the United States. We recognize the natural beauty and rich cultural heritage from sea to shining sea, captured in the following powerful films that have been named to our AFI lists, honored with...
June 28, 2023
MACBETH (1948) – AFI Movie Club
A stark cinematic rendering of one of the immortal Bard’s most enduring masterworks, MACBETH (1948) bubbles and burns with rich, literate atmosphere by one of the art form’s modern masters, director and star Orson Welles – recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his own inarguable contributions to our global cultural heritage....
June 27, 2023
AFI and Canva Partner to Empower Rising Filmmakers with Scholarship Initiative at AFI Conservatory
Today, AFI announced the launch of a multifaceted partnership with Canva to empower rising filmmakers and improve access to the tools and skills necessary to realize their creative visions. Starting this year, as part of the new endeavor, Canva will establish The Canva Fellowship at the AFI Conservatory which provides scholarships for six AFI Fellows...
June 25, 2023
THE IMITATION GAME (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a complex and layered performance from Benedict Cumberbatch, THE IMITATION GAME (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2014 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE IMITATION GAME reveals a new piece in the puzzle of the Allied victory...
June 22, 2023
HEIDI (1937) – AFI Movie Club
An oft-adapted story from the beloved novel of the same name by Johanna Spyri, HEIDI (1937) tells the tale of a quintessentially good-natured young orphan sent to live in the Swiss alps with her reclusive grandfather. The classic character is brought to life by the incomparable Shirley Temple – named by the American Film Institute...
June 21, 2023
AFI Announces the Participants for the 2023 AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women
Today, AFI announced the participants for the 2023 edition of the AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women (CIW) presented by Panavision. The four-day intensive, spearheaded by AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill, ASC, will begin Thursday, June 22 on the AFI Campus in Los Angeles and continue through Sunday, June 25. The CIW participants come...
June 20, 2023
GIGI (1958) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by the great Vincente Minnelli, GIGI (1958) was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest filmed love stories of all time – with Maurice Chevalier’s wistful “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” also appearing on AFI’s list of the most memorable movie music. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about GIGI. Have...
June 18, 2023
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring nuanced and heartbreaking performances from AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) explores the fallout from the dissolution of a marriage – including its lasting effects on all parties involved, especially where concerned with the care and custody of the couple’s young child. Visit the AFI Catalog...
June 15, 2023
From the AFI Archive: GREASE in American Film Magazine
By Marjorie Rosen (American Film Magazine, February 1978) I know that the world is currently having a love affair with the fifties, that everyone is dancing to fifties' tunes and watching fifties-type shows on television ("Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley"). And since the catalyst for this nostalgia explosion, the Broadway musical Grease, is about to...
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