November 4, 2020
AFI Movie Club: HAMILTON
Audiences at home could at long last feel as if they were in “the room where it happened,” when creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking and record-breaking Broadway blockbuster, HAMILTON, finally made its spectacular screen debut this past summer. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch HAMILTON Now HAMILTON – Reelgood Watch Debra Messing introduce the…
November 2, 2020
DID YOU KNOW? The AFI Catalog’s Newest Initiative Is Named After A Lost Film From 1928
In celebration of the centennial anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, the AFI Catalog has been rapidly expanding its stores of information regarding the foundational influence of female filmmaking in the silent era—and making it accessible for free at AFI.com. Behind the camera and in front, women were prolific contributors to the establishment of narrative cinema, but their names have…
November 2, 2020
AFI Movie Club: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY’s tyrannical Captain Bligh ranked #19 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains list of the greatest villains of all time. The film’s Fletcher Christian, played by Marlon Brando, was named by AFI as one of cinema’s most iconic screen legends. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch MUTINY ON THE…
November 1, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE FLORIDA PROJECT
THE FLORIDA PROJECT was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2017 as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. The film stars Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe and newcomer Brooklynn Prince and juxtaposes “the high-stakes struggles of adults and the untethered innocence of childhood.” Brooklynn Prince Click Here…
October 31, 2020
AFI Movie Club: HALLOWEEN
Watch Jamie Lee Curtis go “Behind the Scene” in today’s AFI exclusive video – Watch now HALLOWEEN is a pioneering prototype of the enduring slasher genre – establishing many of the tropes and conventions that course through even the most contemporary installments, while also building a distinct iconography all its own. One of the most…
October 30, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE SHINING
THE SHINING features the talents of Shelley Duvall and AFI Life Achievement Award winner Jack Nicholson and appears on three of the American Film Institute’s lists, including recognition of Nicholson’s terrifying Jack Torrance as one of the screen’s greatest villains. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch THE SHINING Now THE SHINING – Reelgood Watch Freida…
October 29, 2020
AFI Movie Club: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
It was more than a half century ago this week that director George A. Romero first unleashed an iconic, unholy terror upon an unsuspecting movie-going populace. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has shambled its way inexorably and pervasively onto the popular landscape – and is ranked #93 on AFI’s list of the most thrilling American films…
October 28, 2020
AFI Announces $5 Million Gift From the Perenchio Foundation to Support Diversity
AFI announced today that it has received a $5 million gift from the Perenchio Foundation, established to fulfill the charitable wishes of Andrew Jerrold “Jerry” Perenchio, who passed away in 2017. This transformational gift will fund the Perenchio Family Endowed Scholarship to support diverse voices at the AFI Conservatory, which was recently named the #1…
October 28, 2020
AFI Movie Club: PAN’S LABYRINTH
PAN’S LABYRINTH, directed by horror auteur Guillermo del Toro, is a tale of young Ofelia’s journey into a magical yet macabre underworld. The Academy Award®-winning film screened at AFI FEST 2006 presented by Audi. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch PAN’S LABYRINTH Now PAN’S LABYRINTH – Reelgood Watch Emilia Clarke announce the film:…
October 27, 2020
AFI Movie Club: CANDYMAN
Produced by AFI Conservatory alum Steve Golin (Class of 1981), CANDYMAN is 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. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch CANDYMAN Now CANDYMAN – Reelgood Watch this exclusive…
October 24, 2020
AFI Movie Club: A Tribute to Mira Nair
Watch the encore presentation of the Mira Nair Tribute at AFI FEST presented by Audi – Watch Now Today’s movie club pick isn’t a film, but a tribute to a fantastic filmmaker! With her directorial debut, SALAAM BOMBAY! (1988), Mira Nair won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and later went on to…
October 23, 2020
AFI FEST 2020 Presented by Audi Announces Award Winners
Thank you to everyone who joined us at this year's AFI FEST presented by Audi. With attendees from all 50 states and filmmakers and panelists from around the world, this was truly a global gathering of movie lovers. As the festival has wrapped and the votes are in, we are pleased to announce this year's...
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