May 18, 2022
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from author Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) follows World War I veteran Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins as he navigates 1940s Los Angeles – taking work as it comes to him, even when he finds him in over his head after investigating the disappearance of missing woman. The...
May 13, 2022
AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women Applications Open on May 20
We are thrilled to announce that this year's AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women (CIW) presented by Panavision will be held Friday, July 15 through Monday, July 18 on the AFI Campus located in Los Angeles. CIW is a tuition-free, four-day workshop designed for aspiring cinematographers committed to their journey toward a professional career as cinematographers,...
May 13, 2022
PARASITE (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE (2019) was honored with an AFI AWARDS Special Award, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “PARASITE embeds itself in the collective consciousness and proves the power of cinema to assert universal...
May 12, 2022
STAND AND DELIVER (1988) – AFI Movie Club
Based on the remarkable true story of an East Los Angeles math class that beat the odds to conquer the AP calculus exam, STAND AND DELIVER (1988) stars AFI Trustee Edward James Olmos as Garfield High School teacher Jaime Escalante – whose trials and triumphs in nurturing his students earned a place on AFI’s 100...
May 11, 2022
Siân Heder to Receive AFI’s 30th Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Apple AFI announced today that Academy Award® winner Siân Heder (AFI DWW Class of 2005), writer and director of CODA, this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner, will receive the 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, which will be presented at the upcoming AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Julie Andrews....
May 10, 2022
MARTY (1955) – AFI Movie Club
A tender drama about a lonely Bronx butcher looking for love, MARTY (1955) stars Ernest Borgnine in the title role and Betsy Blair as the schoolteacher with whom he forms an emotional connection – against the advisement of his family and friends. This gentle romance earned a place on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 PASSIONS, the American...
May 7, 2022
I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (1945) – AFI Movie Club
A classic romantic drama from directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (1945) is set on the windswept Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides – the stormy archipelago weather bringing together two souls who might otherwise never have found each other. A special presentation of the film marked the launch...
May 6, 2022
Bill Dill Named AFI Conservatory’s First-Ever Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling
This week, the AFI Conservatory named Bill Dill, ASC, the first-ever Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling. Dill has taught at the AFI Conservatory for over 20 years. During his tenure, he has served as Senior Lecturer and head of the AFI Conservatory Cinematography department. In his new role as the Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling,...
May 3, 2022
CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) – AFI Movie Club
The final feature from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Ray Harryhausen, CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) is an appropriately Olympian entry in the career of the legendary animator and special effects innovator. A masterpiece of stop-motion effects that include Medusa, Pegasus, the Kraken and more, the film also features Laurence Olivier (named by AFI among cinema’s...
April 21, 2022
THELMA & LOUISE (1991) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends on a weekend getaway that goes wrong, THELMA & LOUISE (1991) earned its place on three of the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest American films of all time – including a joint spot for the film’s two protagonists on AFI’s ranking of cinema’s greatest...
April 18, 2022
THE HURT LOCKER (2008) – AFI Movie Club
A taut thriller starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as bomb squad soldiers stationed in Iraq, THE HURT LOCKER (2008) was directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow – who also earned the distinction as the first woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also honored with an...
April 17, 2022
HARVEY (1950) – AFI Movie Club
The sweet story of a misunderstood man with an unlikely companion – an invisible rabbit friend that only he can see – HARVEY (1950) stars AFI Life Achievement Award recipient James Stewart, and was honored among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the funniest films of all time. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream HARVEY...
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