
March 16, 2022
tick, tick… BOOM! (2021) – AFI Movie Club
"tick, tick… BOOM! earns its exclamation point – an explosive testament to the driving powers of inspiration, aspiration and determination. Lin-Manuel Miranda soars to new heights with this enduring valentine to Jonathan Larson by exploring not just what it means to write, to direct, to produce…but to create. This high-energy, high-drama musical is driven forward...

January 27, 2022
AFI Movie Club: LOVE, SIMON
Directed by Greg Berlanti, LOVE, SIMON (2018) marked a cinematic milestone as the first mainstream teen romantic comedy to feature a gay protagonist released by a major American studio. This groundbreaking release features cinematography by AFI Alum John Guleserian (AFI Class of 2005). Close Close Close HOW TO WATCH Where to stream LOVE, SIMON LOVE,...

November 10, 2021
AFI Movie Club: tick, tick…BOOM!
Adapted from the autobiographical stage production by “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson, tick, tick...BOOM! (2021) marks the feature directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film premiered at AFI FEST 2021. Jon is a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great...

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