January 16, 2026
SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) – AFI Movie Club
A magnificently ambitious and ebullient realization of comic book style, aesthetic and dynamics on the big screen, director Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) leavened its colorful action with the human concerns of its central characters – deepening the dysfunction between Tobey Maguire’s hapless, luckless Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson. The film was...
December 15, 2023
FRIDA (2002) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Julie Taymor, co-written by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Discipline Head Anna Thomas and starring Salma Hayek in the title role, FRIDA was honored with a 2002 AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “FRIDA is a...
April 8, 2023
MAGNOLIA (1999) – AFI Movie Club
A tangled dramatic web presented in a poetic atmosphere by writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson, MAGNOLIA (1999) features cinematography by AFI Alum Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977). Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about MAGNOLIA. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every day. SIGN UP TO GET THE PICTURE Where...
July 10, 2022
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) – AFI Movie Club
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) appears on both of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all time – the original list as well as the 10th anniversary edition. It ranks #10 among the most heart-pounding screen adventures – and Indiana Jones himself was named by AFI as the second greatest screen hero...
March 6, 2022
FRIDA (2002) – AFI Movie Club Rewind
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on September 18, 2020. FRIDA was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2002 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. The film was...
July 11, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: FRIDA
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on September 18, 2020. FRIDA was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2002 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. The film was...
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