November 17, 2025
FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster and AFI Honorary Degree recipient James Earl Jones, FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) was recognized by the American Film Institute as one of cinema’s most inspiring screen stories. Its unforgettable line – “if you build it, he will come” – was...
July 2, 2025
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) – AFI Movie Club
A pitch-black noir featuring stunning cinematography by the legendary James Wong Howe, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) stars Burt Lancaster – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time – as the unscrupulous J. J. Hunsecker, who was included on AFI’s list of the art form’s notable villains. Visit...
January 31, 2025
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest screen legends in the history of the art form, Burt Lancaster stars in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) opposite Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine – collectively realizing this wartime drama that earned recognition on AFI’s original list of...
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