July 30, 2026
NOPE (2022) – AFI Movie Club
Another ambitious modern masterpiece from director Jordan Peele, NOPE (2022) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2022, 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, “NOPE affirms Jordan Peele’s place as a modern master. From the indelible images...
January 17, 2026
WIDOWS (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring an all-star cast on a mission fueled by righteous rage led by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Viola Davis, Liam Neeson Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and Elizabeth Debicki, director Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS is based on a British series of the same name and adapted for the big screen by McQueen and author Gillian Flynn –...
November 1, 2025
GET OUT (2017) – AFI Movie Club
Both a psychological thriller and a deft social satire on racism in America, director Jordan Peele’s GET OUT (2017) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2017, 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. According to the...
May 9, 2025
QUEEN & SLIM (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith and written by Lena Waithe from a story by Waithe and James Frey, QUEEN & SLIM (2019) is a consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence – one which also marked the feature debut from director Melina Matsoukas, a...
February 23, 2025
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) – AFI Movie Club
Expanding the mind-bendingly colorful world of its predecessor with expansive ideas that reshape audience conceptions of what a superhero movie can be, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2023, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the...
February 23, 2023
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Shaka King from the heartbreaking true story, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) was recognized with a 2020 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH raises a fist for change. Capturing the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s that...
February 13, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AFI AWARDS Honoree JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
"JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH raises a fist for change. Capturing the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s that echoes into our modern moment, Shaka King’s timely tragedy burns with righteous rage and Shakespearean turns on power and betrayal. Towering performances by Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield as FBI...
August 27, 2020
AFI Movie Club: GET OUT
Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed GET OUT is both a psychological thriller and a deft social satire on racism in America. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2017, 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...
June 5, 2020
AFI Movie Club: BLACK PANTHER
BLACK PANTHER “shatters and reshapes cultural mythology.” Ryan Coogler’s super-heroic vision was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2018 – 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. Movie Trivia about BLACK PANTHER -DID YOU KNOW that BLACK PANTHER…
November 12, 2019
AFI FEST Interview: QUEEN & SLIM’s Lead Actor Daniel Kaluuya
QUEEN & SLIM is the Opening Night film at AFI FEST on Thursday, November 14 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. QUEEN & SLIM is the powerful feature directorial debut of AFI alum Melina Matsoukas from a provocative and poetic script written by Lena Waithe. The film starts on a cold night in the…
August 28, 2019
QUEEN & SLIM World Premiere To Open AFI FEST 2019
AFI Alumna Melina Matsoukas’s Feature Film Directorial Debut to Launch 33rd Edition of Festival on Thursday, November 14 The 33rd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the world premiere of Makeready and Universal Pictures’ QUEEN & SLIM. Directed by two-time Grammy® winner Melina Matsoukas (AFI Class of 2005) and written by...
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