February 17, 2025
LINCOLN (2012) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Steven Spielberg (who co-produced alongside AFI Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Kennedy) and featuring a score from honoree John Williams, LINCOLN (2012) was shot by AFI Alum Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987). The film earned an AFI AWARD in 2012, recognizing it as one of the year’s...
June 28, 2024
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (2005) – AFI Movie Club
Directed, co-written and produced by star – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – George Clooney, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (2005) features stunning black and white cinematography by AFI Alum Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977). The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2005, recognizing it as one of the year’s most...
May 14, 2023
SNEAKERS (1992) – AFI Movie Club
From director Phil Alden Robinson, SNEAKERS (1992) features an all-star cast that includes Robert Redford, AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, David Strathairn and Dan Aykroyd as “Mother.” Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SNEAKERS. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every day. SIGN...
March 24, 2023
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) – AFI Movie Club
From visionary director Guillermo del Toro, NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “NIGHTMARE ALLEY leads us down a path paved by American classics and emerges anew as a modern miracle. Guillermo...
August 16, 2022
NOMADLAND (2020) – AFI Movie Club
NOMADLAND (2020) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, the film “looks to the horizon of an unseen America. Chloé Zhao’s richly rendered portrait of one woman’s life journey is a meditation on transience –...
July 1, 2022
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) – AFI Catalog Spotlight
Released 30 years ago this month, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN was a box office sensation, becoming Columbia Pictures’ highest-grossing non-sequel opener to date and bringing international attention to the little-known All-American Girls Pro Baseball League (AAGPBL) which was established during World War II to entertain the public while male players were away at war....
February 11, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AFI AWARDS Honoree NOMADLAND
"NOMADLAND looks to the horizon of an unseen America. Chloé Zhao’s richly rendered portrait of one woman’s life journey is a meditation on transience – exploring the natural need to be a neighbor alongside the freedom of isolation offered by the sweeping majesty of nature. The story’s soul is embodied by the incomparable Frances McDormand,...
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