March 13, 2025
THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) – AFI Movie Club
Based on a bestseller by Tom Wolfe about real-life test pilots and astronauts, THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) was named by the American Film Institute among the most inspiring films of all time – and was shot by AFI Alum Caleb Deschanel (AFI Class of 1969), recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal for embodying...
February 28, 2025
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted by David Mamet from his own Pulitzer Prize winning play, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) features a powerhouse ensemble of some of the art form’s most esteemed actors, including Jack Lemmon and Al Pacino – both recipients of the highest honor for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award. Visit the AFI Catalog...
July 26, 2024
APOLLO 13 (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring one of the defining performances from beloved icon – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – Tom Hanks, director Ron Howard’s APOLLO 13 (1995) also appears on two of the American Film Institute’s lists recognizing excellence in the art form, with AFI naming it among cinema’s greatest inspirational narratives and its most famous line...
August 29, 2023
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) was honored with an 2001 AFI AWARD, 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, “A BEAUTIFUL MIND is one of the few films ever to suggest...
July 30, 2023
THE ROCK (1996) – AFI Movie Club
Pairing Nicolas Cage and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery as an unlikely heroic duo, director Michael Bay’s THE ROCK (1996) ignites the screen with an action spectacle set against the beautiful backdrop of the San Francisco Bay and its most infamous prison. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE ROCK. Have...
April 24, 2023
THE HOURS (2002) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring stunning performances from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman – soon to be the 49th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award – director Stephen Daldry’s THE HOURS (2002) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion...
July 7, 2022
SNOWPIERCER (2013) – AFI Movie Club
Set on a train trapped in perpetual motion to keep the remaining vestiges of humanity alive after global warming reduces the planet to an uninhabitable icy wasteland, director Bong Joon-ho’s SNOWPIERCER (2013) features an international all-star cast that includes Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Ko Asung and AFI Trustee Octavia Spencer. HOW...
July 3, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE RIGHT STUFF
THE RIGHT STUFF is ranked #19 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Cheers list of the most inspiring films of all time. Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel is an alum of the first class of the AFI Conservatory. THE RIGHT STUFF marked his first Academy Award® nomination. Watch Zooey Deschanel announce THE RIGHT STUFF: Movie Trivia about THE RIGHT STUFF –DID YOU…
March 31, 2020
A Message from Bob Gazzale
AFI Family and Friends – At this moment in our history, we’re inspired by the line that Ed Harris delivers in APOLLO 13 – “Let’s work the problem, people …” Join us in this spirit – and in a common goal to live in a world of art above anxiety. This is the core of…
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