May 19, 2024
STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) – AFI Movie Club
Released 25 years ago today, STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) brought audiences back to “a galaxy far, far away” and reinvented the vaunted space saga for a new generation – demonstrating the same innovative spirit and creative spark that had first animated the beloved original film two decades prior. The story’s long-gestating and hotly...
March 31, 2023
MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring an iconic performance from Nicole Kidman – soon to be celebrated as the 49th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award - director Baz Luhrmann’s MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) 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,...
June 2, 2021
AFI Movie Club: BEGINNERS
A celebration of life brimming with wit and artistry, BEGINNERS is a semi-autobiographical story from director Mike Mills – whose father came out to his family at age 75 and lived his final years embracing the LGBTQ community and exploring his own identity as a gay man. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream BEGINNERS BEGINNERS - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE...
April 1, 2020
AFI Movie Club: MOULIN ROUGE!
“This story is about love.” Nominated for eight Oscars®, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Nicole Kidman, and an AFI AWARDS Movie of the Year honoree, MOULIN ROUGE! is a dazzling extravaganza – a kaleidoscope of melodrama, soap opera and opera – that reinvented the American musical genre. Tell us which musical performance is your…
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