May 17, 2024
THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) – AFI Movie Club
An explosive epic produced by “master of disaster” Irwin Allen and featuring an all-star ensemble that includes Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden (named by AFI among cinema’s greatest screen legends), Faye Dunaway and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Fred Astaire, THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) also featured the creative contribution of another AFI Life Achievement...
April 9, 2024
MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) – AFI Movie Club
A psychological drama starring one film icon as another – the great Faye Dunaway as the great Joan Crawford – MOMMIE DEAREST (1981) painted a cinematic portrait of emotional abuse, earning its subject a place among the American Film Institute’s greatest film villains of all time – with one line, in particular, also entering the...
December 27, 2023
BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Produced by and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Warren Beatty, BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) appears across a number of AFI’s lists, including the greatest American films of all time, as well as cinema’s greatest love stories, thrills, greatest villains and greatest movie quotes. It also features work by three AFI Honorary Degree recipients –...
August 25, 2023
NETWORK (1976) – AFI Movie Club
As timely now as when it was released, Peter Finch’s impassioned on-air breakdown as a fed-up news anchor in NETWORK (1976) earned a place among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the greatest film quotes of all time – with the film itself appearing on AFI's top 100 films 10th anniversary edition. Nominated for an Academy...
February 26, 2023
CHINATOWN (1975) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a script and production design by AFI Honorary Degree recipients Robert Towne and Richard Sylbert, respectively, as well as performances from two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – Jack Nicholson and John Huston – CHINATOWN (1974) appears across a number of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating the best of the art form. The...
February 8, 2022
AFI Movie Club: NETWORK
As timely now as when it was released in 1976, Peter Finch’s impassioned on-air breakdown as a fed-up news anchor in NETWORK (1976) earned a place among the American Film Institute’s ranking of the greatest film quotes of all time – with the film itself appearing on AFI’s original list of the greatest American film,...
April 19, 2021
AFI Movie Club: BONNIE AND CLYDE
Produced by and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Warren Beatty, BONNIE AND CLYDE appears across a number of AFI’s lists – including both its original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films of all time, as well as cinema’s greatest love stories, greatest villains and greatest movie quotes. It also features work...
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