September 1, 2026
JIM HENSON – AFI Catalog Spotlight
Jim Henson at an AFI seminar in 1986. Photo: AFI Archive. September 1, 2026 Jim Henson – AFI Catalog Spotlight When legendary filmmaker, producer and puppeteer Jim Henson visited the AFI Campus in 1986, he told AFI Conservatory Fellows, “One of the things that I like to do most is to explore what I haven’t...
August 4, 2026
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from Howard Ashman’s Broadway musical based on the 1960 film directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Roger Corman, Frank Oz’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986) features – in addition to its stunningly realized headliner, Audrey II – a murderer’s row of all-star talent that includes Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher...
May 4, 2026
STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) – AFI Movie Club
May the Fourth be with you! Concluding the epic trilogy of the galactic civil war introduced six years prior in 1977’s STAR WARS, this second sequel – and ostensible sixth episode – to the beloved space saga returned audiences to a “galaxy far, far away” for what seemed, at the time, like it might well...
March 17, 2026
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting a classic comedy starring Marlon Brando, David Niven and Shirley Jones, Frank Oz directs Michael Caine and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Steve Martin as rival con men on the French Riviera in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988). Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Where to stream DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Reelgood
November 24, 2025
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) – AFI Movie Club
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) features appearance by no fewer than three AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – Mel Brooks, Steve Martin and Orson Welles – along with a cavalcade of stars that include Milton Berle, James Coburn, Charles Durning, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas and Paul Williams. “Rainbow Connection” by...
May 4, 2025
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) – AFI Movie Club
May the Fourth be with you! Marking 45 years since it first hit theaters and expanded the “galaxy far, far away” introduced three years prior in 1977’s STAR WARS, this first sequel to the beloved space saga deepened the mystique of the story’s iconic and inscrutable avatar of evil – earning Sith Lord Darth Vader...
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...
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