January 27, 2026
MILK (2008) – AFI Movie Club
An empathetic and emphatic call to action still relevant today, director Gus Van Sant’s MILK (2008) celebrates the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. The film was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion...
August 19, 2025
TO DIE FOR (1995) – AFI Movie Club
A pitch-black satire from director Gus Van Sant and writer Buck Henry, TO DIE FOR (1995) features Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Casey Affleck, Dan Hedaya, Illeana Douglas and Wayne Knight – all brilliantly aglow in the supernova light of a stone-cold iconic, ice-cold terrifying performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Nicole Kidman. Visit the...
November 19, 2022
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – AFI Movie Club
An independent masterpiece from director and New Queer Cinema icon Gus Van Sant, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves – was a breakthrough feature for LGBTQ stories in mainstream culture. Van Sant has shared his unique and thoughtful cinematic sensibilities with the next generation of storytellers through in-depth seminars...
October 10, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: MILK
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on June 10, 2020. MILK (2008) celebrates the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2008, recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally...
October 1, 2021
AFI Movie Club: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
An independent masterpiece from director and New Queer Cinema icon Gus Van Sant, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves – was a breakthrough feature for LGBTQ stories in mainstream culture. Van Sant has shared his unique and thoughtful cinematic sensibilities with the next generation of storytellers through in-depth seminars...
June 10, 2020
AFI Movie Club: MILK
MILK celebrates the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2008, recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. …
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