September 5, 2026
ONE FROM THE HEART (1982) – AFI Movie Club
From AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Francis Ford Coppola, ONE FROM THE HEART (1982) is one-of-a-kind – a lush and candy-colored musical drama set in Las Vegas but shot nearly entirely on soundstages, a method that the legendary director employed to create a sense of artifice. Visually stunning and evocative of the stage productions that...
March 13, 2026
PRIVATE BENJAMIN – AFI Movie Club
Starring the effervescent Goldie Hawn as a sheltered socialite whose enlistment into the United States Army becomes a hilarious comedy of errors, PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980) was named by the American Film Institute among the funniest films of all time. The film’s production design was by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Robert Boyle. Visit the AFI Catalog...
February 15, 2025
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver in the first of her iconic performances as Ripley, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives....
March 11, 2023
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives. The film’s uncanny extraterrestrial antagonist was also counted by AFI among cinema’s most...
December 28, 2022
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) – AFI Movie Club
Chronicling the final days of Laura Palmer and the chain of events that launched the series, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) was co-written and directed by AFI Conservatory Alum David Lynch (Class of 1970). Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. HOW TO WATCH Where to...
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