September 3, 2026
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) – AFI Movie Club
“This is your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Helmed by director Brad Bird and once again positioning Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his crack team of IMF agents as the last bastion of defense against the forces that would corrupt and crumble the free world, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) features stunning...
July 24, 2026
AMERICAN HUSTLE (2013) – AFI Movie Club
From director David O. Russell, AMERICAN HUSTLE (2013) was honored with a 2013 AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “AMERICAN HUSTLE is eight-track entertainment from the feet up – exposing the question, 'What is façade...
April 12, 2026
ARRIVAL (2016) – AFI Movie Club
ARRIVAL was recognized with a 2016 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “ARRIVAL signals cinema’s unique ability to bend time, space and the mind. Denis Villeneuve’s cerebral celebration of communication — fueled by Eric Heisserer’s monumental script – is grounded in unstoppable emotion. As...
May 26, 2025
THE HURT LOCKER (2009) – AFI Movie Club
A taut thriller starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as bomb squad soldiers stationed in Iraq, THE HURT LOCKER (2009) was directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow – who also earned the distinction as the first woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also honored with an...
April 18, 2022
THE HURT LOCKER (2008) – AFI Movie Club
A taut thriller starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie as bomb squad soldiers stationed in Iraq, THE HURT LOCKER (2008) was directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow – who also earned the distinction as the first woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also honored with an...
April 13, 2020
AFI Movie Club: ARRIVAL
ARRIVAL was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2016 – 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. Watch Emma Roberts announce the film: Movie Trivia about ARRIVAL –DID YOU KNOW ARRIVAL is based on…
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