October 31, 2025
HALLOWEEN (1978) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring AFI Honorary Degree recipient Jamie Lee Curtis in her breakout performance, HALLOWEEN (1978) is director John Carpenter’s pioneering prototype of the enduring slasher genre – establishing many of the tropes and conventions that course through even the most contemporary installments, while also building a distinct iconography all its own. One of the most heart-pounding...
October 29, 2024
THE THING (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by legendary horror icon John Carpenter and named one of the greatest thrills in the history of the art form, THE THING (1982) was included among the inarguable programming that made up AFI’s NIGHT AT THE MOVIES in 2013 – a veritable fireworks display of great American films, each presented by an artist responsible...
August 10, 2024
Jamie Lee Curtis Receives AFI Honorary Degree with John Carpenter Bestowing the Honor
Today, AFI conferred a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon Jamie Lee Curtis during the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2024 commencement ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Curtis was introduced on stage by John Carpenter. The commencement celebrated the AFI...
October 31, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: HALLOWEEN
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on October 31, 2020. HALLOWEEN (1978) is a pioneering prototype of the enduring slasher genre – establishing many of the tropes and conventions that course through even the most contemporary installments, while also building a distinct iconography all its own. One of the most...
October 31, 2020
AFI Movie Club: HALLOWEEN
Watch Jamie Lee Curtis go “Behind the Scene” in today’s AFI exclusive video – Watch now HALLOWEEN is a pioneering prototype of the enduring slasher genre – establishing many of the tropes and conventions that course through even the most contemporary installments, while also building a distinct iconography all its own. One of the most…
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