
August 31, 2023
HEAT (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Michael Mann and featuring an all-star ensemble cast that includes Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tim Sizemore, Wes Studi, Diane Venora and two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, facing off – HEAT (1995) explores the relationships between the cops and robbers involved in a deadly Los Angeles...

December 29, 2022
MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) appeared on both of the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time – the original and the 10th anniversary edition. The iconic quote from Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo – “I’m walking here! I’m walking here!” – was counted...

April 5, 2021
AFI Movie Club: MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Starring AFI Life Achievement honoree Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, MIDNIGHT COWBOY appears across a number of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films of all time – including both its original and 10th anniversary edition of AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES, as well as the American Film Institute’s celebrations of cinema’s greatest songs and movie quotes. HOW TO...

January 13, 2020
Did You Know? The first X-rated film to be nominated for an Academy Award was…
Fifty years ago this year, MIDNIGHT COWBOY was the first X-rated film to be nominated for and win an Academy Award. It won an Oscar for Best Picture, Directing and Writing at the 42 Academy Awards on April 7, 1970. Despite the X-rating, which prevented a wide release, it became one of the top-grossing films…

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