January 5, 2026
HEAT (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Robert De Niro – marking the milestone of a birthday today – the iconic HEAT (1995) pits the legendary star opposite another powerhouse performer and recipient of AFI’s highest honor for a career in film, Al Pacino. Directed by Michael Mann and featuring an all-star ensemble cast that includes...
July 22, 2025
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) – AFI Movie Club
“This is your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Bringing Bruce Geller’s classic espionage series to the big screen to ignite what would become one of cinema’s most iconic and long-running action franchises, director Brian De Palma’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) also turned Tom Cruise’s stardom into a supernova – with pulse-pounding thrills driven a...
February 21, 2025
MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Jon Voight and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Dustin Hoffman, 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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