October 23, 2025
HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) – AFI Movie Club
A hilariously satirical send-up of Hollywood in the 1950s brought to the screen by co-writers and co-directors Joel and Ethan Coen, HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) features an appropriately star-studded cast that includes AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum. Featuring more...
September 25, 2024
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) – AFI Movie Club
A chilling modern masterpiece from the Coen brothers, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN breathes new...
August 11, 2024
DUNE (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, DUNE (2021) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2021, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “DUNE transports audiences to new worlds and immerses them...
February 7, 2024
THE GOONIES (1985) – AFI Movie Club
With THE GOONIES (1985), director Richard Donner tapped into a universal childhood desire to matter, to belong, to make a difference…and to follow a map to lost pirate treasure. From an original story by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Steven Spielberg – who also executive produced and presented the movie – THE GOONIES was executive...
August 17, 2021
AFI Movie Club: FLIRTING WITH DISASTER
A madcap American odyssey which follows a new father in search of his own birth parents, writer/director David O. Russell’s FLIRTING WITH DISASTER features an all-star cast that includes Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Lily Tomlin, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal and Alan Alda. Russell discussed his creative process (alongside frequent collaborator Mark Wahlberg) with the AFI Conservatory Fellows as part of AFI’S Masterclass: The Art of Collaboration. HOW TO...
July 19, 2021
AFI Movie Club: Celebration of Richard Donner’s THE GOONIES
With THE GOONIES, director Richard Donner tapped into a universal childhood desire to matter, to belong, to make a difference…and to follow a map to lost pirate treasure. From an original story by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Steven Spielberg – who also executive produced and presented the movie – THE GOONIES was executive produced...
March 22, 2021
AFI Movie Club: THE GOONIES
The original story for this film was conceived by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Steven Spielberg. THE GOONIES was also executive produced by Spielberg and AFI Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Kennedy. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE GOONIES THE GOONIES - Reelgood LEARN MORE ABOUT AFI MOVIE CLUB AFI has created a global, virtual gathering of...
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