June 25, 2023
THE IMITATION GAME (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a complex and layered performance from Benedict Cumberbatch, THE IMITATION GAME (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2014 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE IMITATION GAME reveals a new piece in the puzzle of the Allied victory...
December 20, 2020
AFI Movie Club: LOVE ACTUALLY
Set in the days leading up to Christmas and featuring interlocking love stories, LOVE ACTUALLY stars Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley and Alan Rickman, among others in Richard Curtis’ witty and charming treatise on love in all its shape and forms. MOVIE TRIVIA DID YOU KNOW? LOVE ACTUALLY marks the directorial debut of Richard Curtis. Prior to helming this film, he was predominantly known as the writer of...
August 1, 2020
AFI Movie Club: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is an inspiring story of Jess Bhamra, a young British Indian athlete whose love of soccer conflicts with her traditional upbringing. Director Gurinder Chadha – the first British Asian woman to direct a major feature film – has also been a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar speaker at the AFI Conservatory. …
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