September 11, 2026
APOLLO 13 (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring one of the defining performances from beloved icon – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – Tom Hanks, director Ron Howard’s APOLLO 13 (1995) also appears on two of the American Film Institute’s lists recognizing excellence in the art form, with AFI naming it among cinema’s greatest inspirational narratives and its most famous line...
August 7, 2026
A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) – AFI Movie Club
Written by Aaron Sorkin – who will receive an Honorary Degree at the commencement exercises of the AFI Conservatory today – A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) was directed by Rob Reiner, shot by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979) and features the powerhouse pairing of Tom Cruise and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Jack Nicholson, earning recognition by the American...
August 22, 2025
FOOTLOOSE (1984) – AFI Movie Club
Seeking to create a new kind of musical, writer and lyricist Dean Pitchford originated the idea for FOOTLOOSE (1984) in 1979, after which he spent some time researching actual dancing bans in towns across America. Directed by Herbert Ross, the result became a modern classic, which the title track named by AFI among cinema’s greatest...
September 8, 2024
JFK (1991) – AFI Movie Club
A historical epic directed by Oliver Stone under the guise of a taut political thriller, JFK (1991) features in its expansive ensemble a performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Jack Lemmon, as well as a score from fellow honoree John Williams and cinematography by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979). Visit the...
April 24, 2020
Watch: Kevin Bacon On Directing and Acting
AFI Conservatory Fellows were only one-degree away from Kevin Bacon last week. In AFI’s weekly HLMS seminar – hosted online, of course – the accomplished actor and director spoke with current Fellows about growing as an artist and his working relationship with different directors, including AFI alum Andrea Arnold (Class of 1991) and AFI Life…
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