
December 5, 2024
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from Tennessee Williams’ play by director Elia Kazan, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) stars Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, both named by the American Film Institute among cinema’s greatest screen legends – the latter ranking at #4 of all time. Other accolades from AFI include inclusion on both of the institute’s vaunted lists of...

October 18, 2024
PLANET OF THE APES (1968) – AFI Movie Club
An iconic sci-fi masterpiece that appears on two of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – cinema’s most heart-pounding thrills and the art form’s most iconic quotes – PLANET OF THE APES (1968) stars screen legend Charlton Heston as a misanthropic astronaut stranded alone on the strange and uncanny world. Heston was the third Chair...

August 2, 2021
AFI Movie Club: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
This iconic sci-fi masterpiece appears on two of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – cinema’s most heart-pounding thrills and the art form’s most iconic quotes. Screen legend Charlton Heston, who stars as a misanthropic astronaut stranded alone on the strange and uncanny PLANET OF THE APES, was the third Chair of the American Film Institute’s Board...

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