September 7, 2024
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by John Sturges from a story by Howard Breslin that originally appeared in The American Magazine, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) features Spencer Tracy as a laconic, one-armed stranger who comes to the isolated town of Black Rock seeking the father of a Japanese man with whom he’d served in combat – but...
September 9, 2022
CAT BALLOU (1965) – AFI Movie Club
A hilarious subversion of the western genre featuring Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye and AFI Life Achievement honoree Jane Fonda in the title role, CAT BALLOU (1965) appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest comedies of all time, as well as among AFI’s ranking of the screen’s best...
November 9, 2021
AFI Movie Club: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
A classic western adapted from the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) is directed by John Ford, the first recipient of the American Film Institute’s highest honor for a career in film – and stars another AFI Life Achievement Award honoree, James Stewart, who received the award in...
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