August 5, 2026
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a charming con man on the run, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) features three AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Steven Spielberg, composer John Williams and star Tom Hanks – as well as two AFI Conservatory Alumni, writer Jeff Nathanson and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński (both AFI Class of 1987)....
August 1, 2026
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025) – AFI Movie Club
A Best Picture Academy Award-winner from director Paul Thomas Anderson – with stunning cinematography by Michael Bauman (AFI Class of 1992), ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025) was also honored 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, “ONE BATTLE...
May 17, 2026
DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) – AFI Movie Club
AFI Honorary Degree recipient Quentin Tarantino brought bloody vengeance to the screen with DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012), shot by cinematographer and AFI Alum Robert Richardson (Class of 1979). The film was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official...
May 5, 2026
THE AVIATOR (2004) – AFI Movie Club
From director – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – Martin Scorsese and an all-star cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly and many more, THE AVIATOR (2004) was also edited by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker and shot by AFI Conservatory Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979). Chronicling the...
April 27, 2026
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013) – AFI Movie Club
A spectacle of excess directed by AFI life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese and edited by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2013, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to...
December 7, 2025
TITANIC (1997) – AFI Movie Club
TITANIC (1997) was named by AFI as one of the greatest American films and greatest American epics – as well as one of the most enduring love stories and heart-pounding cinematic thrills. “My Heart Will Go On” is ranked at #14 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs list, and Jack’s triumphant declaration – “I’m the King...
October 11, 2025
INCEPTION (2010) – AFI Movie Club
From writer/director Christopher Nolan, the mind-bending – and instantly iconic – dreamscapes of INCEPTION were realized for the screen by cinematographer Wally Pfister, an alum of the AFI Conservatory (AFI Class of 1988). The film was honored in 2010 with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the...
April 5, 2025
GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese and edited by his longtime collaborator, AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker, GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2002, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale,...
September 14, 2024
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Quentin Tarantino and photographed by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979), ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2019, naming it among the most outstanding achievements of the year. According to the official rationale, “ONCE...
March 18, 2022
DON’T LOOK UP (2021) – AFI Movie Club
"DON’T LOOK UP rockets into the stratosphere of hilariously dark satires, entering the orbit of DR. STRANGELOVE and other American classics. Illuminated by a stellar cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, Adam McKay annihilates modern day tribalism, a complicit media and willful American ignorance by infusing belly laughs to transform this disaster...
February 7, 2022
AFI Movie Club: DJANGO UNCHAINED
AFI Honorary Degree recipient Quentin Tarantino brought bloody vengeance to the screen with DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012), shot by cinematographer and AFI Alum Robert Richardson (Class of 1979). The film was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. HOW TO WATCH Where...
January 19, 2022
AFI Movie Club: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a charming con man on the run, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) features three AFI Life Achievement Awards honorees – director Steven Spielberg, composer John Williams and star Tom Hanks – as well as two AFI Conservatory Alumni, writer Jeff Nathanson and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński (both AFI Class of 1987)....
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