June 8, 2026
POOR THINGS (2023) – AFI Movie Club
An electric work from mad scientist Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS (2023) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2023, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “POOR THINGS expands the mind with the richest of imaginations – all the while...
February 22, 2026
SPOTLIGHT (2015) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Tom McCarthy and with an all-star cast that includes Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci, SPOTLIGHT (2015) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “SPOTLIGHT puts the power...
November 19, 2025
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in an extraordinary story of love and regret from director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official...
June 27, 2024
FOXCATCHER (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Bennett Miller and co-edited by AFI Alum Jay Cassidy (AFI Class of 1976), FOXCATCHER (2014) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2014, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “FOXCATCHER paints a complex, haunting portrait of America...
October 21, 2022
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in a semi-autobiographical film from director Lisa Cholodenko, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT embraces...
November 29, 2020
AFI Movie Club: YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
Screened at AFI FEST presented by Audi in 2000, this heart-warming snapshot of a fractured yet resolute family received honors for Best New Writer and the New Directions Award. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME also won an AFI AWARD, which celebrates the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to…
June 30, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT was honored with an AFI Award in 2010 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. Watch Annette Bening talk about what she loves about the movies in this exclusive…
February 19, 2016
AFI Grad Michael Rezendes on the True Story of SPOTLIGHT
Before Michael Rezendes won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, he was a Screenwriting alumnus of the AFI Conservatory (Class of 1999). Played by Mark Ruffalo in the Oscar®-nominated SPOTLIGHT, he’s one of a group of Boston Globe reporters who, in 2002, exposed a shattering clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Known collectively as…
July 19, 2014
FOXCATCHER Director Bennett Miller Talks About How He Cast The Film
Director Bennett Miller recently stopped by the AFI campus for a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar talk with AFI Conservatory Fellows. During the discussion, moderated by Dean Jan Schuette, Miller was asked how he went about casting the three leads in FOXCATCHER, the true story about Olympic Wrestling Champions and eccentric multimillionaire John E. du Pont. Steve Carell portrays…
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