Following a widow on her journey across the American Southwest in search of a better life for herself and her young son, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Martin Scorsese, and stars Ellen Burstyn – already an acting titan when she appeared in the film, which was released the same…

The iconic documentary, WOODSTOCK, captured the landmark Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York during the twilight of the 1960s. The film represents a pivotal convergence in music, political activism and countercultural history. Watch Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple announce today’s film.  Movie Trivia about WOODSTOCK  –DID YOU KNOW the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, NY, attracted…

BEN-HUR ranks #100 on AFI’s 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time and #49 for the most thrilling. The film’s star Charlton Heston served as the chairman of the American Film Institute from 1973-1983!  Watch Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies announce the film:   Movie Trivia about BEN-HUR –DID YOU KNOW…

On November 15, AFI FEST presented by Audi honored AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese with a Tribute at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The packed audience greeted the legendary filmmaker with a standing ovation. In the Q&A with AFI President & CEO Bob Gazzale, Scorsese spoke about the early years…

AFI announced today that AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will honor Martin Scorsese with a Tribute on Friday, November 15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The evening will celebrate the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award® winner’s indelible impact on culture as one cinema’s most acclaimed filmmakers. “Martin Scorsese is an American…

The one and only Martin Scorsese visited the AFI Campus recently to discuss making his spiritual epic SILENCE (an AFI AWARDS 2016 Official Selection), the master filmmaker’s decades-long labor of love that explores apostasy and crises of faith in 17th-century Japan. The film features Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as Jesuit missionaries dispatched to Japan to…

At the AFI AWARDS 2016 luncheon, AFI asked Amy Adams, Mel Gibson, Donald Glover, Chris Pine, Martin Scorsese, Denzel Washington and many other artists what they’d like you to remember about their movies and TV shows, and why movies and television matter now.