February 12, 2025
MINORITY REPORT (2002) – AFI Movie Club
A slick dystopian science-fiction thriller adapted from Philip K. Dick’s 1956 novella and featuring the work of two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams – MINORITY REPORT (2002) also boasts contributions from two alums of the AFI Conservatory – screenwriter Scott Frank (AFI Class of 1984) and cinematographer...
January 7, 2025
CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Oliver Stone, CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982) stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular Cimmerian, seeking vengeance against the sinister leader of a snake cult played by AFI Honorary Degree recipient James Earl Jones. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about CONAN THE BARBARIAN. Have Get The...
June 8, 2024
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007) – AFI Movie Club
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, who today serves as Chair of the American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees, and shot by AFI Alum Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987), THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2007, recognizing it as one of the...
October 30, 2023
THE EXORCIST (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Ellen Burstyn (who was part of the inaugural AFI Directing Workshop for Women class) as a mother whose young daughter is possessed by the demon Pazuzu, THE EXORCIST (1973) is director William Friedkin’s terrifying adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Peter Blatty and appears on the American Film Institute’s list of cinema’s most...
April 16, 2023
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (1999) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from the novel by David Guterson, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (1999) was photographed by AFI Conservatory Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979) – and was produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. Have Get The Picture delivered...
October 27, 2021
AFI Movie Club: THE EXORCIST
Starring Ellen Burstyn (who was part of the inaugural AFI DWW class) as a mother whose young daughter is possessed by the demon Pazuzu, THE EXORCIST (1973) is director William Friedkin’s terrifying adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Peter Blatty and appears on the American Film Institute’s list of cinema’s most heart-pounding thrillers –...
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