April 25, 2025
READY PLAYER ONE (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted by Ernest Cline and Zak Penn from Cline’s own novel, READY PLAYER ONE (2018) was produced and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Steven Spielberg and features notable creative contributions from two graduates of the AFI Conservatory – cinematographer Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987) and editor Sarah Broshar (AFI Class of 2005)....
February 19, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AFI AWARDS Honoree SOUND OF METAL
"SOUND OF METAL is a thundering achievement of both artistry and empathy. Darius Marder’s immersive masterwork finds new ways to make audiences feel – truly feel – in a story of endless awakenings. The film’s monumental feat in sound design is fully powered by Riz Ahmed’s bold and bravura performance as a man driven to connect,...
December 8, 2020
AFI Movie Club: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
A truly original and offbeat coming-of-age tale, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL chronicles the journey of a self-deprecating and cinema-obsessed teen (Thomas Mann) who unexpectedly befriends a cancer-stricken classmate (Olivia Cooke) as he tries to survive the social minefield that is high school. The director of this breakout Sundance hit is AFI alum…
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