
February 23, 2025
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) – AFI Movie Club
Expanding the mind-bendingly colorful world of its predecessor with expansive ideas that reshape audience conceptions of what a superhero movie can be, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (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...

February 6, 2025
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by the Coen brothers and starring Oscar Isaac in a breakout role, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) 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, “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS embodies the spirit of a great American...

August 11, 2024
DUNE (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, DUNE (2021) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2021, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “DUNE transports audiences to new worlds and immerses them...

March 12, 2022
DUNE (2021) – AFI Movie Club
"DUNE transports audiences to new worlds and immerses them in a vision so pure that the power of art is forever proven. This epic vision is painted with the brush of a master, Denis Villeneuve, whose exquisite adaptation mines its rich source material to reimagine one of pop culture’s sacred texts as an experience that...

July 7, 2014
Filmmakers Talk about the Impact of Giving Back to the Community, the Theme for the White House Student Film Festival
How important is to give back to the community? According to Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac and several other charitable filmmakers, it's very important and everyone should be involved. The actors and others got together to talk to young filmmakers about the theme of next year's White House Student Film Festival: "the impact of giving...

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