December 4, 2025
CARRIE (1976) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting the chilling 1974 novel from master of the genre Stephen King, Brian De Palma’s CARRIE (1976) stars Sissy Spacek as a young girl facing a terrifying adolescent surge, resulting in one of the most chaotic, harrowing climactic screen scenes of all time – which, in addition to the slow burn of her high school...
August 16, 2025
RETURN TO OZ (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Returning to the original source material that inspired THE WIZARD OF OZ, co-writer and director Walter Murch reimagined L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world as a place filled with new friends and uncanny dangers in RETURN TO OZ (1985). A legendary editor and pioneering sound designer who made his feature directorial debut with this film, Murch...
April 4, 2025
THE HUSTLER (1961) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Robert Rossen, with editing by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Dede Allen and starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason as small-town pool sharks, THE HUSTLER (1961) was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest sports movies of all time. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE HUSTLER. Have Get The...
August 5, 2022
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986) – AFI Movie Club
A boundary-breaking love story starring Marlee Matlin in a feature debut performance that earned her an Academy Award® for Best Actress, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986) was directed by AFI DWW Alum and Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient Randa Haines (Class of 1975), and edited AFI DWW Alum Lisa Fruchtman (Class of 1980)....
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