October 24, 2025
GLADIATOR (2000) – AFI Movie Club
In addition to star Russell Crowe’s General Maximus Decimus Meridus being named by the American Film Institute’s greatest screen heroes of all time, GLADIATOR (2000) 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, “GLADIATOR updates the...
February 15, 2025
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver in the first of her iconic performances as Ripley, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives....
January 5, 2025
BLADE RUNNER (1982) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Ridley Scott and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Harrison Ford, BLADE RUNNER (1982) also features an iconic supporting performance from AFI Trustee Edward James Olmos. With incomparable design by “visual futurist” Syd Mead, the dystopian image of a future Los Angeles (set in 2019) earned a place on the 10th anniversary edition...
December 10, 2024
THE MARTIAN (2015) – AFI Movie Club
Expansive and intimate, director Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN (2015) finds hope even in isolation, celebrating the ingenuity of humankind in all its forms – including the ability to grow potatoes from human feces on the distant red planet’s barren wastelands. The film was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in...
March 11, 2023
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives. The film’s uncanny extraterrestrial antagonist was also counted by AFI among cinema’s most...
April 21, 2022
THELMA & LOUISE (1991) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends on a weekend getaway that goes wrong, THELMA & LOUISE (1991) earned its place on three of the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest American films of all time – including a joint spot for the film’s two protagonists on AFI’s ranking of cinema’s greatest...
September 30, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THELMA & LOUISE
THELMA & LOUISE was named by AFI as one of the most heart-pounding cinematic thrills – as well as one of the art form’s most inspiring stories. AFI also recognized both Thelma and Louise as two of cinema’s greatest heroes. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch THELMA & LOUISE Now THELMA & LOUISE – Reelgood Watch…
November 20, 2015
Ridley Scott Reveals the Opening to the BLADE RUNNER Sequel
Ridley Scott appeared at AFI FEST 2015 presented by Audi to not only talk about his many notable past projects and his current film – THE MARTIAN –but also about his upcoming sequel to BLADE RUNNER, in which Harrison Ford is set to return as Rick Deckard and will also star Ryan Gosling. Read the transcription of his very special…
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