May 14, 2023
SNEAKERS (1992) – AFI Movie Club
From director Phil Alden Robinson, SNEAKERS (1992) features an all-star cast that includes Robert Redford, AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, David Strathairn and Dan Aykroyd as “Mother.” Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about SNEAKERS. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every day. SIGN...
December 31, 2022
STAND BY ME (1986) – AFI Movie Club
The story of four boys setting off to see a dead body, STAND BY ME is adapted from a nostalgic novella by acclaimed horror icon Stephen King – and directed by Rob Reiner, who discussed his creative process alongside editor Robert Leighton before the Fellows of the AFI Conservatory as part of AFI’S MASTERCLASS: THE ART OF COLLABORATION. ...
November 19, 2022
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – AFI Movie Club
An independent masterpiece from director and New Queer Cinema icon Gus Van Sant, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves – was a breakthrough feature for LGBTQ stories in mainstream culture. Van Sant has shared his unique and thoughtful cinematic sensibilities with the next generation of storytellers through in-depth seminars...
October 1, 2021
AFI Movie Club: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
An independent masterpiece from director and New Queer Cinema icon Gus Van Sant, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) – starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves – was a breakthrough feature for LGBTQ stories in mainstream culture. Van Sant has shared his unique and thoughtful cinematic sensibilities with the next generation of storytellers through in-depth seminars...
July 14, 2021
AFI Movie Club: STAND BY ME
The story of four boys setting off to see a dead body, STAND BY ME is adapted from a nostalgic novella by acclaimed horror icon Stephen King – and directed by Rob Reiner, who discussed his creative process alongside editor Robert Leighton before the Fellows of the AFI Conservatory as part of AFI’S MASTERCLASS: THE ART OF COLLABORATION. ...
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