
January 21, 2023
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) – AFI Movie Club
A sweeping epic chronicling Russian life from Imperialism through the October Revolution, civil war and Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree David Lean and was included among the American Film Institute’s accounting of the greatest movies of all time, as well as among cinema’s greatest romances....

June 9, 2022
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sidney Poitier and appearing on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest movies of all time, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) is counted as one the art form’s most inspiring narratives, with Poitier’s Virgil Tibbs included among AFI’s greatest screen heroes, one whose defiant declaration –...

June 1, 2020
AFI Movie Club: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT is ranked #75 on AFI’s 10th anniversary list of the 100 greatest movies of all time and #21 on AFI’s list of the most inspiring movies ever. Sidney Poitier’s “Virgil Tibbs” is the 19th most heroic character on AFI’s list of 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains, while “They call…

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