June 13, 2024
HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) – AFI Movie Club
A hilariously satirical send-up of Hollywood in the 1950s brought to the screen by co-writers and co-directors Joel and Ethan Coen, HAIL, CAESAR! (2016) features an appropriately star-studded cast that includes AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum. Have Get...
February 4, 2024
HER (2013) – AFI Movie Club
A melancholy tale of the near future from visionary director Spike Jonze, HER (2013) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2013, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “HER asks what it is to connect – and what it means...
January 24, 2024
JOJO RABBIT (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by and starring Taika Waititi, JOJO RABBIT (2019) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2019 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “JOJO RABBIT pulls itself out of a hat – a cinematic magic trick of miraculous tonal mayhem. Taika...
January 10, 2024
LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2003, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “LOST IN TRANSLATION is only the second feature film...
July 22, 2023
MARRIAGE STORY (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Noah Baumbach and featuring heartbreaking performances from both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver – whose struggling single father ends up feeling as invisible as his costume when he’s forgotten on Halloween – MARRIAGE STORY (2019) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2019, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in...
March 23, 2023
GHOST WORLD (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from Daniel Clowes’ iconic indie comic, Terry Zwigoff’s GHOST WORLD (2001) was produced by John Malkovich, Russell Smith and Lianne Halfon – who educates the next generation of storytellers as the head of the Producing discipline at the AFI Conservatory. The film was edited by AFI Alum Carole Kravetz Aykanian (AFI Class of 1986)....
March 11, 2021
AFI Movie Club: GHOST WORLD
Directed by Terry Zwigoff, GHOST WORLD stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two disaffected teenage friends struggling to find their place in the world. The film was produced by AFI Conservatory Producing Discipline Head Lianne Halfon and edited by AFI alum Carole Kravetz Aykanian. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream GHOST WORLD GHOST WORLD - Reelgood GET THE LATEST...
May 7, 2020
AFI Movie Club: LOST IN TRANSLATION
LOST IN TRANSLATION was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2003 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. Watch Bob Odenkirk announce the film: Movie Trivia about LOST IN TRANSLATION -DID YOU KNOW the…
November 21, 2019
MARRIAGE STORY to Close AFI FEST on Thursday
A Gala presentation of Netflix’s MARRIAGE STORY will close AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi at the historic TCL Chinese Theater on Thursday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now available for this free screening, which will be attended by director Noah Baumbach and star Laura Dern. In what is being called one of his…
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