August 16, 2026
DEATH PROOF (2007) – AFI Movie Club
Originally released theatrically as a “grindhouse” double-feature paired with Robert Rodriguez’s PLANET TERROR and additionally adorned with appropriately gritty fake trailers from directors Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright, Quentin Tarantino’s DEATH PROOF (2007) plays a loving valentine to the pared-down slasher films that served, in part, as the director’s own film education growing...
July 1, 2020
DID YOU KNOW this Sydney Poitier film was released 50 years ago this month?
THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS! (1970) was released 50 years ago this month. Sidney Poitier’s iconic declaration from IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) was so poignant during the Civil Rights era, it became the title of the film’s 1970 sequel and remains one of the most recognizable movie references to this day, ranking #16 on AFI’s list…
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