September 8, 2026
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient and shot by cinematographer Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979), THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015) features an all-star cast in a gritty western, closed-room narrative – including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tom Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern. Visit the...
October 4, 2025
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) – AFI Movie Club
An iconic crime drama that culminates in a harrowing warehouse standoff after a heist gone wrong, RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) marked the emergence of a singular new talent with the feature debut of writer-director (and, in this film, co-star) Quentin Tarantino – recipient of the AFI Honorary Degree for his contributions of distinction to the art...
August 30, 2025
PULP FICTION (1994) – AFI Movie Club
From visionary director – and AFI Honorary Degree recipient – Quentin Tarantino, PULP FICTION (1994) was counted by the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all time and was also included as one of the art form’s greatest thrills. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about PULP FICTION. Where to stream PULP...
January 15, 2024
SELMA (2014) – AFI Movie Club
An imperative work of both history and cinema directed by AFI Trustee Ava DuVernay, SELMA (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2014 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “SELMA dreams of a day when America lives by the rule...
August 17, 2022
PULP FICTION (1993) – AFI Movie Club
From visionary director – and AFI Honorary Degree recipient – Quentin Tarantino, PULP FICTION (1994) was counted by the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all time on both the original list and its 10th anniversary edition – and was also included as one of the art form’s greatest thrills. Learn more about...
June 4, 2020
AFI Movie Club: SELMA
SELMA was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2014 – 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. Ava DuVernay’s visionary film invited audiences “to rise above the breathless shame of our nation’s past and come…
November 5, 2015
The AFI FEST Interview: CHRONIC Director Michel Franco
Mexican director Michel Franco, whose acclaimed teenage bullying drama AFTER LUCIA screened at AFI FEST in 2012, returns this year with CHRONIC, an intense, uncompromising portrait of a palliative nurse working with chronically and terminally ill patients. Tim Roth gives a stunning, slow-burn performance as David, who selflessly and efficiently tends to his patients’ pain…
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