February 20, 2026
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) – AFI Movie Club
Sending two hapless male musicians undercover and on the run from gangster “Spats” Columbo, SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) highlights the incomparable talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – director Billy Wilder and star Jack Lemmon – while also featuring timeless performances from Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown and Marilyn Monroe – the...
December 27, 2025
OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest screen legends, Cary Grant stars in Blake Edwards’ OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959), which finds the leading man commanding a naval submarine during World War II which, thanks to some misapplication of paint, renders the U-boat a pale shade of pink. Visit the AFI Catalog to...
July 2, 2025
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) – AFI Movie Club
A pitch-black noir featuring stunning cinematography by the legendary James Wong Howe, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) stars Burt Lancaster – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of all time – as the unscrupulous J. J. Hunsecker, who was included on AFI’s list of the art form’s notable villains. Visit...
September 6, 2022
THE GREAT RACE (1965) – AFI Movie Club
A madcap adventure charting a course from New York to Paris, director Blake Edwards’ THE GREAT RACE (1965) features hilarious performances from Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk and AFI Life Achievement Award Jack Lemmon. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE GREAT RACE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UMOX7YYdJM%20 HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE GREAT...
August 11, 2022
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring the incomparable talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – director Billy Wilder and star Jack Lemmon – SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) also features timeless performances from Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown and Marilyn Monroe – who was named by AFI, along with Lemmon, among the greatest screen legends of all time....
July 16, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE DEFIANT ONES
THE DEFIANT ONES was included on AFI’s 100 YEARS… 100 CHEERS list of the most inspiring films ever to grace the silver screen – and star Sidney Poitier received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1992. In this exclusive AFI Archive video, Sidney Poitier talks about making THE DEFIANT ONES: Movie Trivia about THE DEFIANT ONES…
April 2, 2020
AFI Movie Club: SOME LIKE IT HOT
SOME LIKE IT HOT features two AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – director Billy Wilder and star Jack Lemmon! SOME LIKE IT HOT also appears on four of AFI’s lists of the greatest America films – most notably ranked #1 on the AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 LAUGHS, which chronicles the funniest films ever to grace the…
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