August 23, 2026
DICK TRACY (1990) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from the iconic comic strip by Chester Gould, DICK TRACY (1990) brought the four-panel crimefighter to the big screen in a candy-colored confection that stands as one of the genre’s great achievements in art direction – and for which the film earned an Academy Award, along with statues for Best Makeup and Best Original...
June 4, 2025
THE ROCK (1996) – AFI Movie Club
Pairing Nicolas Cage and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery as an unlikely heroic duo, director Michael Bay’s THE ROCK (1996) ignites the screen with an action spectacle set against the beautiful backdrop of the San Francisco Bay and its most infamous prison. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE ROCK. Where...
June 9, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AMERICAN ME
AMERICAN ME marked the feature directorial debut of AFI Trustee Edward James Olmos, who also starred in the film. AFI Trustee Tom Pollock was working as an attorney for the film’s screenwriter Floyd Mutrux when the script was originally written and arranged for it be sold as a vehicle for Al Pacino in 1973. The...
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