| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2021_MD_AFI_EUFilm | 16 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- Marquee |
| 2021_MD_Libertad_211211 | 102 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "Libertad" (w/Clara Roquet and Maria Herrera)
LIBERTAD (2021)
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Clara Roquet on Dec. 11.
Arriving at her family's seaside mansion on the Spanish coast, sheltered 15-year-old Nora (Maria Morera Colomer, LIFE WITHOUT SARA AMAT) thinks she's in for another routine vacation. But the arrival of... |
| 2021_MD_Mitra_211205 | 55 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "Mitra" (w/Kaweh Modiri)
MITRA
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Q&A with filmmaker Kaweh Modiri at both shows.
Using his own family experience as a springboard, Dutch-Iranian director Kaweh Modiri (BODKIN RAS) crafts a timely, potent drama about motherhood that plays like a political and psychological thriller. Almost 40... |
| 2021_MD_Beautiful_Boy_211207 | 53 | AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2021) -- "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" (w/Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri)
MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD, THE
Special Features: Q&A with filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri on Dec. 7
At the world premiere of DEATH IN VENICE in 1971, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teen star of his latest film, "the most beautiful boy in the... |
| 2021_MD_Muller_211015 | 68 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2021) -- "Force of Evil" (w/Eddie Muller)
FORCE OF EVIL
Special Features: Introduced by Eddie Muller on Oct. 15
One of the most distinctive works of the original noir era, Abraham Polonsky's directorial debut is an exposé of the New York numbers racket and a riveting tale of a fallen man's search for his soul (John Garfield, in one of his... |
| 2021_MD_Hirsch_211022 | 50 | AFI -- Film Noir Festival (2021) -- "The Asphalt Jungle" (w/Foster Hirsch) |
| 2021_MD_AFI_LAFilm | 4 | AFI -- Latin American Film Festival (2021) |
| 2021_MD_Caligari_211029 | 91 | AFI -- Silent Cinema -- "Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari" (w/Not So Silent Cinema)
CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE (1920)
Special Features: Silent with live musical accompaniment by Not So Silent Cinema
[DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI]
With its bizarre angles and aura of insanity, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is the ultimate German Expressionist movie — a psychological thriller with... |
| 2021_MD_Licorice_Pizza_211211 | 50 | AFI -- "Licorice Pizza" advance screening
LICORICE PIZZA
Special Features: Advance screenings in 70mm on Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973.... |
| 2021_MD_Rocky_Horror_211030 | 304 | AFI -- "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (w/Bloody Mayhem Theater Company Shadowcast)
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE + live shadowcast
Special Features: Featuring live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company
Recently engaged Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) stumble upon a castle in the middle of the night that is definitely not a hunting lodge for... |
| 2021_MD_AFI_Docs | 101 | AFI Docs 2021 -- Marquee |
| 2021_MD_LFG_210623 | 86 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "LFG" (w/Abby Greensfelder, Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine) @ AFI/Silver
LFG
Before the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the players of the U.S. women’s national soccer team filed a class-action, gender discrimination lawsuit against its employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation. This action is a landmark case — the largest public battle in sports since Title IX. LFG (the meaning of... |
| 2021_MD_Storm_Lake_210624 | 51 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "Storm Lake" (w/Jerry Risius and Beth Levison) @ AFI/Silver
STORM LAKE
Special Features: Post-screening pre-recorded conversation with directors Beth Levison and Jerry Risius and subject Art Cullen, moderated by The Washington Post Media Columnist Margaret Sullivan
Meet the Cullens — Iowa's most impressive journalism family. For more than 30 years, Art Cullen,... |
| 2021_MD_First_Step_210623 | 48 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "The First Step" (w/Van Jones, Brandon Kramer, Lance Kramer) @ AFI/Silver
THE FIRST STEP
In the face of Donald Trump’s 2016 election, CNN commentator Van Jones, devastated by the outcome, decides that, rather than "resist, resist, resist," he will instead engage directly with the new administration. Jones, a longtime advocate for prison reform, sees an unlikely opportunity... |
| 2021_MD_Slow_Hustle_210624 | 8 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "The Slow Hustle" (w/Mahrya MacIntire) @ AFI/Silver
THE SLOW HUSTLE
Special Features: World Premiere. Post-screening pre-recorded conversation with director Sonja Sohn and producer Marc Levin moderated by President of the African American Film Critics Association Gil Robertson
At a time when police departments throughout the U.S. are under fire, the... |
| 2021_MD_Story_210627 | 122 | AFI Docs 2021 -- "The Story Won't Die" (w/David Henry Gerson) @ AFI/Silver
THE STORY WON'T DIE
Special Features: U.S. Premiere. Post-screening pre-recorded conversation with director David Henry Gerson, producer Odessa Rae and subjects Bahila Hijazi and Medhat Aldaabal, moderated by President of the African American Film Critics Association Gil Robertson
In their homeland of... |