Tag: AFIMOVIECLUB
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Chao Bella: Rosalind Chao was inspired by MISERY for AFI Movie Club
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There’s a certain frequency on a cellular level that Kathy Bates hits among all women, and men too, but especially for anyone under-represented, discounted, or written-off. Bates own story, which is mostly unknown to viewers, is about how a feisty manager named Susan Smith literally forced her from stage…
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Wilder genes: Emma Thompson dissects YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Before can say “Frau Blucher,” Dame Emma Thompson DBE is here in her lockdown red fleece comfort of home to let you in on a few choice behind-the-film stories of that Gene Wilder classic YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN for AFI Movie Club. Mel Brooks is the unfettered imagination who came up with…
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Bill Duke touts politically relevant MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’ll probably recognize actor/writer/producer, multi-hyphenate Bill Duke from numerous movies and TV shows. And he’s here now as an AFI alum to share the politically impactful, and still relevant, Frank Capra film MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. This Jimmy Stewart classic has all the key human elements. It’s senatorial…
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Film legend Leonard Maltin shares three secrets of CITIZEN KANE for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you’ve attended the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, you’ll know that The Maltin Modern Masters Award in honor of legendary author/critic Leonard Maltin is a coveted prize in Hollywood. Leonard Maltin has dedicated his life to researching not only the cinema classics, but also the contemporary Best Pictures,…
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She’s Not Famous Yet, But After LaToya Morgan Does LOVE & BASKETBALL, She Will Be
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Did you ever see LOVE & BASKETBALL? In light of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the others who passed away this year, a movie like this just gives us a moment to reflect. Maybe even enjoy the good things about B-ball, and the hoopsters who have given us…
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Lena Dunham Does Nora Ephron’s Legacy Proud with SLEEPLESS for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Some may consider Lena Dunham of HBO’s “Girls” an over-sharer when it comes to intimate details, but you’ll be surprised to learn she is a huge fan of the demure rom-com genre. Specifically where Tom Hanks (lately recovered from MyCorona) and Meg Ryan are concerned. Dunham does the late…
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Natalie Portman’s Most Watched Movie, Guess, Revealed for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent One of the most successful actors to transition from child-to-adult star is Oscar-winner Natalie Portman. #AFIMOVIECLUB just got her to reveal Portman’s personally most watched film of all time. Now you’ll get to see her in a home-setting, complete with Swiss Coffee wall backdrop and dark beige curtains in the background. We…
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Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs Digs JURASSIC PARK, Yeah, #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’ve heard of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” from showbiz reframer Lin-Manuel Miranda? Did you know the original cast once included the extremely talented Daveed Diggs as the titular character? #AFIMOVIECLUB just drafted this Broadway-star-turned-feature-phenom to pull back the curtain on the Spielberg box-office crusher JURASSIC PARK. This is the film that…
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Jack Black Rocks THIS IS SPINAL TAP for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What could be more perfect than SCHOOL OF ROCK’s Jack Black, a frontman himself, giving you insider info on THIS IS SPINAL TAP for #AFIMOVIECLUB? The Jackster has been known to break into song even at film-related events, such as with Shirley MacLaine once when they did a press junket…
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Eva Longoria Calls Out Rita Hayworth’s Nuclear Charm in GILDA for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent She was born in the Year of the Other Pandemic, 1918, The Spanish Flu, and Margarita Carmen Cansino turned out to be fever-inducing herself for servicemen around the planet with her WWII status as a pin-up. But not until they dyed her locks, anglicized her name, and tried to…
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Elizabeth Moss: This Is Why We Love WHEN HARRY MET SALLY on AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Anybody who loves the Amazing Nora Ephron is aces, and Elizabeth Moss (“Handmaid’s Tale”) doffs her Margaret Atwood bonnet to honor the deeply missed Ephron sister in her #AFIMOVIECLUB opener to WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Moss hits all the high notes here, as she reads from the screenwriter’s diary…
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Stand-up Hollywood Citizen Cynthia Erivo Says See DEVIL WEARS PRADA for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent While most viewers are familiar with Cynthia Erivo from HARRIET, just about everyone in the Known Watching World heard her ballad at the 92nd Oscars, in that rounded fairy-tale golden cape-dress with the haute couture swagger. And while you can enjoy her singing performance here, first Cynthia hips us…
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Et Tu, Halle Berry? Nooo, That’s Her as E.T. Fan for AFI Movie Club
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Mod-hatted, awesome Oscar winner, Halle Berry has it going on at-home-fashion-wise in her touching introduction to the Spielberg family classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL for #AFIMOVIECLUB. Berry earned her place in Hollywood History for the MONSTER’S BALL Academy Award, but Halle earned her place in our hearts as the superstar…
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The First Rule of AFI Movie Club, Oh Okay, You Get It: Brad Pitt Does BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Not only does the man look and sound like Hollywood forefather Robert Redford, now Brad Pitt will actually tell you things you didn’t know about the wild robber-romp from The Greatest Screenwriter William Goldman, that launched Redford when Paul Newman laid down the law about casting. BUTCH CASSIDY AND…
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Hollywood’s Hidden Power Couple: Mirren & Hackford for SOME LIKE IT HOT on AFIMovieClub
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent They’re beloved and lovable, married and not so harried during the Coronavirus lockdown? That’s right, you guessed it: Dame Helen Mirren and Mr. Taylor Hackford. Now they’re here to give you the download on the downlow for AFIMovieClub’s film, SOME LIKE IT HOT. Everything you already know about SOME LIKE IT…
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