by Film School | Dec 2, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #243 The AFI’s Top 100 Films We did it! We have watched every one of the AFI’s Top 100 (U.S.) Films. It took us three years, two moves, a new job and a global pandemic to do it, but it’s done. We’ve watched and broke down all of...
by Film School | Nov 29, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #242 Citizen Kane (1941) Rosebud . . . Orson Welles, by all accounts, was a Hollywood outsider. He knew nothing about filmmaking coming in to make Citizen Kane, and yet here it is on the tippy top of the AFI’s “best” list. So, how...
by Film School | Nov 22, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #240 The Godfather Part II (1974) You broke my heart, Fredo. Pacino, Coppola and the rest of the gang try to get lightning to strike twice . . . We left Michael Corleone on a sinister note at the end of the first film, and they fully lean into that in...
by Film School | Nov 15, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #238 The Godfather (1972) I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse. It’s considered to be the crown jewel of gangster films. Francis Ford Coppola changed the game by aiming to represent the mafia as a flawed, intricate family more than...
by Film School | Nov 8, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #236 Casablanca (1942) Here’s looking at you, kid. This movie is one of those rare old classics that everyone seems to enjoy. It’s probably the peak of the studio-era. Bogart is at his no-nonsense, softie-on-the-inside best, “As Time...
by Film School | Nov 1, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #234 Raging Bull (1980) Hit me. Harder. Harder! Bobby DeNiro takes a star turn as the ultimate man who could take a punch, “The Bronx Bull,” boxing legend Jake LaMotta. Martin Scorsese is behind the lens. The result is raw, violent, and...
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