by Film School | Jun 3, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #027 Titanic (1997) I’m the King of the World! This week, we dive into James Cameron’s epic-in-the-classic-movie-sense love story. It made both Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet a star, and it features one of the most spectacular disaster...
by Film School | May 27, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #025 Easy Rider (1969) 1960s counterculture gets its definitive film in ’69’s “Easy Rider.” It was a breakout film for Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, and written and directed by Dennis Hopper…at least that’s what Hopper...
by Film School | May 20, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #023 A Night At The Opera (1935) You can’t’a fool me. There ain’t no Sanity Clause! The Marx Brothers kick off their tenure of pictures at MGM with this zany musical comedy that features such classic scenes as the Stateroom Cabin, and...
by Film School | May 13, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #021 Platoon (1986) Tom Berenger IS reality, folks. At least he is in Oliver Stone’s intense, over the top, disturbing take on Vietnam which was released in 1986. The 80s, man; where more was more and the cocaine and steroids were flowing. The...
by Film School | May 6, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #019 12 Angry Men (1956) Jury duty: it’s the nightmare for every working man and woman in America. But, what if it’s also the pillar of our entire justice system? Henry Fonda offers a gripping story centered around the latter, and stars as...
by Film School | Apr 29, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #017 Bringing Up Baby (1938) Leopards, and loons, and lunatics, oh my! Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in this truly, breathlessly fast “screwball” comedy. It’s all pratfalls, bits, and vaudeville; an era and a style of comedy...
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