AFI Awards Articles

Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Bridesmaids The American Film Institute has announced its list of top ten American films of 2011. They are, in alphabetical order: Paul Feig's Bridesmaids, with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph; Alexander Payne's The Descendants, with George Clooney; David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara; Tate Taylor's The Help, with Emma Stone and Viola Davis; [...]

Natalie Portman, Black Swan No major surprises are to be found in the American Film Institute's list of best American movies released in 2010. Debra Granik's Winter's Bone was included, and so were Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right, Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Christopher Nolan's Inception, and David O. Russell's The Fighter. Needless to say, David Fincher's The Social Network and Darren Aronofsky's Black [...]

Algenis Perez Soto in Sugar There were a couple of surprises among the American Film Institute's feature-film choices for its AFI Awards 2009: Todd Phillips' low-brow box-office smash The Hangover and Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's little-seen Sugar. The story of Dominican baseball player (Algenis Perez Soto) who dreams of one day joining the major leagues, Sugar was a particularly interesting pick as thus far [...]

2009 AFI Awards 2009 AFI Awards: Dec. 13, 2009   Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton in Precious   AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order) CORALINE THE HANGOVER THE HURT LOCKER THE MESSENGER PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE A SERIOUS MAN A SINGLE MAN SUGAR UP UP IN THE AIR   AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order) THE BIG [...]