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TV Land to broadcast AFI salute to Michael Douglas

TV Land has scored the rights to broadcast the moment when Michael Douglas accepts his lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.

'Dark Knight,' 'Milk' make AFI film list

The Batman epic "The Dark Knight," the political biopic "Milk" and the gritty drama "The Wrestler" were among critical favorites that landed on the American Film Institute's list of the year's 10 best movies.

Best of 10: AFI releases top-10 genre film lists

The American Film Institute's top-10 lists of the best in 10 film genres:

`Oz,' `2001,' `Vertigo' among AFI top genre films

Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing among the American Film Institute's best genre movies.

Strike Tops AFI `Significance' List

The Hollywood writers strike, the iPhone and the "hyper-tabloidization" of television news are among the American Film Institute's "Moments of Significance" for 2007.

Film Institute Honors Longtime Chief

The woman who has overseen more than two dozen career-achievement awards given by the American Film Institute was honored Thursday for her own life's work.

Stars Present Their Films at AFI Bash

Warren Beatty leaned down to chat face-to-face with Kirk Douglas. Sylvester Stallone chomped on pineapple and glanced across the bar at Clint Eastwood. Angela Lansbury gawked at Jack Nicholson. Julie Andrews laughed with Billy Crystal.

'Wonderful Life' Tops Inspiring Film List

George Bailey's brother proclaimed him the richest man in Bedford Falls. Now the story of the despondent businessman, who got a chance to see how ugly the world would be without him, has been proclaimed the most inspiring American movie.

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AFI all wrong with top sports movies
Source: msnbc.com

Another take on the recent AFI "Top 10" list...

AFI Members Have Another Fire Inside: Blaqk Audio
Source: mtv.com

For four years, AFI isn't the only fire Davey Havok and Jade Puget have had inside — they've also been trying to flesh out the debut album by their long-pending side project, Blaqk Audio. Now, finally, the LP is good to go.

Roger Ebert: AFI 100: 'Kane' still number one
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Yes, a million people are discussing this new list. Most discussions center around what is and isn't on the list and what should or shouldn't be on the list. Ebert touches on that, but concludes:

100 movies, 100 quotes, 100 numbers
Source: Telegraph

In a parody of the American Film Institute's 100 list specials, Alonzo Mosley has created a spectacular movie countdown of his own by painstakingly editing together scenes from 100 films, each mentioning a different number from 100 all the way down to one.

How many of the AFI's 100 films have you seen?

I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I have three months of "freedom" ahead of me, and I have to fill them somehow. One of my goals as a college grad is to have seen all the films on the American Film Institute's "One Hundred Years, One Hundred Movies" canon.

Judge Judy Do Your Duty
Source: livevideo.com

Judge Judy Do Your Duty

AFI hopefuls left in wake of Ten Canoes
Source: Australian News Network

TEN Canoes and its key creator, Rolf de Heer, dominated the star-studded Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne last night. The indigenous fable won six of the 10 behind-the-camera awards, including the two most coveted: best film and best director.

Let us pray
Source: The Age

The Australian film industry has come up trumps with another bumper crop for the AFI awards. But can the magic last?

At Euro Film Fest, Eloquent Silences, And a Thud or Two
Source: The Washington Post

From the article: In the movie house, we expect to hear an entertaining array of music, sound effects, conversation. We think of silence as dead air, a momentary hiccup, before we get to ride those aural sine waves again.

AFI's 100 Most Inspirational Movies via rogerebert.com
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

An interesting (and sure to be contested) list of the 100 most Inspirational Movies. (American movies, to be precise. You won't see Shall we Dance on this list.)

What made Connery win the lifetime achievement?
Source: filmstalker.co.uk

So Sean Connery wins the AFI Lifetime Achievement award. The question is, as it always is when someone is awarded a lifetime achievement award, why did he win it? What roles in particular contributed to his achievement, was it just Bond or his career as a complete entity?

AFI promises "heavy hardcore leanings" and "loop based" full length
Source: punknews.org

AFI has announced that their upcoming full length, the follow-up to 2003's "Sing The Sorrow", will have hardcore moments which harken back to one of their earlier releases - "Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes".

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