Robert Altman Centennial

July 18–Sept. 18

A signature stylist in American filmmaking, Robert Altman (1925–2006) was known as an innovator and iconoclast. Altman’s work helped to define the 1970s. He may have slowed down in the 1980s, but he reemerged in the 1990s and early 2000s (more than once) with some of his best work. The hallmarks of Altman’s celebrated style — overlapping dialogue, improvisational acting, mobile camera and zooms, subversive humor — have been displayed since the career-making M*A*S*H in 1970. (Ironically, it might have never been: his unorthodox methods so puzzled co-stars Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould that they tried to have him removed from the picture!) A century after his birth, his films have lost none of their vitality. They have also continued to greatly influence younger filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson. Altman received five Academy Award® nominations for Best Director and never won, but the Academy awarded him an honorary Oscar® in 2006 “for a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.”

Showtimes

3 WOMEN (1977)

3 WOMEN (1977)

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Monday, August 25, 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

CALIFORNIA SPLIT

CALIFORNIA SPLIT

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Monday, August 18, 2025

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025

GOSFORD PARK

GOSFORD PARK

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Monday, September 15, 2025

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

THE LONG GOODBYE

THE LONG GOODBYE

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Friday, August 08, 2025

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Monday, August 11, 2025

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

THE PLAYER

THE PLAYER

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Friday, September 05, 2025

Saturday, September 06, 2025

Sunday, September 07, 2025

Monday, September 08, 2025

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

POPEYE

POPEYE

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Monday, September 01, 2025

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

SHORT CUTS

SHORT CUTS

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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Thursday, September 18, 2025

THIEVES LIKE US

THIEVES LIKE US

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Saturday, August 09, 2025

Monday, August 11, 2025

Thursday, August 14, 2025

VINCENT & THEO

VINCENT & THEO

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Thursday, September 04, 2025

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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