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Movies

AFI Fest

From October 25, 2023 through October 29, 2023
  • TCL Chinese Theatres, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Tickets start at $18 for individual screenings (excluding red carpet premieres); $10 for shorts programs; passes available
More info
Leave the World Behind cast are pictured in this production still, including Mahershala Ali, Myha’la, Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke.
'Leave the World Behind' opens this year's AFI Fest, starring (l-r) Mahershela Ali, Myha’la Herrold, Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke.
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Watch more than 140 films on the big screen at this year's AFI Fest, which opens this week with the world premiere of Leave the World Behind, written and directed by Sam Esmail and starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali. Bookending the film festival is Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, a love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). Greta Gerwig serves as this year’s Guest Artistic Director.