Directed by Mike Flanagan While itself a straight down the middle, somewhat delirious horror/fantasy movie, Doctor Sleep is more fascinating for how it interacts with its prequel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Stephen King is widely known to loath that 1980 film for how it deviates from his novel. The character Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) was … Continue reading Doctor Sleep (2019)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey lives on in certain striking images, like the ape turning a bone into a weapon, HAL 9000's termination or the astronaut, Dave (Keir Dullea) meeting himself in an austere royal bedroom. Upon rewatching this movie what I was struck by was how almost unapologetically this film stitches … Continue reading 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Filmworker (2018)
Directed by Tony Zierra Leon Vitali first met Stanley Kubrick when he auditioned for Barry Lyndon (1975). He was eventually cast, and his prominence within the film opened doors for the young actor. He walked through some but then elected to come work for Kubrick on his next film, 1980's The Shining, and from then on he … Continue reading Filmworker (2018)
The Shining (1980)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick The Shining is so famous, so analyzed, so iconographic that it's hard to have an original opinion about it. I assume I like it, because I do, but is that belief really my own or did I know I had to like it going in? This is a chilling horror film, … Continue reading The Shining (1980)
Bob le Flambeur (1956)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Bob le Flambeur feels familiar. It's a casino heist movie that surely influenced Ocean's 11 (1960), complete with the methodically constructed plan and the suave, comforting criminal of a lead character. Once that plan is put in motion, however, it begins to slowly unravel until you can see the eventual failure from miles … Continue reading Bob le Flambeur (1956)
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