I was, if you can believe, probably about five or six years old when I had my first glimpse of a Stanley Kubrick film. It was the middle of a … Continue reading The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition At TIFF
I had watched the 1987 war film, Full Metal Jacket, a few years ago with my husband. The title refers to the bullet used by the infantry riflemen. At the … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: Steampunk Granny Talks Full Metal Jacket and Marines
Come and play with us Danny. Give me the bat. KDK 12 calling KDK 1. You’ve always been the caretaker, sir. I should know. I’ve always been here. Would you … Continue reading 31 Days Of Horror – Why The Shining Still Scares Us
A Clockwork Orange: I won’t bother summarizing the plot. If you haven’t seen this magnificent film by Stanley Kubrick (or read the less-than-magnificent-but-still-pretty-good novel by Anthony Burgess), stop reading this … Continue reading March Madness: A Little Bit Of The Ultraviolence With Alex From A Clockwork Orange
I started Nine Week of Kubrick with a look at Eyes Wide Shut, the final film in the Stanley Kubrick Collectors Edition blu-ray set. Nine movies later, I conclude the series with the first movie … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Nine – Andy Burns on Spartacus
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this is previous entries, but the eighth film in my Nine Weeks of Kubrick series is one I genuinely haven’t been looking forward to watching. … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Eight – Andy Burns on Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
After a week’s break to check out some in-theatre film adventure, I’m back at it with the seventh instalment in the Nine Weeks of Kubrick series I’ve been working on. … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Seven – Andy Burns on Full Metal Jacket
Six weeks in to our look at the brilliant films found in the Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection of blu-rays and what I expected has finally occurred – I’ve hit … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Six – Andy Burns on Barry Lyndon
Another week, another delve into the incredible legacy that director Stanley Kubrick left the world (you can also check out previous entries on 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Five – Andy Burns on Lolita
I fell asleep. What can I tell you – four weeks into Nine Weeks of Kubrick and I fell asleep during 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first film in the … Continue reading Nine Weeks Of Kubrick, Week Four: Andy Burns on 2001: A Space Odyssey
We started Nine Weeks of Kubrick with two of my favourite films – Eyes Wide Shut and The Shining. Now, as I comb through the recently released Stanley Kubrick Limited … Continue reading Nine Weeks Of Kubrick, Week Three: Andy Burns on A Clockwork Orange
As I mentioned last week here in this spot, I recently picked up the Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Blu-Ray collection. My plan was to go through each film in reverse … Continue reading Nine Weeks of Kubrick, Week Two: Andy Burns on The Shining
