Stanley Kubrick

‘Paths of Glory’: Stanley Kubrick’s First Step Towards Cinema Immortality

  By Sven Mikulec   There's a picture that will always be good, years from now, the great Kirk Douglas…

3 years ago

Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War

  By Tim Pelan   “It's not pro-war or anti-war. It's just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of…

4 years ago

Stanley Kubrick’s original treatment for ‘The Shining’

  By Sven Mikulec   One of Stephen King's most popular and celebrated novels, The Shining was initially conceived as…

4 years ago

Sam Peckinpah’s original version of the screenplay for ‘One-Eyed Jacks,’ Marlon Brando’s only directorial effort

  By Sven Mikulec   On only one occasion did Marlon Brando give directing a shot. Disappointed with the audience's…

6 years ago

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’: Kubrick’s Pioneering Achievement As One of the Most Significant Films Ever Made

  By Sven Mikulec   The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course,…

6 years ago

‘Eyes Wide Shut’: A Tense, Nightmarish Exploration of Marriage and Sexuality in Kubrick’s Ultimate Film

  By Sven Mikulec   Almost a decade passed since Full Metal Jacket hit the theaters, and Stanley Kubrick lived…

6 years ago

‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World

  By Sven Mikulec Between making 2001: A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick filmed A Clockwork Orange in…

7 years ago

Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’: The Sharpest, Most Cautioning, Hilarious Political Satire

  By Sven Mikulec The story has it that Stanley Kubrick was very interested in the nuclear war, and that…

8 years ago