Category: Stanley Kubrick

Film Review: ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’: The Enigmatic Auteur in His Own Words

NR | 1h 1min | Documentary, Biography, Film History | 21 March 2023 (USA) For those largely unfamiliar with the films of Stanley Kubrick, director Gregory Monro’s one-hour, one-minute movie, narrated mainly by Kubrick, might be considered a cheat, which is understandable. For Kubrick devotees, it could be viewed as suspect. In actuality, it is not a cheat nor is it…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Paths of Glory’: Young Director Stanley Kubrick’s Scathing Indictment of War

Not Rated| 1h 28min | Drama, War | 1957 “Full Metal Jacket” (1987) is a modern-day war classic by all accounts. It covers the Vietnam War: Everything from the stressful weeks that men spent in boot camp, all the way to the brutal carnage during the soldiers’ climactic street and jungle battles. But it wasn’t…