What is there left to be said about Stanley Kubrick’s deep-space masterpiece. Not only is it the greatest work of science fiction ever put on screen, it’s one of the greatest films ever made in any genre. More than 50 years after its debut, audiences are still enraptured and perplexed by this profound tale of […] Read more »
Paths of Glory (1957) is a shocking, tough and totally unromantic study in the futility of WWI trench warfare and the moral corrosion such sort of carnage can inflict, both on the soldiers in the trenches and the senior officers in charge of the strategy. Cinematically the film is interesting because of Kubrick’s use of […] Read more »
Dr Strangelove (1964) had a big impact on my youthful mind. So, I jumped at the opportunity to re-view the film, which screened as part of a Stanley Kubrick retrospective in Hong Kong. I was reminded how misogynistic Dr Strangelove is. Women exist in this film only for the purposes of decoration, recreation and procreation. […] Read more »