Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a film that inspires strong reactions, and people have been trying to pin down what it’s really about almost since the day it was released. With Room 237, first-time feature director Rodney Ascher has gone deeper down the rabbit hole than anyone before him, bringing…
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O Cinema’s mini-Kubrick Film Festival, “Stanley Kubrick: The Man & His Movies,” has made a last-minute addition to its participants. Matthew Modine, the lead actor in the iconic director’s 1987 Vietnam film Full Metal Jacket, and more recently seen in The Dark Knight Rises, will appear via Skype for a…
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Like the blood that gushes from the elevators of the Overlook Hotel, brilliant/ridiculous theories of what Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is really about have for years surged madly and memorably — especially online, where the Internet’s dead ends, blind links, and circular arguments just might be another part of the…
Remember Friday, when all the office drones of the country could talk about was Game of Thrones’ new season, which was just days away? There were interviews with cast members. There were items for sale on Etsy. There were facial hair power rankings. Anticipation was high. Then the first episode…
