Tag Archives: stanley kubrick

Fear and Desire (1953)

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Howard Sackler

Posted in Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 1953, behind enemy lines, david allen, desire, drama, fear, fear and desire, forest, Frank Silvera, gerald fried, howard sackler, kenneth harp, lust, paul mazursky, raft, river, sex, soldier, soldiers, stanley kubrick, stephen coit, thriller, Virginia Leith, war | Leave a comment

The Shining (1980)

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson (Based on the novel by Stephen King)

Posted in Drama, Horror | Tagged 1980, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, axe, blood, colorado, danny lloyd, diane johnson, drama, family, horror, hotel, isolated, isolation, jack nicholson, maze, murder, philip stone, powers, psychic, scatman crothers, shelley duvall, snow, stanley kubrick, stephen king, storm, the shining, twins, writer | Leave a comment

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick (Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, War | Tagged 1975, adaptation, adventure, aristocrat, army, barry lyndon, captatin, drama, duel, england, history, ireland, irish, marisa berenson, ryan o'neal, stanley kubrick, war, william makepeace thackeray | Leave a comment

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 1968, 2001, 2001: a space odyssey, a.i., adaptation, adventure, alien, apes, arthur c. clarke, artificial intelligence, astronaut, computer, douglas rain, drama, earth, evolution, gary lockwood, hal 9000, heir dullea, jupiter, monolith, moon, sci-fi, science fiction, space, stanley kubrick, travel, william sylvester | Leave a comment

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick & Terry Southern & Peter George (Based on the book “Red Alert” by Peter George)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1964, adaptation, air force, airplane, bomb, bomber, comedy, dr. strangelove, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, george c. scott, german, james earl jones, keenan wynn, military, nazi, nuclear, nuke, peter bull, peter george, peter sellers, plane, politician, politics, president, red alert, russia, slim pickens, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, strangelove, terry southern, war room | Leave a comment

Room 237 (2013)

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rodney Ascher Writer: Rodney Ascher

Posted in Documentary, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Tagged apollo 11, conspiracy, documentary, drama, film theory, horror, hotel, interpretation, jack nicholson, moon, moon landing, rodney ascher, room 237, stanley kubrick, stephen king, supernatural, the shining, theory, thriller | Leave a comment

The Life & Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Hopkins Writers: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Based on a book by Roger Lewis) So Peter Sellers was kind of a jerk huh?

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged actor, being there, blake edwards, charlize theron, christopher markus, comedy, dr. strangelove, drama, emily watson, geoffrey rush, heidi klum, hollywood, john lithgow, peter sellers, pink panther, roger lewis, sophia loren, stanley kubrick, stanley tucci, stephen fry, stephen hopkins, stephen mcfeely, the life & death of peter sellers | Leave a comment

Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Howard Sackler

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1955, boxer, crime, crime drama, criterion collection, dancer, drama, fighter, film noir, howard sackler, kidnapped, killer's kiss, noir, stanley kubrick, thriller | Leave a comment

The Killing (1956)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (Based on the novel “Clean Break” by Lionel White) First time seeing this. Criterion just put it out on Blu Ray with Killer’s Kiss and being a big Kubrick fan I … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1956, adaptation, clean break, coleen gray, crime, criterion collection, dog, drama, film noir, heist, horse racing, jim thompson, lionel white, money, noir, race track, racetrack, robbery, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, the killing, thriller, vince edwards | Leave a comment

Paths of Glory (1957)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick & Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson (Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb) Excellent. One of the great anti-war films. Heart wrenching and intense. Required viewing!

Posted in Action, Drama, Uncategorized, War | Tagged coward, cowardice, execution, firing squad, kirk douglas, paths of glory, Ralph Meeker, retreat, stanley kubrick, trench, trench warfare, war, world war I, WWI | Leave a comment

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