By Simon Miraudo January 29, 2014 Stanley Kubrick‘s blistering Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opened on January 29, 1964, simultaneously screening in New York, London, and Toronto. Despite there being no evidence to prove as much, I have a sneaking suspicion the usually-reasonable Canadian […]
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Play It Again – The Shining
May 14, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo May 14, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; it […]
Continue readingWarner Bros consider prequel to The Shining
July 30, 2012 0 Comments
In news that should excite fans of The Shining – Kidding! The internet hates this kind of thing! – Warner Bros are toying with the idea of producing a prequel to the Stanley Kubrick classic. According to the L.A. Times, writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Avatar) and partners Bradley Fischer (Black Swan) and James Vanderbilt […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Barry Lyndon
July 3, 2012 2 Comments
Play It Again – Barry Lyndon. Starring Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, and Leon Vitali. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Spartacus
June 27, 2012 1 Comment
Play It Again – Spartacus. Starring Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated PG. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Lolita
June 19, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – Lolita. Starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, and Peter Sellers. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – A Clockwork Orange
June 12, 2012 0 Comments
Play It Again – A Clockwork Orange. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick McGee, and Adrienne Corri. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated R. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Oscar losers
February 24, 2012 7 Comments
The top 10 Oscar losers. By Simon Miraudo. We’re sure that winning an Academy Award is one of the highest honours an artist in the field of film could ever hope for. And it hardly needs to be said that a fair few great flicks have been recognised by the Academy over the years. However, […]
Continue readingLost footage from Kubrick’s 2001 found
December 20, 2010 4 Comments
Stanley Kubrick fans should probably brace themselves because according to Forgotten Silver (translated by Blastr) seventeen minutes of “lost” footage from his 1968 epic sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey has just been rediscovered. Douglas Trumbull and David Larson, who were working on the now-cancelled documentary 2001: Behind the Infinite—The Making of a Masterpiece, will […]
Continue readingHead to Head – 2001: A Space Odyssey
October 20, 2009 7 Comments
Welcome to the latest edition of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critic takes on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week, Tom Clift took down the monolith known as 2001: A Space Odyssey. For his troubles, he received a free […]
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