Ranking Kubrick

I have no idea why the format is all out of kilter. Consider it the universe's way of keeping our attention. Everyone ranks their favorite Kubrick films. I am only trying to fit in. FEAR AND DESIREIt's a first movie, and a first movie of its time. The equipment available to an independent director in...

Ranking Kubrick: The Final 3

THE SHININGAt the time of its release, no one expected this would be remembered decades later. It made magazine covers when genre movies were still not given a lot of attention in Time and Newsweek. I didn't know why there was so much attention to movie directors, and didn't know why this Stanley Kubrick person...

A Brief Darkness: ANTON FURST

He was born in Manchester, England in 1944. He worked in television and as an uncredited special effects technician in ALIEN. His daughter was considered for one of the main roles in Neil Jordan's THE COMPANY OF WOLVES, but was considered "too pretty." When Jordan met the girl's father, they discussed the concept for the...