Misunderstood as a psychosexual thriller, the film is actually more of an acidic comedy about how Tom Cruise fails to get laid.
The fiercely ironic A Clockwork Orange has held up over time as a provocative comic horror show.
Come and play with us, Danny—in anamorphic widescreen-forever, and ever, and ever.
Who are we, where do we come from, and where are we going?
A hyper-violent, foul-mouthed war movie that outpaces Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and a dozen others for sheer motive force.
Stanley Kubrick’s final film merits reevaluation and reappraisal.
Stanley Kubrick’s aesthetic provides a necessary distancing device between the spectator and the acts of horror depicted throughout.
The film is a radical distillation of its source novel’s densely stuffed ghosts-and-gore imagery.
In its constant and irreversible violence, Full Metal Jacket, one of Kubrick’s grittiest works, is also one of his most resonant.
What, exactly, is Kubrick satirizing? Our collective obsession with violence?
At age 63, McDowell is one of the few living links to a host of great British actors who are now gone.
Each picture has something a little different to say about authority and the people below it.
Garrett Brown might be the most influential filmmaker that the moviegoing public hasn’t heard of.
Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 epic Barry Lyndon is perhaps his most uncompromising work.
Because space was tight, documentaries, shorts and animated films were not eligible. Additionally, we limited directors to no more than one spot on the list.