Monthly Archives: April 2025

While reminding myself of these Kubrick films, I re-watched The Killing with a friend. “Oh, it’s so hard to follow”, she said, “it keeps jumping back and forward in time.” Well, it does do a little of that, to make … Continue reading →

It’s another war film, a Cold War comedy about a possibly mad and definitely sex obsessed USA Brigadier General who manages to launch an attack on the USSR. There’s a typical narration, a Kubrick favourite bathroom scene or two and … Continue reading →

Kubrick was intrigued by war and made many films on the subject. Paths Of Glory is sometimes described as “anti-war”, but it’s hard to say that any Kubrick war films are explicitly anti. Paths Of Glory highlights a true (ish) … Continue reading →