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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 →

Have you ever read Nabokov’s book? Don’t be put off by the subject matter. It’s a great book. How did they ever make a movie of Lolita? the posters ask. Well, easily actually. Remove even the vaguest suggestions of any … Continue reading →