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    Costumed Parties, Pt. 1: AGORA & Trumbo's SPARTACUS

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 11:00AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: agora 2009, netflix, spartacus cable series, stanley kubrick, dalton trumbo, kirk douglas, jean simmons, charles laughton, laurence olivier, peter ustinov, woody strode, alex north, saul bass, howard fast, demille's ten commandments, cgi sfx, martin scorsese, bergman's virgin spring, social climbers, cinematography, brit tv wicked series

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    Costumed Parties, Pt. 4: Seduction by Shadow & Candle Light

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:59AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: john alton, french revolution, spartacus 1960, stanley kubrick, barry lyndon 1975, the black book 1949, reign of terror 1949, narrative elements of film, kinetic elements of film, color cinematography, black-and-white cinematography, huac, hollywood ten, planned parenthood, acorn, bertolt brecht, dalton trumbo, agora, i claudius, cousin bette, bbc, bonnie and clyde 1967, mash 1970, sex in cinema, a dangerous method 2011, painting with light (1949), robbespierre, joe mccarthy, film noir, ryan o'neal, william makepeace thackery, martin scorsese, albert finney, tom jones 1963, point of order 1964, trumbo 2007, michael douglas, nathan lane, citizen cohn 1992, darkness at high noon 2002, carl foreman, stanley kramer, arthur miller, elia kazan, the crucible 1996, on the waterfront 1954, mccarthy era, robert deniro, woody allen, george clooney, good night and good luck 2005, robert downey jr, john payne, silver lode 1954, high noon 1952

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    When studios blew the best chance to legitimize the NC-17.

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 10:51AM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: censorship, eyes wide shut, michael fassbender, mpaa, nc-17, nicole kidman, shame, stanley kubrick, tom cruise, warner bros

    • 17 Ratings
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    Some things I've been wondering about....

    AUGUST 12, 2011 11:57AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: questions, musings, unidentified mermaid, career choices, meditation, james joyce, stanley kubrick, furniture, paint, interior decorating, mosaics, pottery, lead paint, pottery glaze, art, do you know....

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    • 2060 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    ‘Tree of Life’: For film critics or for viewers?

    JULY 4, 2011 4:39PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: american art, american film, art, baby boomer, baby boomers, brad pitt, dinosaurs, film, french, french art, french film, generation x, impressionism, movies, realism, roger ebert, sean penn, stanley kubrick, surrealism, terrence malick

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    Midnight Space Odysseys & Tempus Fugit (Time Flees)

    DECEMBER 31, 2010 12:28PM

    By Scarlett Sumac


    Topics: 2021, 2011, 2010, space odyssey 2001, not just about the new year, new year's observations, tempus fugit = time flies/flees, arthur c. clarke, stanley kubrick

    • 2 Ratings
    • 244 Views
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    What's with movies these days?

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 12:16PM

    By Barry Wightman


    Topics: francis ford coppola, stanley kubrick, bob dylan, red, movies

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    Kubrick’s FEAR AND DESIRE. The L.A. Screening

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 1:14AM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: eastman house, fear and desire, look magazine, paul mazursky, q&a, restoration, screening, stanley kubrick

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    Doug Trumbull's BEYOND THE INFINITE 2001 Doc

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 5:43PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: stanley kubrick, douglas trumbull, documentary, blu-ray, beyond the infinite, behind-the scenes, 2001: a space odyssey

    • 1 Ratings
    • 557 Views
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    "How Dare You Edit Your Film" & Other Creative Alienations

    JUNE 14, 2010 1:43PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: writer/director/editor, woody allen, tarantino/menke, studio, storyboard, steven soderbergh, stanley kubrick, sean smith, scorcese/schoonmaker, sayles/strathairn, robert rodriguez, powell/pressburger, post-production, nykvist, no rules, newsweek, my own cut, lee/schamus, john sayles, ivory/jhabvala, individual, hollywood, final cut, film, edit, directors should not edit, director, creative process, creative control, creative alienation, coppola/murch, collaborative, coen brothers, bertolucci/storaro, art, allen/keaton, alfred hitchcock

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    250 Movies of the 2000s – 248) Spanglish

    JUNE 13, 2010 12:24PM

    By Coolhand Jones


    Topics: spanglish, james l. brooks, martin scorsese, woody allen, adam sandler, stanley kubrick, tea leoni, paz vega, cloris leachman, the simpsons, the mary tyler moore show, rhoda, lou grant, taxi, as good as it gets, sex and lucia, broadcast news, terms of endearment, reign over me, punch-drunk love

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    14 Films Famous Directors Don't Ever Want You to Know About

    MAY 19, 2010 1:01PM

    By Caroline Hagood


    Topics: movies, directors, film, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, miller's crossing, joel and ethan coen, star wars, george lucas, meet me in st. louis, vincente minnelli, the lord of the rings, peter jackson, the lady eve, preston sturges, king kong, ernest b. schoedsack, merian c. cooper, the godfather, francis ford coppola, the 400 blows, francois truffaut, dr. strangelove, stanley kubrick, aguirre: the wrath of god, werner herzog, the stepford wives, bryan forbes, citizen kane, orson welles, annie hall, woody allen

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    Diane Arbus and Spooky Twins

    APRIL 29, 2010 8:30PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: twins, tintypes, the shining, stephen king, stanley kubrick, freaks, diane arbus, daguerreotype, ambrotype, aipad, open call

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    Horror and Gothic Literature: A Love Story

    APRIL 12, 2010 1:31AM

    By Jesse Munoz


    Topics: book review, american gothic, stanley kubrick, stephanie coontz, c.s. jung, sigmund freud, horace walpole, t.s. eliot, william shakespeare, toni morrison, william faulkner, nathaniel hawthorne, charles dickens, peter straub, richard matheson, ira levin, william peter blatty, stephen king, gothicism, gothic, horror, literature

    • 1 Ratings
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    WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: A Love Song To Boys

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 1:07PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: a progression of moods and feelings, carter burwell, children, classic, fantasy, hollywood, karen o, kids, love song, maurice sendak, max records, organic, poem, poetic, primal, spike jonze, stanley kubrick, stream-of-consciousness, subtext, where the wild things are, dvd, blu-ray

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    Artificial yes. Intelligent, no.

    DECEMBER 14, 2009 5:52PM

    By Ted Burke


    Topics: jonthan rosenbaum, movies, steven spielberg, stanley kubrick

    • 12 Ratings
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    Vietnam Mon Amour: Remembering Full Metal Jacket

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 12:37PM

    By Caroline Hagood


    Topics: vincent d’onofrio, vietnam, stanley kubrick, matthew modine, full metal jacket

    • 3 Ratings
    • 520 Views
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    SALUTE TO STANLEY

    APRIL 3, 2009 2:41PM

    By Donald Brown


    Topics: 70s, 60s, american films of the 50s, cinema at the whitney, yale, keir dullea, barry lyndon, the killing, paths of glory, 2001: a space odyssey, stanley kubrick, movies

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