Stanley Kubrick was just an average Jewish kid, born in Manhattan in 1928 and raised in The Bronx. He read comic books and pulp novels, played chess, and rooted for the Yankees.

Near the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a big black monolith appears in an African desert, leaving a group of prehistoric ape-men standing there baffled.And that was pretty ...

Key films like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining" cemented Kubrick's legacy as a visionary director ahead of his time. ...

Stanley Kubrick's right-hand man Leon Vitali explains how they executed the classic "elevator of blood" moment in "The Shining" — and why the legendary director refused to be on set during the ...

We do a deep dive into how The Shining director, Stanley Kubrick, pulled off the impressive elevator of blood scene in his Stephen King Adaptation. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

Stanley Kubrick’s called his first feature, which is getting a new run at Metrograph, “boring and pretentious.” Instead, it is a revelation. By J. Hoberman Seen in retrospect, a first ...