Eureka’s Masters of Cinema series was formative in developing my knowledge and love of cinema. I glance over at my collection and think of how Eureka introduced me to F.W Murnau’s Tabu, Douglas Sirk’s The Tarnished Angels and a host of lesser seen Billy Wilder films. I associate that Masters […]
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick II (2001: A Space Odyssey & The Shining)
Stanley Kubrick I (A Clockwork Orange & Barry Lyndon)
The Wicker Man & The Final Episode of Cinema Eclectica (277)
The Shining (1980) – Classic Film Kid
CONTAINS SPOILERS Hi everyone, it’s the Classic Film Kid here with another review, and today, we are stepping back into true classic territory as we are looking at Stanley Kubrick’s thriller/horror The Shining, “adapted” from the book of the same name by Stephen King. Taking place in a large hotel […]
Nightfall (1956): An Unsung Noir by one of the Great Unsung Directors (Review)
Jacques Tourneur is the kind of director that has been consigned to the history books, the RKO-man was well known for his many low-budget horror films (including the pre-Romero, I walked with a Zombie), he also did many noirs, westerns and epics. Filmmakers just aren’t allowed that level of liberation, […]
A Taste of Honey (1961) Tom Jones (1963) & The Children’s Hour (1961) (Review)
Phantom Thread (2017) the mother of all complexes (Review)
A Clockwork Orange (1971) One of the 1970s most controversial masterpieces (Review)
I guess A Clockwork Orange is something akin to a movie buff’s ‘Where were you when Kennedy was shot?’ moment. Every self-respecting film devotee from the UK is likely to recall the first time they watched Stanley Kubrick’s controversial masterpiece and, if you’re of a certain age, chances are you […]