Stanley Kubrick

Their terrifying sounds Their terrifying sounds

The great 20th century composers revolutionized music, only to be rewarded with obscurity. Can the New Yorker's Alex Ross revive them in a world of Britney Spears?
By Kevin Berger Nov 2, 2007

  • The British indie explosion

    Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 8, 2009

  • Ashton Kutcher, American gigolo

    The wisecracking TV host and trophy husband proves he can act in "Spread," a deceptively dark SoCal sex satire
    By Andrew O'Hehir August 13, 2009

  • Quentin over Fellini? "Annie Hall" over Antonioni?

    Has critical taste become fossilized? A new greatest-films poll yields some odd results, but poses old questions
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 14, 2009

  • Beyond the Multiplex

    It's springtime and a bumper crop of indie films -- about air-guitar gods, faux celebs, lusty Frenchwomen -- is bustin' out all over!
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 22, 2007

  • Artificial maturity

    In "A.I.," Steven Spielberg continues his quest to be a real live adult. He was far greater as a real live boy.
    By Charles Taylor June 29, 2001

  • We, robots!

    From Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" to Steven Spielberg's "A.I.," the line between man and machine has never been clear.
    By Dan Dinello June 21, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 12, 2001
    By Joyce Millman June 12, 2001

  • "The Shining"

    A rare look at Stanley Kubrick's work habits. Plus: Why Jack Nicholson's dental hygiene is so good.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 7, 2001

  • We three kings

    The great works of Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola and F.W. Murnau make today's movies look like bags of tricks or boxes of soap.
    By Michael Sragow January 25, 2001

  • The greatest movie Stanley Kubrick never made

    For 30 years before his death, the idiosyncratic director dreamed of making a sex-drenched epic of war and peace.
    By Darryl Mason October 4, 2000

  • "Eyes Wide Shut"

    Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman talk about the late Stanley Kubrick on the sumptuous DVD release of the most misunderstood film in recent memory.
    By Bill Wyman July 11, 2000

  • Two minutes of sheer excitement!

    There was a time when movie trailers managed a rough poetry. Today, they're infuriatingly generic, manically edited and ruined by plot spoilers.
    By Stephanie Zacharek June 20, 2000

  • Queen Amilambada

    "Dirty Dancing, the franchise." And, yes, fries do come with that shake.
    By Amy Reiter May 15, 2000

  • Toga parties

    Rather stay home and get decadent watching videos than go see Ridley Scott's "Gladiator"? Here are five classical suggestions.
    By Michael Sragow May 5, 2000

  • Robert Moog

    His invention had an extraordinary impact on how musicians create, and radically changed the way music is made.
    By Frank Houston April 25, 2000

  • Sally get out the hoses

    Sally Jessy Raphaël producer busted in on-set after-hours porn scandal. And now this: Mark Fuhrman's opinions on TV; Britney Spears disgorges in print.
    By Amy Reiter March 16, 2000

  • "Mission to Mars"

    In space, no one can hear you jeer.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 10, 2000

  • Arthur C. Clarke

    For decades, the author of the science-fiction classics "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Childhood's End" has exhibited an uncanny ability to see the future.
    By Frank Houston March 7, 2000

  • Sharps & Flats

    Free of lyrical limitations, San Francisco's Tarentel channel the meditative power of music into audio cinema.
    By Jonathan Lee December 13, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Mary Frances Berry talks back, defending KPFA strategy; Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending; differentiating between self-love and self-absorption.
    Letters to the Editor October 20, 1999

  • Bobbing for Teamsters

    Boating magazine offers a reward for extracting Jimmy Hoffa from a body of water. Plus: James Hewitt may be an officer, but he ain't no gentleman.
    By Amy Reiter October 19, 1999

  • Kubrick's last film: An open and shut case?

    "Eyes Wide Shut" is still roiling the waters. Brill's Content: The media sucks! Harper's: The critics suck!
    By Sean Elder October 8, 1999

  • "Random Hearts"

    Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas get caught somewhere between their cheatin' dead spouses and a banal thriller.
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 8, 1999

  • The true adventures of a space buccaneer

    "I think space will happen," Jim Benson says. "People will move off the planet." And when they do, he wants a piece of the action.
    By Frank Houston August 30, 1999
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