Stanley Kubrick
‘Vision Quest’ at 40: Matthew Modine Explains How the Coming-of-Age Classic Landed Him ‘Full Metal Jacket’
The surprising origin story involves an F-bomb wielding Val Kilmer, who Modine says once told him, "I'm sick of you. I'm tired of you getting all the jobs in town."
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James Earl Jones, Authoritative Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93
The honorary Oscar recipient and two-time Tony winner overcame a stutter to stand out in such films as 'The Great White Hope,' 'The Lion King,' 'Field of Dreams' and 'The Sandlot.'
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‘Traumnovelle’ to Open Oldenburg Film Festival
Florian Frerichs' adaptation of the Arthur Schnitzler novella that inspired Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut' stars Nikolai Kinski and Laurine Price.
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Nicole Kidman Reveals Stanley Kubrick’s Rules for Actors During ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ on 25th Anniversary
The actress looks back on the 1999 drama and her interactions with the late director and her co-star and then-husband Tom Cruise.
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Shelley Duvall and Me
A journalist and movie star make for an unlikely friendship as The Hollywood Reporter senior writer Seth Abramovitch shares thoughts about profiling the late 'Shining' star in 2021.
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Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on ‘Alien’ and ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,’ Dies at 84
The Oscar nominee created pterodactyls, bats, a moth monster, octopuses and one very famous chest-bursting creature during his career.
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Julian Senior, Longtime Warner Bros. Publicity Executive in Europe, Dies at 85
He worked closely with Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood, David Puttnam and Neil Jordan during his 30-year run at the studio.
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Michel Ciment, Prominent French Film Critic and Historian, Dies at 85
The longtime editor of Positif was “perhaps the freest and most encyclopedic mind that film criticism has ever produced.”
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Albert Brooks on the Call From Stanley Kubrick That Changed His Life
The comedy legend, subject of Rob Reiner's HBO doc "Defending My Life," says the director told him never to blame himself for a commercial failure: "That decision is made long before that movie gets out there"
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Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci Team for ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Stage Adaptation
The 'Veep' and 'Death of Stalin' director is adapting Stanley Kubrick's seminal nuclear war satire for the stage, with Coogan set to play multiple roles in the mode of 'Strangelove' star Peter Sellers.
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William Friedkin, Acclaimed Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 87
The Oscar winner "never played by the rules, often to my own detriment," he said.
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Gerald Fried, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Roots’ Composer, Dies at 95
The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee befriended Stanley Kubrick on a Bronx baseball field, then scored his first four features.
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