The Kubrick Series

Lee Unkrich is the Academy Award-winning director of Toy Story 3 and Coco. He’s also the foremost expert in all things related to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. His brilliant three-volume set on the film is now available through Taschen publishing. Click here for more information and to purchase this extraordinary set.

An exploration of Kubrick's seminal Vietnam War film with a panel of special guests including actors Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio, Kubrick's personal assistant Leon Vitali, cinematographer Douglas Milsome, journalist and author Tim Cahill, Vietnam veteran and film professor Harry Haines, film and philosophy professor Daniel Shaw. author Randy Rasmussen (Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed), writer Jason Sanford, critics Glenn Kenny and Keith Uhlich, and a never-before-released interview with Kubrick himself. Access over 60 hours of bonus content by becoming a Patreon supporter of the series. Visit TheKubrickSeries.com or Patreon.com/TheKubrickSeries for more details. 

An assortment of Kubrick's closest collaborators and various critics and analysts examine the mysteries of Kubrick's masterpiece of horror, which stands as his most mainstream and pleasing, yet deceptively cryptic works.Guests include actor and Kubrick’s long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali, Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, assistant director Brian W. Cook, film critics Glenn Kenny, Keith Uhlich, Robert Castle and Tony Macklin, personal assistant Tony Frewin, Stephen King authority and author Tony Magistrale, authors Randy Rasmussen, R. Barton Palmer, Geoffrey Cocks, and Mario Falsetto, film professor Steve Mamber, author and filmmaker Jay Weidner, ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore, ROOM 237 filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk, director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), and film analyst John Krysko. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.

In celebration of one of the most beautifully photographed and haunting films ever made, our panel of special guests explore the rewards of Kubrick's costume epic Barry Lyndon.Guests include actor and long-time Kubrick assistants Leon Vitali and Tony Frewin, writer/director Neil Labute (Your Friends and Neighbors), assistant directors Andy Anderson and Brian Cook, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, author Randy Rasmussen, critics Glenn Kenny, Robert Horton and Keith Uhlich, and film professor Steve Mamber. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.

A Clockwork Orange shocked and scandalized the world upon its initial release nearly 50 years ago, and continues to maintain its immense power to this day.Guests include actor Malcolm McDowell, Kubrick's personal assistant Tony Frewin, film professors Steve Mamber and R. Burton Palmer, biographer Vincent LoBrutto, authors Stuart Y. McDougal, Mario Falsetto, Peter Kramer and Randy Rasmussen, critic Keith Uhlich, and film and philosophy professor Daniel Shaw. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.

A celebration of one of the towering achievements of the cinematic medium - 2001: A Space Odyssey - with behind the scenes anecdotes from key talents on the film and detailed analysis from a panel of top film critics and authors.Guests include actor Dan Richter (Moonwatcher), biographer Vincent LoBrutto, author Mario Falsetto, author Randy Rasmussen, critic Keith Uhlich, director Peter Hyams, producer Robert Watts, film analysts Barry Krusch and Dean Treadway, author Peter Kramer, film professor R. Barton Palmer, Kubrick's personal assistant Tony Frewin, and critic Robert Castle. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.

Trace the origins of Stanley Kubrick's stellar career - from Look magazine photographer to director of early classics including 'Fear and Desire', 'Killer's Kiss', 'The Killing', 'Lolita', 'Paths of Glory', 'Spartacus' and 'Dr. Strangelove'.Guests include producer James B. Harris, actors Shane Rimmer, Shirley Douglas, and Richard Anderson, biographers Vincent LoBrutto (Stanley Kubrick: A Biography) and Ed Sikov (Mr. Strangelove), critics Erich Feursten and Keith Uhlich, authors Mario Falsetto (Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Ananlysis), Peter Biskind (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls), and Randy Rasmussen (Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed), Criterion Collection producer Curtis Tsui, director and cinematographer Peter Hyams (2010: The Year We Make Contact), film analyst Barry Krusch, and film professor R. Barton Palmer. Hosted by Jamey DuVall.

Davis played Amanda Curran in Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut', the mystery woman (and possible murder victim) who assists Tom Cruise's character in the film.

Kubrick was a major influence on director and cinematographer Hyams, who has built a resume of terrific films, including 'Capricorn One', 'Running Scared', and '2010: The Year We Make Contact', the sequel to Kubrick's legendary '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Tsui is a producer for The Criterion Collection, the renowned home entertainment company that specializes in the restoration of classic or obscure cinema. Tsui recently produced the company's Blu-ray release of Kubrick's classic anti-war film 'Paths of Glory'.

Castle teaches History and Film Criticism at a small academy outside Trenton, NJ. His articles on film have appeared in Bright Lights Film Journal, The Journal of Religion and Film, Metaphilm, 24 Frames Per Second, AugustCutter.com and Film Comment. 

Mamber teaches in the Cinema and Media Studies Program of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at UCLA - Berkley. He is a founding member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. His writings on Stanley Kubrick include an examination of 'A Clockwork Orange' and Kubrick's use of spacial concepts throughout his films.

Kreider is a renowned cartoonist and writer, whose critical essays have appeared in Film Quarterly, The Comics Journal, Jump Cut, and Lip, and have been anthologized in Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick, Film, and the Uses of History.

Ms. Beldam played the young woman in the bathtub in The Shining, and has enjoyed a life-long career as a successful model.

Watts is best known for his producing duties on the 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' films. He began his career as a production manager on '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Masterson portrayed the character of Sally in Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'.  

Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, Professor of Film and Screenwriting, British Literature at Clemson University and the author of many books on literature and film. He has written extensively about Kubrick's work, including an essay for Jerold Abrams' 'The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick'.

Kramer is a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of BFI Film Classic volume on '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Whittington is the author of The Shining Explored.

Paddy Eason was the digital effects supervisor on 'Eyes Wide Shut', and oversaw the controversial edits to the film following Kubrick's death.

LaBute is the tremendously talented and controversial writer/director of 'In the Company of Men', 'Your Friends and Neighbors', 'Nurse Betty', 'The Shape of Things' and 'Lakeview Terrace'. Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' is one of his favorite films.

Smith worked as a chief electrician on 'Barry Lyndon', a gaffer on 'The Shining', and as the cinematographer of 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

Gordon is an accomplished actor and director whose credits include Dressed to Kill, Christine, and The Killing.

Mr. Sanford is the author of a number of short stories, essays, and articles. He is the winner of a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship and his stories have been published in magazines such as The Mississippi Review, Diagram, The Beloit Fiction Journal, Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, Interzone, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Pindeldyboz, and other places. He’s also published critical essays and book reviews in places like The New York Review of Science Fiction, The Pedestal Magazine, and The Fix Short Fiction Review.

Watson collaborated with Kubrick for the better part of a year on the screen story for 'A.I.', which would eventually be directed by Steven Speilberg following Kubrick's death. He is a renowned author of science fiction novels.

Harry Haines is a Professor in the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University. A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Haines has studied and written extensively on the depcition of war in cinema.

D'Alessandro was a personal assistant to Kubrick from 1971 until the time of his death. He is the subject of the recent documentary S Is for Stanley.

Dennis Bingham is a Professor of English and the Director of the Film Studies program at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis.

Professor Shaw is the managing editor of the Film and Philosophy journal, and serves as Chair of the philosophy department at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. His examination of Kubrick's work, titled 'Nihilism and Freedom in the Films of Stanley Kubrick', appeared in the book 'The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick'.

Christine Gengaro is a Professor of Voice and Music Literature at Los Angeles City College, and the author of Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films.

Kenny was the esteemed critic of Premiere Magazine for many years before beginning his own blog at somecamerunning.typepad.com. He now reviews films for MSN.

Armstrong began his feature film career as an assistant director on Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon', then went on to similar duties on terrific films like 'The Dresser' and 'Hope and Glory'. He is also a highly esteemed stunt coordinator, where he has worked in some of the most beloved films of the past 25 years.

After running the East Coast marketing division of Warner Bros. Pictures, Buckley co-founded Warner Bros. Online in 1996 and shortly after established WB's Interactive Marketing Division, which he headed through 2008. In 2009, he founded THA.i, a full service digital marketing agency, a division of Terry Hines & Associates, serving such clients, among others, as CBS Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Universal Studios, Millennium Media, Showtime and Warner Home Video. He lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Stanley Kubrick's old neighborhood. His collaborations with Kubrick include 'The Shining', 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

Harris approached Kubrick with a proposal for a production partnership following a successful stint in sales and distribution. He produced Kubrick's 'The Killing', 'Paths of Glory' and 'Lolita' prior to embarking on his own successful directing career.  

Falsetto is a professor of cinema studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, where he utilizies his impressive areas of expertise in contemporary American Cinema; experimental film; independent narrative film; the films of Stanley Kubrick, Nicolas Roeg, Stan Brakhage, Federico Fellini, Terence Davies, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, and John Cassavetes; as well as contemporary film theory and aesthetics. He is the author of 'Perspectives on Stanley Kubrick' and 'Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis'.

Vitali portrayed Lord Bullington in Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' and went on to assist Kubrick in each of his future films for the next 24 years. He was essential in the casting process, conducting an exhaustive search before he discovered young actor Danny Lloyd for 'The Shining', and he worked closely with actor R. Lee Ermey during the production of 'Full Metal Jakcet'. Vitali also plays the character of Red Cloak in Kubrick's final film 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

LoBrutto authored the first full-length biography of Stanley Kubrick in his remarkable work 'Stanley Kubrick: A Biography', for which he interviewed more than 70 of Kubrick's friends, collaborators and admirers. LoBrutto recently penned a biography of Martin Scorsese, and is currently developing a similar treatment of director Ridley Scott.

Producer Tim Kirk & director Rodney Ascher are the creative team behind the acclaimed documentary Room 237, which explores the various themes and theories associated with The Shining.

Geoffrey Cocks is Julian S. Rammelkamp Professor of History at Albion College in Michigan. A graduate of Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, he earned his Ph.D. in history at UCLA in 1975. He is the author of Psychotherapy in the Third Reich: The Goring Institute and Treating Mind and Body; editor of The Curve of Life: Correspondence of Heinz Kohut; and co-editor of Psycho/History; German Professions, 1800-1950; Medicine and Modernity; and Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick, Film, and the Uses of History. His influential book, The Wolf at the Door, explores the remarkable formal and substantive patterns of cinematic discourse on Germany and the Holocaust in Stanley Kubrick's films.

Director Tony Zierra and producer Elizabeth Yoffe discuss their documentary FILMWORKER, which tells the story of Kubrick's long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali.

Blakemore is an ABC News reporter who primarily covers the Catholic Church and global warming issues. In 1987, Blakemore penned a widely read and highly influential essay for the Washington Post on Kubrick's 'The Shining', where he observed the film's veiled preoccupation with the genocide of the American Indian.

Douglas Milsome BSC, ASC was a former camera operator for John Alcott on films like A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining. He became a collaborator with director Stanley Kubrick following Alcott's death in 1986 on Full Metal Jacket.

Macklin is a freelance film critic. A current member of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, he is a former film and literature professor at the University of Dayton, and the former editor of the filmcrit magazine Film Heritage. His articles and reviews have been most recently featured at Rotten Tomatoes and The Internet Movie Database, as well as in the Bright Lights Film Journal and The Fayetteville Free Weekly. His well-received book, Voices from the Set: The Film Heritage Interviews (2000), includes his 1970s interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Martin Scorsese, Alan Rudolph, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, John Wayne, Edith Head, Stockard Channing, Richard Baskin, and others.

Uhlich has served as the editor of The House Next Door, and submitted insightful film criticism for Time Out New York, The Hollywood Reporter, and many other industry platforms.

Acclaimed choreographer and performer Yolande Snaith was called upon by Kubrick to choreograph the elaborate masked ball ritual sequence that serves as the centerpiece of the film.

Magistrale is a Professor in English at the University of Vermont since 1983. He has written several books about Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe, including Stephen King: America's Storyteller, which includes a piece titled 'Why The Shining Still Matters'.

Mr. Cahill is an acclaimed journalist, author and co-founder of Outside magazine. He interviewed Kubrick in 1987 for Rolling Stone magazine.

The following interview was conducted in 1987 for Rolling Stone magazine by journalist Tim Cahill. The recordings of this interview have never before been heard by the public. Mr. Cahill has generously made them available exclusively to listeners of The Kubrick Series.

By the time he was offered the starring role in Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket', Modine had alread worked with some of our finest directors, including Alan Parker, John Sayles and Robert Altman. In subsequent years, Modine has delivered indelible performances in high profile films like 'Gross Anatomy', 'And the Band Played On' and 'Any Given Sunday'.  

Richter played the pivotal role of Moonwatcher in Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey', and became an integral part of cinematic history with an iconic moment in the Dawn of Man sequence. Richter chronciled his '2001' experience in his book 'Moonwatcher's Memoir'.