The Kubrick Series

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.  Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

Frewin was Kubrick's assistant for over 30 years beginning with '2001: A Space Odyssey'. He would later write the screenplay for Brian W. Cook's 'Color Me Kubrick', and serves as the producer of Jan Harlan's documentary 'Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures'. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

Whittington is the author of The Shining Explored. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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

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. Support this podcast

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

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. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

McDougal is a visiting scholar at Cornell University. His in-depth book titled 'Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange' chronicles the making of Kubrick's extraordinary film, and its enduring legacy that carries on to this day. Support this podcast

Rasmussen is the author of 'Stanley Kubrick: 7 Films Analyzed', an intensive, scene-by-scene analysis of Kubrick's most mature work-seven meticulously wrought films, from Dr. Strangelove to Eyes Wide Shut. He has also authored a similar exploration on the films of Orson Welles. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

Cook served as the assistant director on Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon', 'The Shining' and 'Eyes Wide Shut', and would later go on to direct 'Color Me Kubrick' starring John Malkovich as Alan Conway, a man who posed as Kubrick during the production of his last film in order to gain social status. As an assistant director, Cook has collaborated with filmmakers as diverse as Brian De Palma, Sean Penn and Michael Cimino. Support this podcast

"Full Metal Jacket" was D'Onofrio's screen debut. So indelible was his performance that it forever placed him in the pantheon of our greatest actors. D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds for the role of Leonard, shed his hair, and struggled through the emotional turmoil that coincided with this dramatic physical transformation. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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'.   Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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

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. Support this podcast

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

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

Macklin is a freelance film critic. A current member of the http://lvfcs.org/ (Las Vegas Film Critics Society), he is a former film and literature professor at thehttp://artssciences.udayton.edu/Departments___Programs/English ( University of Dayton), and the former editor of the filmcrit magazine Film Heritage. His articles and reviews have been most recently featured at http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ (Rotten Tomatoes) and http://www.imdb.com/ (The Internet Movie Database), as well as in the http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/ (Bright Lights Film Journal) and http://freeweekly.com/ (The Fayetteville Free Weekly). His well-received book, http://tonymacklin.net/books.php?bID=1 (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. Support this podcast

One of the great cinematic innovators, Brown was called upon to operate his new and revolutionary invention - the Steadicam - during the shooting of 'The Shining'. Throughout the process, Brown gained invaluable insights into Kubrick's meticulous and precise technical demands. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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.  Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast

Krusch has written essays on everything from media and psychology to politics and the constitution. His cinema writings have largely centered on the works of Stanley Kubrick, and can be found in his exhaustive ongoing analysis in the Kubrick FAQ, and in his newly released analysis of 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Support this podcast

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

Ryan is the writer and editor of a blog devoted to visual analysis and image cataloging of The Shining called http://kdk12.tumblr.com/ (KDK12. ) He produced screenings of http://kdk12.tumblr.com/post/4879566957/the-shining-forwards-and-backwards (The Shining Forwards and Backwards, Simultaneously, Superimposed), a digital re-edit of the film.  Support this podcast

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.   Support this podcast

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

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'. Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast

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'. Support this podcast