Books | By Flavorwire Staff Book Excerpt: The Rarified New York of ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Odd Mom Out’ Much has been written about how we see New York City on the big screen (here’s a recent example), and for good reason – the city has, for decades, been defined in the public ...
If you’re old enough to remember the film2001: A Space Odysseyby Stanley Kubrick, then you understand the concept of tinkering with a brain and changing how humans think. Not only how we think but how we process and store information – into short- and long-term memory. It wasn’t tha...
In 1966 Stanley Kubrick told a friend that he wanted to make “the world’s scariest movie.” A decade later Stephen King’s The Shining landed on the director…
Destroy All Movies is a book on cult cinema written by the Alamo Drafthouse's Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly that is kind of the end all be all of ridiculous B-movies involving punks in any way, shape or form. It's at once a collection of titles, a love letter and a historical doc...
BooksKubrick explores remote frontiers; Stanley Kubrick: A Biography. By John Baxter (Harper Collins pounds 8.9 9). Reviewed by Simon Evans.Evans, Simon
You'll surely have heard of (if not seen) Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unlike the other novels on this list, Arthur C. Clarke's dense novel was written concurrently with its film adaptation, but certainly has a charm of its own. ...
Anthony Burgess is most famous for having written the novelA Clockwork Orange(that was then perhaps even more famously turned intoa movie by Stanley Kubrick).However, it seems that twice he delved into the world of children's books, both to delightful effect. The first,A Long Trip to Teatime...
It seemed like a perfect idea at the time, one of the great horror novels adapted to film by one of the greatest directors of the time. Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’sThe Shiningwill go on to become one of the most highly regarded horror films of all time. It is also...
Kubrickby Michael Herr (Grove Press: 2001) This brief book was written by Herr largely to counteract Raphael’s unflattering portrait. It is good, well-written (as is everything by Herr) and to the point. One only wishes it were longer. ...
Stanley Kubrick directed the all-timesci-fi classic film. From ape to man to HAL, thisis the best sci-fi ever. Orson Scott Card Enders Games Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species.Now the worldhas taken to breeding military geniuses ...