A Clockwork Orange: should I read the book first or watch the movie first? It goes without saying that I haven't done either--so no spoilers please! PS: ordinarily my first inclination in these ...
Years ago I read a book titled “A Clockwork Orange.” It is about a vicious homicidal criminal of the worst sort. “Little Alex,” as he calls himself, having been sentenced to a long stretch in prison, ...
The late film auteur Stanley Kubrick, heralded as one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, directed only thirteen feature films during his career. Somewhat surprisingly, all but two of his films were ...
The blog posts I’ve written so far have mostly focused on fairly recent films, such as Twilight or Harry Potter. But today, I want to write about a classic film that used, appropriately enough, ...
Today is the 55th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian masterpiece. The haunting image of Alex DeLarge remains a definitive symbol of cinematic rebellion. In the history of transgressive cinema, ...