Stanley Kubrick

comPOSERS Episode 83: The Shining

Join us as we discuss The Shining and its original music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, plus selected music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Béla Bartók and György Ligeti.

The Dork Shelf Guide to Halloween in Toronto

We take a look at some of the best goings on in Toronto this Halloween from movies, to TV, to theatre, and one really kick ass party. And we might have some surprises in store... if you dare.

Room 237 Review

Rodney Ascher's look at close readings and potential conspiracy theories within Stanley Kubrick's The Shining shouldn't work, but it does perfectly if you're a finely attuned film geek.

Interview: Patrick Read Johnson

Dork Shelf talks to Patrick Read Johnson about his long in the works autobiographical film 5-25-77 and it's long road to the big screen despite being a small film about how he got started as a filmmaker growing up in small town Illinois. Johnson opens up about growing disillusioned with the studio system (working with John Hughes on Baby's Day Out, turning down the chance to do Home Alone, and the troubled post production on Angus), the good along the way, and bringing his work-in-progress film to the TIFF Next Wave Festival this weekend.