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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.

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'.

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.

Whittington is the author of The Shining Explored.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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'.

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

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.

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.

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'.