Paths of Glory (1957)

Review: Paths of Glory (1957)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris,

Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
George Macready
George Macready
Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris

Plot: A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Stanley Kubrick part 1: Becoming Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick part 1: Becoming Kubrick

My first encounter with Stanley Kubrick’s work came before I was ten years old. Sometime in the early ’60s, my parents took me to see Spartacus, probably at the Odeon in Chelmsford. For years afterwards, two things stuck with me: the […]

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