2001: A Space Odyssey. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. A Clockwork Orange. The Shining. Full Metal Jacket. Spartacus. Eyes Wide Shut.

This hour, a careful consideration of the filmmaker Steven Spielberg called "the best in history": Stanley Kubrick.

GUESTS:

• James Hanley - Co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
• David Mikics - Author of Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker
• Lila Shapiro - Senior reporter at New York magazine and Vulture, where she published "i-learned-after-watching-eyes-wide-shut-100-times.html">What I Learned After Watching Eyes Wide Shut 100 Times"

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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