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An expertly crafted noir with more on its mind than stylishly staged violence, The Killing establishes Stanley Kubrick as a filmmaker of uncommon vision and control.
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The result is one of the year's freshest and most exciting crime dramas, establishing twenty-seven-year-old Stanley Kubrick as a writer-director of impressive talents. December 3, 2019 | Full Review…
The result is one of the year's freshest and most exciting crime dramas, establishing twenty-seven-year-old Stanley Kubrick as a writer-director of impressive talents.
Clyde Gilmour
The Killing (1956) is a stylish but stark film noir crime drama, and the definitive heist-caper movie - a story of greed and infidelity. The classic, dark-edged black and white film was 28 year-old writer/director Stanley Kubrick's third film September 29, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
The Killing (1956) is a stylish but stark film noir crime drama, and the definitive heist-caper movie - a story of greed and infidelity. The classic, dark-edged black and white film was 28 year-old writer/director Stanley Kubrick's third film
Tim Dirks
The first genuinely great film by Stanley Kubrick... March 15, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The first genuinely great film by Stanley Kubrick...
David Nusair
Unequivocally represents the genesis of Kubrick's insightful mindset. It is a living, breathing laboratory of precision and control. August 24, 2015 | Full Review…
Unequivocally represents the genesis of Kubrick's insightful mindset. It is a living, breathing laboratory of precision and control.
David Keyes
This taut crime picture was one of the earliest films in the career of Stanley Kubrick, but something of the director's voice and characteristic preoccupations are already evident here. February 5, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
This taut crime picture was one of the earliest films in the career of Stanley Kubrick, but something of the director's voice and characteristic preoccupations are already evident here.
Wendy Ide
One of the undisputed high-water marks of the American crime film whose reverberations can still be felt in a number of ways. March 31, 2014 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
One of the undisputed high-water marks of the American crime film whose reverberations can still be felt in a number of ways.
Tim Brayton
Underneath The Killing's clockwork violence is a pungent layer of irony, something Kubrick would further explore many times later in his career. September 14, 2013 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Underneath The Killing's clockwork violence is a pungent layer of irony, something Kubrick would further explore many times later in his career.
Glenn Heath Jr.
Faultless and enjoyable. June 24, 2013 | Full Review…
Faultless and enjoyable.
David Thomson
A brisk, satisfying film noir that features all the details of a racetrack heist gone wrong - even if the timeline is all shuffled out of order. It's thick with atmosphere and razor-sharp dialogue. October 27, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A brisk, satisfying film noir that features all the details of a racetrack heist gone wrong - even if the timeline is all shuffled out of order. It's thick with atmosphere and razor-sharp dialogue.
Eric Melin
Despite this only being his third feature and his first with a significant budget, Kubrick displays many of the thematic preoccupations and visual traits that would come to define his unique, cinematic voice. August 16, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Despite this only being his third feature and his first with a significant budget, Kubrick displays many of the thematic preoccupations and visual traits that would come to define his unique, cinematic voice.
James Kendrick
A tight heist thriller from master director Stanley Kubrick. August 15, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A tight heist thriller from master director Stanley Kubrick.
Wesley Lovell
Plotted with the kind of Swiss-watch precision and attention to detail that would eventually get Kubrick labeled Hollywood's most notorious perfectionist. August 11, 2011 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Plotted with the kind of Swiss-watch precision and attention to detail that would eventually get Kubrick labeled Hollywood's most notorious perfectionist.
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