Room 237 (movie)

Shining a light on metaphorical readings of 'The Shining'

2013-04-03 19:35:00

Since its release in 1980, Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shining" has firmly embedded itself into the pop consciousness with its shudder-inducing cry of "Here's Johnny!" and its blood-soaked hallways. "Room 237," which opens...

New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic

2013-03-24 07:00:00

On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter Jos� Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...

Review: 'Room 237' is open to obsession with Kubrick's 'Shining'

2012-12-06 17:13:00

We love movies, those of us who do, because of how deeply they burrow into our psyches, of how they seem to be speaking to us and us alone in a very particular way. But, as the intriguing documentary "Room 237" illustrates, when it comes to some films,...

Reading Eagle, Pa., George Hatza column

2013-05-17 05:04:02

Missing movies The GoggleWorks Film Theatre has opened "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" today, so Mira Nair's film has been removed from my list of independent and foreign pictures seeking local theatrical releases. The Fox East is opening Roberta...

Mother takes synagogue to view son's film

2013-05-07 13:10:54

Hollywood resident Brenda Ascher is a proud Jewish mother. Her son Rodney Ascher is the director of the documentary, "Room 237," where people provide numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film "The Shining." Ascher and...

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., John Beifuss column

2013-04-30 01:24:03

The 16th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival begins this year on Halloween. Appropriately, then, the organization is getting a jump on the holiday with a horror-themed double feature Tuesday night that brings two much-anticipated movies to the Malco...

Digging deep into 'The Shining'

2013-03-31 09:43:00

There is nothing especially frightening about Room 350 at the Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip. It overlooks the pool, with colorful mod d�cor pleasantly bathed in bright window light. Inside, documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher is prepared to discuss...

O Cinema's B-movie series is all about the schlock

2013-04-08 07:18:00

In a lineup that includes movies about overgrown, murderous alligators on growth hormones and surrealistic re-creations of witchcraft and mental illness, can Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" be too mainstream? If you ask Kevin Bosch, the answer is yes....

'Shining' students dissect object of their obsession in 'Room 237' ★★★

2013-04-04 00:00:00

We are nothing without our obsessions, and Rodney Ascher's "This American Life"-ish documentary "Room 237" intertwines the obsessive, often risible theories of five very big fans of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." Take it one of two ways. One: It's a...

The man behind the people who know the story behind 'The Shining'

2013-04-04 00:00:00

You know the Calumet Baking Powder cans in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"? You know — the Calumet Baking cans? Lining the pantry of the film's Overlook Hotel? No, no: The baking cans behind all the carnage! Right, those baking cans. What's that,...

Movie secrets are there, in the script!

2013-04-04 00:00:00

You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...

Chicago International Film Festival gets a digital face-lift

2012-10-05 08:32:00

The biggest changes afoot in this year's Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), the 48th edition, are on the screen, yet they're not part of the programming. As the worldwide cinema industries push actual film — meaning celluloid — into...

No Rating; 1:42 running time We are nothing without our obsessions, and Rodney Ascher's "This American Life"-ish documentary "Room 237" intertwines the obsessive, often risible theories of five very big fans of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." Take it one of two ways.

2013-04-04 08:33:00

Rodney Ascher's "Room 237" presents five fans, who, speaking in voiceover, explain their readings of the film, accompanied by a montage of clips primarily from "The Shining," but also from all of Kubrick's other films and a number of non-Kubrick titles.

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher examines startling obsessions of his "Room 237." The film is a vivid, layered exploration of the symbolism and conspiracies that certain fanatics insist can be found within Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film, "The Shining."

2013-02-11 00:00:00