Tag Archives: The Shining

closer to King than to Kubrick (film: Doctor Sleep – Mike Flanagan, 2019)

‘Doctor Sleep‘, written and directed by Mike Flanagan in 2019 is a ‘sequel’. It takes, I think, a significant dose of audacity (not to say chutzpah) to make a sequel to one of the most famous and best-made horror thrillers … Continue reading

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Film: The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

In the mid-90s I was fascinated by the Danish TV series The Kingdom. The story happened in a hospital which was a labyrinth building that played an active and determining role in the action – a structure built on unsafe … Continue reading

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