It’s still such a rare treat to hear the man himself say anything at all — let alone to hear him talk about why the ideas in his work and the challenges of bringing them to the screen excited him as much as they did his fans.

| Mar 25, 2023

“Kubrick by Kubrick” doesn’t offer much that will surprise even mild obsessives. Still, it is interesting to hear Kubrick express ideas that run counter to conventional wisdom.

| Mar 21, 2023

Hearing Kubrick speak at length about his films chips away at the idea of the director as a mysterious sage. He just sounds like an ordinary New York guy...

| Nov 29, 2022

Monro's Kubrick by Kubrick isn't more than a loose highlight reel of the director's career buttressed by a fairly flat interview.

| Oct 23, 2020

Amid the steady outpouring of Kubrickiana, the 72-minute-long "Kubrick by Kubrick" may be the least exotic, but it still gives any Kubrick believer a heady share of morsels to chew on.

| May 10, 2020

An elegant distillation.

| May 1, 2020

But if there's not quite enough material to really make this Kubrick by Kubrick, Monro works hard to make it an apt tribute to a filmmaker whose influence still resonates.

| Apr 28, 2020

"Kubrick by Kubrick" lingers in the restless ingenuity at the heart of the filmmaker's work - a palpable desire to find new storytelling possibilities each time out.

| Original Score: B | Apr 21, 2020