Film Series
Overdue: James B. Harris
Multi-hyphenate James B. Harris has been a film industry force for nearly six decades, turning out a small but hugely impressive body of work as a producer, director, and screenwriter. Perhaps best known for the string of classics he produced for Stanley Kubrick, including Lolita and The Killing, Harris’ own films display a particular knack for intelligent, tough-as-nails crime thrillers.
This retrospective is presented in partnership with Overdue, critics Nick Pinkerton and Nicolas Rapold’s ongoing series of unsung cinematic gems.
A jazz musician purchases a real life “Sleeping Beauty” in this erotic puzzle film.
James Woods is a crooked pothead prison guard in Harris’ gritty, darkly comic drama.
Harris’ Cold War film plays like Dr. Strangelove with a cold sweat of unrelenting tension.
Kirk Douglas is a French colonel in Kubrick’s riveting WWI classic.
A deranged cop (James Woods) goes rogue to nail a serial killer in this pulpy crime thriller.
Kubrick offers up a deliciously twisted take on Nabokov’s eyebrow-raising romance.
A band of two-bit crooks pull an elaborate racetrack robbery in Kubrick’s ultra-tense noir.
Charles Bronson stars in this pulse-pounding Cold War espionage thriller.