Nathan Abrams: 3 books
Stanley Kubrick
New York Jewish Intellectual
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Stanley Kubrick is generally acknowledged as one of the world’s great directors. Yet few critics or scholars have considered how he emerged from a unique and vibrant cultural milieu: the New York Jewish intelligentsia.
Stanley Kubrick reexamines the director’s work in context of his ethnic...
Norman Podhoretz and Commentary Magazine
The Rise and Fall of the Neocons
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
What does the term "neoconservative" mean? Who are we talking about and where did they come from? Abrams answers those very questions through a detailed and critical study of neoconservatism's leading thinker, Norman Podhoretz, and the magazine he edited for 35 years, Commentary.
Podhoretz...
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Twenty years since its release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut remains a complex, visually arresting film about domesticity, sexual disturbance, and dreams. It was on the director's mind for some 50 years before he finally put it into production. Using the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University...