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The Shining

  1. essential roles
    10 Essential Shelley Duvall PerformancesThis body of work paints a picture of an artist paving her own zigzagging path across showbusiness.
    By A.A. Dowd
  2. remembrance
    Shelley Duvall Stood OutNo one looked like her. No one sounded like her. No one thought like her. And everyone in Hollywood knew it.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  3. deep dives
    The Discomforting Legacy of Wendy TorranceShelley Duvall’s performance in The Shining is just one of the many bold, perplexing aspects of Stanley Kubrick’s beloved adaptation.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  4. vulture lists
    20 Essential Cold-Weather ThrillersMovies worth bundling up for.
    By Scott Tobias
  5. vulture lists
    Every Stephen King Movie, RankedThere have been more than 40 film adaptations of King’s work — how do they all stack up?
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  6. rip
    Joe Turkel, The Shining and Blade Runner Actor, Dead at 94The character actor was known for his roles as Lloyd the bartender and Dr. Eldon Tyrell.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  7. the razzie awards
    The Razzies Take Back Bruce Willis’s Award Following Public Aphasia DiagnosisAs well as Shelley Duvall’s “Worst Actress” nomination for The Shining.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  8. snl
    Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch Haunt Maya Rudolph on SNL“Sum 41. That’s when music was music.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. what could have been
    A Brief History of the Alternate Movie Endings Lost to TimeThat is, until a few of them made their way onto DVDs as bonus material.
    By Jason Bailey
  10. mental health
    Shelley Duvall Reflects on Her 2016 Dr. Phil Interview“I found out the kind of person he is the hard way.”
    By Megh Wright
  11. movie review
    A Glitch in the Matrix Is a Riveting Look at Whether Our World Is a SimulationBut it’s really about just how utterly weird life is.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  12. endings
    Is Doctor Sleep a Faithful Sequel to The Shining? It’s Complicated.Let’s talk about the ending of Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation, and how it diverges from Stanley Kubrick’s universe.
    By Brian Tallerico
  13. movie review
    Doctor Sleep Is a Horror Film of Messy PleasuresMike Flanagan’s spiritual sequel to The Shining is elevated by great performances. But King’s and Kubrick’s legacies loom large.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  14. castings
    Ewan McGregor Will Be Grown Up Danny in Shining Sequel Doctor SleepMaybe he’ll go by Daniel now.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. stephen king adaptations
    Gerald’s Game Director Is Adapting Stephen King’s Shining SequelWarner Bros. is betting on the reliability of Mike Flanagan.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  16. Horror Movies Are Now, Officially, Preferable to Real LifeWe’ve reached the horror-movie Singularity.
    By Rachel Handler
  17. All 64 Stephen King Books, RankedLooking back over more than 40 years’ worth of his work.
    By Gilbert Cruz
  18. we’re yelp elite now
    We Found Yelp Reviews From Famous Movie HotelsFor when you’re planning your next vacation to the Overlook or the Park Hyatt.
    By Lindsey Weber, Jed Egan, and Amanda Dobbins
  19. the shining
    David Cronenberg Totally Dissed Stanley Kubrick“I find The Shining not to be a great film”
    By Lindsey Weber
  20. book review
    Kathryn Schulz on Doctor SleepOnce it stops being bad, how good is it?
    By Kathryn Schulz
  21. All of Stephen King’s TV Work, RankedThe Stand, Salem’s Lot, The Shining…
    By Gilbert Cruz
  22. redrum
    The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara Will Write The Shining PrequelRedrum, redrum.
    By Margaret Lyons
  23. echoes
    Showrunner Bryan Fuller Explains Hannibal’s Nod to The ShiningHe tried to do it on Pushing Daisies.
    By Zach Dionne
  24. crazy town
    17 Moments in The Shining Where Jack Nicholson Looks Totally CrazyOr is he just being Jack Nicholson?
    By Gilbert Cruz
  25. movie review
    Edelstein: Room 237 Is a Cine-Nerd’s Vindication and HumiliationThis documentary looks at some theories (You decide whether they’re crazy or not) about Kubrick’s The Shining.
    By David Edelstein
  26. debunked
    Kubrick’s Shining Assistant: Room 237 Is Silly“A lot of decisions made on the set were about pragmatism: ‘This looks good.’”
    By Zach Dionne
  27. room 237
    Toy Story 3’s Director on His Shining ObsessionHe loves it so much that he started a site devoted to the film and helped fund the new documentary Room 237.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  28. movies
    Four Theories on The Shining From the New Documentary Room 237Is it really about Native American genocide? Or the faked Apollo moon landing?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  29. movies
    Inside the Crowded Cult of The Shining TheoristsA new documentary explores the meanings that obsessive fans of the film have extracted.
    By Mark Jacobson
  30. trailer mix
    Watch a Teaser for The Shining Documentary, Room 237It’s kind of terrifying. 
    By Jesse David Fox
  31. deleted scenes
    Read the Deleted Ending for Stanley Kubrick’s The ShiningWe were supposed to learn Danny and Wendy were alright.
    By Zach Dionne
  32. the shining
    High Schoolers Performed The Shining: The MusicalKids reenact the darndest Kubrick films.
    By Eliot Glazer
  33. close reads
    What Breaking Bad Owes to The ShiningAll work and no play makes Walt a dull boy.
    By Margaret Lyons
  34. vulture video
    Watch The Newsroom’s Characters React to Other Movie Freak-outsStarring Maggie’s wide-eyed stare and Don’s OMG face.
    By Jake Moore
  35. oddly timed prequels
    The Shining May Get a Big-Screen PrequelWarner Bros. is exploring the possibility with the screenwriter of Shutter Island.
    By Zach Dionne
  36. mashups
    Every Zoom in The ShiningHere’s Johnny, synchronized!
    By Eliot Glazer
  37. rejected pitches
    Watch Rejected Pitches for The Shining and E.T.On E.T.: “What child leaves home and then throws a turd in their basket?”
    By Eliot Glazer
  38. clickables
    Watch All the Zooming From The Shining at OnceAaaaah.
    By Margaret Lyons
  39. toy story
    See Illustrations of Toy Story Reimagined As The ShiningCongratulations, Tom Hanks! You found a way to be spooky!
    By Eliot Glazer
  40. books
    Stephen King Reveals Sequel to The ShiningIt’s called ‘Dr. Sleep.’
    By Kyle Buchanan
  41. books
    Reading Is FundamentalAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
    By Mark Graham
  42. vulture lists
    10 Beloved Characters, 10 Ignoble DeathsVulture takes a look at ten other characters whose ignoble deaths made us shake our heads and think, He deserved better.