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Come see The Shining presented with stunning 4k laser projection on the big screen in L3!

It’s hard to find a better horror film than Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. While its relationship to the source text has long been argued — with Stephen King himself infamously critical of Kubrick’s work — The Shining is more than a mere adaptation. As Jack Torrance, with his wife and son, move into the isolated Overlook Hotel for the winter, a spasming spiral into madness follows. The Shining has produced some of the most iconic images in cinema history: twin girls standing in a corridor, blood flowing down said corridor, and — of course — Jack Nicholson’s derangement framed in a half-splintered bathroom door. Speaking of, Jack Nicholson is nothing short of unforgettable here — quite what he channeled to produce this performance one may never know. Nicholson’s madness is complimented perfectly by Kubrick’s choice and framing of space; the yawning corridors of the Overlook are felt to be just as isolated as the mountaintop environment outside, with their vivid carpeting doing wonders to disorientate the viewers themselves. The myriad of interpretations offered by The Shining — whether Jack’s madness be that induced by the US government’s MK Ultra program or the film (unbelievably) representing an extended apology by Kubrick for his role in the supposedly faked moon landings — contribute to the narrative’s blurred sense of reality and objectivity; The Shining’s is a world in which all is swirling, as epitomised by the fragmented sense of time that the film’s final shot propounds. The many mysteries at work in The Shining will never be truly clear, but that is key to its eternal popularity. So, whether this be your first viewing or that of many, come to L3 and experience the masterpiece of modern horror like never before. [Sam Ripley]

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