Paths Of Glory (1957) ****1/2

65 years on, Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory (1957) remains a masterful anti-war picture with a powerful central performance by Kirk Douglas. At times sobering, at times absurdly humorous, all of Kubrick's trademarks come to bear here—including smooth-as-glass tracking shots and piercing closeups. Kubrick's most humanitarian film, throughout POG he highlights the cyclical nature inherent in the history of mankind's futile habit of attempting to annihilate itself.

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