The Killing (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’ s tautest, twistiest noirs.

Aided by a radically time- shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden (Dr.

Strangelove), Coleen Gray (Red River), Timothy Carey (Paths of Glory), and Elisha Cook Jr.

(The Maltese Falcon), The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut.

And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’ s Kubrick to the core.