Nathan and Ryan dive into Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956), a razor-sharp, tension-packed noir about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that absolutely refuses to go smoothly. With Sterling Hayden leading a crew of crooks who are all almost competent, the hosts dig into the film’s nonlinear storytelling, bleak humor, and the early signs of Kubrick’s icy precision as a filmmaker. They explore how this tight, tough little crime flick became a blueprint for modern heist movies and why it still hits as hard today as it did nearly 70 years ago.
