A little over a year on Letterboxd and over 500 logs brings me to this. While there are plenty of classics I have yet to see(Citizen Kane, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca), it was often suggested that I choose 2001: A Space Odyssey . Kubrick is one of my largest blindspots in film. I saw The Shining when I was very young and haven't rewatched it since, and now I've seen 2001, but that's all.

Despite my willingness to explore any genre,…